Tonight I will be watching . . .

publication date: Feb 13, 2008
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Hi

Don't worry, I'm not becoming a TV critic, but
this is just too good to miss . . .

Make sure you watch Channel 4 at 9pm tonight
(or at least set your Sky Plus, video recorder or
whatever). You see, illusionist and stage hypnotist
Derren Brown has developed a "guaranteed" method
for winning on the horses!

He reveals how it works in his new Channel 4
special 'The System' tonight.

Of course, there's no such thing as a guaranteed
system for picking winning horses. There are far
too many variables (horse, rider, conditions) to
ever have a 100% record, but knowing how smart
Derren Brown is he is sure to have come up with
an ingenious way that makes it at least 'appear' as
if the system does.

According to The Telegraph, Derren claims  'I
have devised a system for winning at the horses.
In the show I take a randomly selected member of
the public and start telling her which horses are
going to win in various races. The predictions are
given 24 hours in advance. And these are all big,
televised races. They haven't just been set up.
The subject sees how The System works and
starts betting her own money on the horses. The
show finishes with her getting hold of every
penny she can to bet it all on the final race.'

Sounds like a classic racing scam to me!

Although Derren has not divulged the system, the
press release says he will reveal exactly how it
works by the end of the show.

At the very least this will be a fascinating look at
how human psychology can be manipulated and
may just open our eyes to some of the confidence
tricks that are all too often used in the betting
(and business opportunity) worlds!

By the way I can also highly recommend Derren
Brown's book - Tricks of the Mind (you can pick
one up or as little as £3.06 on Amazon.co.uk - it's
a great insight into his career as an
illusionist/hypnotist and gives plenty of practical
techniques on everything from reading clues in
people's behaviour, spotting whether someone is
telling the truth, how to hypnotise, use suggestion
to get out of trouble and even improve your
memory!

He also destroys the credibility of 'psychics' with
a brilliant deconstruction of how stage
clairvoyants use sneaky tricks on vulnerable
people to make them appear to be in contact with
the 'other side'.

Enjoy the show!

Nick
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