I don't think this is not a viable solution (it very clearly is), I am not sure it is the actual solution. If it is I would expect him to maybe come out and say that is how he did it at the end of this current run of shows and it was all about the publicity. He continually states he does not use camera tricks, everything else you can think of yes, but not camera tricks so that is my main objection to it being the likely solution.

I dunno. Interfering in events where people gamble on the outcome is illegal is it not? People enter the lottery on the premise that the outcome is a randomly generated event. If that is tampered with then the outcome is no longer randomly generated, hence all the people who bought a ticket no longer got the event on which they gambled. I would be surprised if there is no law covering that. It's not an aspect of the law I know anything about mind you, but I reckon that would be illegal.

I also reckon camera trickery is the likely answer.

Good point about the random outcome and the law! I ask because I really don't know, but he did say that he had done nothing illegal so that is what got me thinking about it?

I hope it is not a camera trick (and don't think it was) because he would loose all credibility with me and I think if it was and it did get out, it would destroy much of his reputation.