Thumb Tip Steal of Billet

This is a slight modification of Method Four, and would be suitable for a large audience. Instead of using an envelope, a lined wicker basket is employed for collecting billets. It is unprepared but the padded lining affords a place to hold a thumb tip at the end, easily concealed by your fingers.

After three or four billets have been dropped in by the spectators, you take the next billet and put it in thumb tip which you withdraw, and then give basket to someone to make collection. The balance of the procedure is the same as in Method Four.