Hustling America

Season 1

TV conman Alexis Conran travels across America, he wants to see if his skills in deception and magic will allow him to pull off the hardest cons of all: the so-called Proposition Bets - outlandish sounding wagers that are almost impossible to win unless you know the cunning secret behind them. He's on a personal mission to measure himself against the greatest hustlers in the country.

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S1 E1 - Texas
September 9, 2013
45min
13+
Alexis traces Titanic Thompson -the most devious hustler of all. He meets Titanic's son Tommy: a former card cheat turned preacher; races an 11-storey elevator on foot and recreates Titanic's first ever bets to test himself against his hero.
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S1 E2 - Las Vegas
September 16, 2013
45min
13+
Alexis in on the road to Las Vegas, home of the modern gambler. Along the way he bets on flies landing on sugar cubes, outruns a horse on foot and meets the man who had breast implants to win $100,000.
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S1 E3 - New York
September 23, 2013
45min
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Alexis tests himself against the most street savvy city in the world: New York. He beats a ping pong pro using an old hustler's trick and rigs a 7 pound seafood eating contest in his favour with a devious trick.
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