Rick Lax
Rick Lax is a Las Vegas-based "magician".[1][2]
Career
Rick Lax has written three books, and created the TV show "Wizard Wars",[3][4] which aired on the Syfy network in 2014.[5][6] In September 2014, the show was renewed for another six-episode run.[7]
In 2011-2013, Lax worked as a behind-the-scenes consultant for David Copperfield.[8] Currently, Lax creates close-up illusions for PenguinMagic.com.[9]
In 2015 Rick Lax competed on The CW network's Penn & Teller: Fool Us. He performed an original card trick called Binary Code, and was the only contestant to fool Penn & Teller during the episode.[10]
Lax continues to work as a show producer and behind-the-scenes magic consultant.[3][8]
Rick Lax is known for "phishing" for likes on Facebook and other social media by posting videos which often do not involve any real magic, instead using low intelligence memory games which make it near impossible for him to incorrectly guess a piece of information about the viewer such as the last letter of the day they were born. In exchange for "guessing" this information Lax would request likes and shares which he likely monetizes for ad revenue.[11]
References
- ↑ Przybys, John. "Author chronicles deception in Las Vegas", Las Vegas Review-Journal
- ↑ Sterling, Ellen. "In a City Rich With Deception, No One Fools Him", Huffington Post
- 1 2 Las Vegas Review Journal, Give conjurers random props, set the clock, and ... Presto, February 23, 2014
- ↑ Angela Watercutter (2012-07-24). "Video: Vegas Magicians Face Off in Wizard Wars | Underwire". WIRED. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ ‘’Gaming ‘’Today, This year's Tony Awards show was the best yet, June 17, 2014
- ↑ "Wizard Wars". Syfy. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda. "Six More Episodes of 'Wizard Wars' Ordered by Syfy" Archived September 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine., TVByTheNumbers
- 1 2 "Magic News, Magic Videos and Podcasts » Blog Archive » Rick Lax and Wizard Wars [Magic Week in Review]". Itricks.com. 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "Rick Lax Magic Tricks". Penguinmagic.com. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
- ↑ "Rick Lax: How I Fooled Penn & Teller". BoingBoing.com. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ↑ Lax, Rick. "Rick Lax's Facebook Page". Facebook.com. Rick Lax. Retrieved 30 November 2016.