also: デンスケとばく
noun
deceptive street gambling; shell game; densuke
Historical term for a type of street fraud involving rigged betting games, especially a roulette-like game called 伝助 (densuke). The broader sense covers any similar trickery.
伝助賭博は、昭和初期に盛んだったという。
Densuke gambling is said to have been widespread in the early Showa period.
あの露店は伝
That street stall is running something like a densuke scam.