Did Uri Geller Win the $1,000,000.00 Criss Angel Promised on National TV?

The challenge came on the finale of the national Televised show "Phenomenon," on November 15. Criss Angel, mystifier and cohost of the show, dared mentalist Uri Geller to tell him what was in a sealed envelope, according to well know paranormalist and psychic investigator Dick Brooks, after an interview with Geller. The climactic moment was interrupted by Criss after Geller began throwing some dates that were pretty darn close to the actual sequence of numbers contained in the closed packet - the numbers 911.

Uri gave the date of 19^th as Criss's birth date; then continued saying he had bent his 1^st spoon when Angel was 1 (years old). But apparently Criss got a little bit tense, knowing how close Uri was getting into the real content, so he cut him off and opened the envelop before Mr. Geller could make a perfect guess.

"I don't know what happened. When Criss Angel challenged me, I suddenly started blurting out dates. It was not rehearsed. Why dates? I have not idea why I did it till now. That's how these things happen to me. The dates or numbers I started to blurt out were 1, 19 which reversed is 911. I also said the numbers 20 and 1, which is close to 2001. What are the odds of that?" says Geller.

"I was born on the 20th" and "A lot of years between us, 40 years" and "I wish you a long, successful 40 years," continues Geller. Brooks explains that "20 plus 40, plus 40 is 100 or the extra decimal needed to produce to 2001. What makes it even stranger is that Geller made a mistake as they are actually separated by 21 years but that would not have added up to 100."

"Maybe if he would not have jumped in and cut me short, I would have zeroed in not only on 911, but the whole year 2001. If I was being tested in a laboratory these all would clearly be considered hits," says Geller.

All the same, Geller could lay claim to the money, since he actually zeroed in on the actual numbers, according to Brooks. Dick Brooks, who is following the development of the story, is the director of the Houdini Museum, dedicated to the renowned magician in Scranton, PA.