shell game

Noun

 * 1) A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess which of three small cups (or shells) a pea-sized object is concealed under, after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery.
 * 2) Any confidence scheme, especially one involving the rapid movement of investment funds to a location beyond recovery.
 * 1) Any confidence scheme, especially one involving the rapid movement of investment funds to a location beyond recovery.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: тука има тука няма
 * Czech:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: itt a piros, hol a piros
 * Irish: cluiche sliogán, cleas na méaracán
 * Russian: напёрстки
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: bägarspelet
 * Welsh: tric y tri gwniadur