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This is a p ep in o he ollowing pape :
Con ex -dependen chea ing: Expe imen al e idence om 16 coun ies
Fo hcoming in: Jou nal o Economics Beha io and O ganiza ion
Da id Pascual‐Ezama
Uni e sidad Complu ense de Mad id (UCM)
Toke R. Fosgaa d
Uni e si y o Copenhagen - Depa men o Food and Resou ce Economics
Juan-Camilo Cá denas
Uni e sidad de Los Andes
P a een Kujal
Middlesex Uni e si y
Robe Fe ec Vesz eg
Uni e sidad del País Vasco
Bea iz Gil-Gómez de Liaño
Depa men o Social Psychology and Me hodology, Uni e sidad Au ónoma de Mad id
B ian Gunia
Johns Hopkins Uni e si y - Ca ey Business School
Do is Weichselbaume
Johannes Keple Uni e si y Linz - Depa men o Economics; Ins i u e o he S udy o Labo
(IZA)
Ka ha ina Hilken
Depa men o Applied Economics, F ee Uni e si y o B ussels (VUB)
A menak An inyan
Uni e si y o E langen-Nu embe g, Depa men o Economics
Joyce Delnoij
U ech Uni e si y - U ech Uni e si y School o Economics
An onios P oes akis
Join Resea ch Cen e o he Eu opean Commission
Michael D. Ti a
Uni e si y o Padua - Dipa imen o di Psicologia Gene ale
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Yulius P a omo
Sa ya Wacana Ch is ian Uni e si y
Ta ek Jabe -López
Jaume I Uni e si y
Pablo B anas-Ga za
Middlesex Uni e si y
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Con ex -dependen chea ing:
Expe imen al e idence om 16 coun ies
Abs ac :
Policy make s use se e al in e na ional indices ha cha ac e ize coun ies acco ding o he quali y o hei
ins i u ions. Howe e , no e o has been made o s udy how he hones y o ci izens a ies ac oss
coun ies. This pape explo es he hones y among ci izens ac oss six een coun ies wi h 1440 pa icipan s.
We employ a e y simple ask whe e pa icipan s ace a ade-o be ween he joy o ea ing a ine
chocola e and he disu ili y o ha ing a h ea ened sel -concep because o lying. Despi e he incen i es o
chea , we ind ha indi iduals a e mos ly hones . Fu he , in e na ional indices ha a e indica i e o
ins i u ional hones y a e comple ely unco ela ed wi h ci izens' hones y o ou sample coun ies.
Keywo ds: Hones y, co up ion, cul u al di e ences
1. In oduc ion
Imagine you sel on a uni e si y campus. You see he ollowing announcemen : “Is his you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e”. You app oach he desk and ecei e he oppo uni y o win a delicious
and beau i ully w apped Lind Lindo chocola e u le by lipping a coin wi h a black and a whi e side.
You lip he coin in a box a a nea by able; he box p o ec s you anonymi y. You win a chocola e i you
epo ha he whi e side came up and no hing i you epo black. I you ac ually olled black, he only
hing keeping you om enjoying he u le is you mo al compass. You ace a adeo be ween he joy
o ea ing a ine chocola e and he indi idual disu ili y o ha ing a h ea ened sel -concep because o
lying. The e is no social shaming o os acism. We an his expe imen ( h ee ea men s) in six een
coun ies o es how some egula ci izens a ound he wo ld beha e in such a si ua ion. In e es ingly, we
did no ind any signi ican di e ences ac oss an o he wise e y he e ogeneous se o coun ies.
Mos s udies abou cul u al di e ences ega ding dishones beha io ha e used he su ey
me hodology. T anspa ency In e na ional epo s la ge di e ences in co up ion a ound he wo ld and he
Wo ld Value Su ey documen s c oss-cul u al di e ences in opinions ega ding how “jus i iable” i is o
chea on axes o public anspo a ion a es. Howe e , co up ion indices measu e pe cep ions and no
ac ual beha io s. Fu he , a ia ions ac oss coun ies in academic dishones y (Rawwas, Al-Kah ib and
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Vi ell, 2004) and ax e asion (Alm, Sanchez and de Juan, 1995; Cumming, Ma inez, McKee and To gle ,
2009) ein o ce he imp ession ha chea ing is bo h abundan and di e se a ound he wo ld. In he same
line, ecen esea ch in beha io al and expe imen al economics has shown ha a la ge ac ion o
indi iduals a e p one o chea ing (A iely, 2012; Gneezy, 2005). An excep ion o his end is Abele e al.
(2014) who epo a phone-based incen i ized expe imen wi h a ep esen a i e sample in Ge many. They
ind ha mos people epo hones ly a e lipping a coin in absolu e p i acy wi h a 50% chance o
ge ing a payo o 15 eu os in cash o h ough an Amazon gi ce i ica e. Abele and colleagues also
complemen ed hei s udy wi h a labo a o y expe imen and ind ha he e is a sligh ly highe le el o
dishones epo ing in his se ing.
The dominan iew in he li e a u e is ha indi iduals engage in dishones beha io as long as
hey can main ain a posi i e sel -image while ob aining he maximum payo s om hei dishones y
(Maza , Ami and A iely, 2008). Fu he , esea ch has shown ha c ea ing a jus i ica ion o a posi i e
sel -image while beha ing dishones ly is con ex speci ic (Fosgaa d, Hansen and Pio esan, 2013; Gino
and Galinsky, 2012; Pascual-Ezama, P elec and Dun ield, 2013).
In his pape , we examine p ecisely his. Tha is, whe he chea ing pe se di e s ac oss di e en
coun ies and whe he he con ex 1 in luences his beha io . We conduc ed an expe imen in which
pa icipan s epo ed he ou come o a coin oss o win a p ize. We eplica ed he expe imen in a di e se
se o 16 coun ies a ound he wo ld wi h 1440 subjec s, 90 in each coun y (30 pe ea men ). We used a
simple chea ing ask based on Bucciol and Pio esan (2011). We ook g ea ca e o un each session unde
simila condi ions. The loca ion o he expe imen was always a busy common a eas on uni e si y
campuses (See Table 1 o an o e iew). Pa icipan s had o lip a black/whi e coin; i he ou come was
epo ed whi e, hey ob ained a ed Lind Lindo T u le; i epo ed black, hey ob ained no hing. As ou
sample includes subs an ial cul u al a ia ion—including pa icipan s om Anglo-Saxon, La in,
Ge manic, No dic and Asia ic coun ies—one would expec subs an ial he e ogenei y in chea ing. In
addi ion, and consis en wi h a social cons uc ionis iew, he e ec s o cul u e depend on he speci ics o
he choice con ex (Gel and, 2013; K ame and Messick, 1995).
In he i s ea men ( he Sel -Repo ed T ea men , SRT) each pa icipan lipped a coin in a
p i a e a ea wi hou he p esence o he esea che s o o he pa icipan s. A e wa ds he subjec illed a
epo shee – indica ing sex and he whi e/black coin- oss esul . I was clea ly indica ed ha he illed
o m should be le in he box nea by. No in e ac ion wi h he expe imen e s occu ed in his ask.
Taking in o accoun ha he e a e he e ogenous ypes o dishones people (Gneezy, Rockenbach
and Se a-Ga cía, 2013), his ask is a good measu e o dishones y o se e al easons. Fi s ly, as a
g owing body o esea ch sugges s ha in comple ely anonymous se ings, whe e he isk o being caugh
1 The con ex de ines he s eng h o he mo al compass in ou expe imen .
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is inexis en , inding 100% chea ing is no unusual (Pascual-Ezama, P elec and Dun ield, 2013; Shu,
Maza , Gino, A iely and Baze man, 2012), howe e , people may also es ic he amoun o chea ing
(Ayal and Gino, 2011; Gneezy, 2005).
In ou ask he e is no possibili y o es ic he amoun o chea ing, he decision is simply o be
hones o no ( epo black o whi e). Fu he , decision making is immedia e and in ui i e, ins ead o
delibe a i e and medi a i e in a cogni i e dual sys em (Baze man and Tenb unsel, 2011; Kahneman,
2011). In ou expe imen , chea ing is an au oma ic esponse and he need o jus i ica ion ma e s only
when people ha e enough ime o delibe a e (Shal i, Elda and Be eby-Meye , 2012). Finally, he ewa d
is a simple chocola e ha gi es ins an g a i ica ion.
The wo o he ea men s we e he W i en and he Ve bal Repo ed T ea men s (WRT and VRT,
espec i ely). In WRT, pa icipan s comple ed a epo shee in p i a e and submi ed i o he
expe imen e . The expe imen e made a no e o he epo ed ou come, and, i due, handed he chocola e o
he pa icipan . In VRT, pa icipan s we e no asked o ill any o m. They e bally epo ed he ou come
o he coin lip o he expe imen e . I epo ed whi e, he expe imen alis handed a chocola e o hem.
Ou di e en ea men s allow us o unde s and how he le el o chea ing is shaped by con ex ,
i.e. he di e ences in epo ing ac oss ea men s. Building on he heo y o sel -image main enance
(Maza , Ami and A iely, 2008), we p edic ha ou h ee ea men s will ha e di e en implica ions wi h
ega d o he mo al p ocesses o epo ing inco ec ou comes. We conjec u e ha mis epo ing in he
SRT is he leas mo ally di icul decision since epo ing does no in ol e any kind o social in e ac ion
and, subsequen ly, no social p essu e om he expe imen e . Consequen ly, he decision o be dishones is
only a adeo be ween he in e nal mo al p essu e (and he consequen guil expe ienced) agains he
pleasu e o enjoying a Lind chocola e.
In WRT, an addi ional mo al p essu e o igina es om he ac ha he decision is documen ed on
pape and handed o ano he pe son. This addi ional social p ocess is likely o in ol e shame (on op o
guil ) in case o dishones y, and hence we expec less dishones y occu ing in his ea men . Rela i e o
e bal epo s, we conjec u e ha w i en epo s a e mo e dis an and make i easie o ake away in e nal
mo al con ol (Shu e al. 2012). The e o e, we expec he VRT o b ing e en s onge sel -image e osion
in case o chea ing, since he un u h ul decision now mus be s a ed ace- o- ace. In his si ua ion we
expec he mos mo al p essu e o be p esen and hence he leas dishones beha io . This is consis en
wi h Bandu a, Ba ba anelli, Cap a a and Pas o elli (1996) who ind ha e bal epo s a e likely o be less
p one o dishones beha io han w i en epo s. Gi en his we hypo hesize ha sel - epo ing wi h no
in e ac ion (wi h he expe imen e ) inc ease he emp a ion o be dishones .

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Table 1. Summa y o coun ies s udied.
Coun y Ci y Uni e si y
Aus ia Linz
Johannes Keple Uni e si y Linz
Belgium
B ussels
V ije Uni e si ei B ussel (VUB)
Colombia
Bogo á
Uni e sidad de los Andes
Denma k Copenhagen
Copenhagen Uni e si y
Finland Oulu
Uni e si y o Oulu
Ge many Nu embe g
Uni e si y o E langen-Nu embe g
G eece Re hymno
Uni e si y o C e e
India
Delhi
Hans aj College, Uni e si y o Delhi
Indonesia
Sala iga
Uni e si as K is en Sa ya Wacana
I aly Pado a
Uni e si à di Pado a
Japan Tokyo
Waseda Uni e si y
Ne he lands
U ech
U ech Uni e si y
Spain
Mad id
Uni e sidad Au ónoma Mad id
Tu key
Is anbul
Bahçeşehi Üni e si esi
USA Bal imo e
Johns Hopkins Uni e si y
UK London
Middlesex Uni e si y
2. Expe imen al design
We eplica e a simple coin ask by Bucciol and Pio esan (2011). As no ed be o e, pa icipan s had o lip
a black/whi e coin. I he epo ed oss was whi e hey ob ained a ed Lind Lindo chocola e and no hing
o he wise.
A i s glance, he choice o chocola e as an incen i e migh seem as unusual compa ed o he
con en ional choice o money. We belie e ha chocola es a e a good solu ion o s udying decision-
making ac oss coun ies, gi en ha ou s udy is in a ield se ing and no in he labo a o y. In ac , we
belie e ha i is ad an ageous o ell s uden s you ha e a chance o winning a chocola e, a he han
elling hem you ha e a chance o win a dolla (o any co esponding local cu ency). Consuming a small
snack in such a si ua ion is simply much mo e o an e e yday e en , and hence eels mo e na u al. And a
mo e na u al se ing enables g ea e expe imen e con ol and ex e nal alidi y. Fu he mo e, a chocola e
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is a chocola e anywhe e, and subjec s ne e ha e o calcula e he mone a y alue o he good, jus ecei e
a small delicious snack. Clea ly, he e a e many o he po en ial incen i e app oaches one could apply. A
mone a y p ize could be scaled based on Big Mac p izes, GDP, o any pu chasing powe index. Al hough
he e migh be coun y di e ences in chocola e p e e ence (as indica ed by Messe li, 2012), he choice o
chocola e as paymen cons i u es jus as many o jus as ew conce ns as any o he c oss-coun y paymen
ehicle, including coun y-adjus ed mone a y compensa ions. Ano he possible conce n is he e y small
size o he incen i e. We acknowledge he small size, ye we wan o emphasize ha conside ing he
ex emely sho du a ion o he expe imen (pe haps 1 o 2 minu es), ou paymen ansla es in o an
hou ly paymen simila o wha is used in mos labo a o y s udies.
Ou pa icipan s a e uni e si y s uden s2. The coin was lipped only once and by one pe son a a
ime. The ask was pe o med in a p i a e a ea a a sa e dis ance om he expe imen e s o o he
pa icipan s. The loca ion o he expe imen was wi hin he college/uni e si y campus, o example, in a
hallway in he ca e e ia a ea, hence ensu ing a s eady low o po en ial pa icipan s. To ensu e ha we do
s udy coun y di e ences, we ensu ed ha only na i e people pa icipa ed in he a ious loca ions. The
impo ance o ensu ing his is suppo ed by e idence o he e ec o immig an s’ o iginal coun y social
no ms in e hical beha io (Koun o is and Remoundou, 2013). The expe imen was ca ied ou in he local
wo king language o bo h he e bal and he w i en pa .3
The whole s udy comp ises h ee di e en ea men s acco ding o he le el o p oximi y be ween
he pa icipan and he expe imen e :
• Sel -Repo ed T ea men (SRT): A s uden app oached he expe imen e (a able A, see
Figu e A1 in he appendix o de ails), he/she was handed a epo shee , and was guided o
able B ( a enough away om he esea che a ea) o lip he black/whi e coin p i a ely (see
B in Figu e A1). The coin lip was ca ied ou inside a small ca dboa d box o make i uly
p i a e. The s uden no ed gende and he esul o he coin lip on he epo shee a able
B. A e illing ou he epo shee , he s uden walked o e o a hi d able ( able C in
ano he p i a e a ea a a dis ance om he expe imen e , see C in Figu e A1) o deposi he
epo shee in a box, and o ake he chocola e him/he sel in case o a whi e oss.
• W i en Repo ed T ea men (WRT): Exac ly he same as SRT, bu now wi h he illed ou
epo shee in hand, he s uden wen back o able A, ga e he epo shee o he
2 Recen pape s show ha ypical expe imen al subjec s a e no eally di e en om o dina y people (see o
ins ance Exadak ylos, Espin and B anas-Ga za, 2013 o social dilemmas.)
3 A ew s uden s asked why he coin-chocola e e en was ca ied ou . Ou p epa ed explana ion was ha he pu pose
was o unde s and he s uden s’ in e es o chocola es. This s a emen was in en ionally made imp ecise, such ha
s uden s did no hink his was a es bu a he saw i as a chocola e p omo ion (we ne e said i was a Lind
p omo ion).
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expe imen e and ecei ed he chocola e i a whi e oss was epo ed. Table C is he e o e
no used (see igu e A1, appendix).
• Ve bal Repo ed T ea men (VRT): Exac ly he same as WRT, bu now he s uden did no
ha e o ill ou he epo shee (only epo gende ) and had o in o m he expe imen e
e bally abou he ou come o he coin oss.
We an he expe imen wi h 90 pa icipan s in each coun y. The e we e 10 s uden s o each
ea men and his was epea ed h ee imes: 10 (WRT), 10 (VRT), 10 (SRT), 10 (WRT), 10 (VRT), 10
(SRT), 10 (WRT), 10 (VRT), 10 (SRT). We s a ed each ea men wi h en chocola es on a pla e on able
B (VRT and WRT) o able C (SRT). When we changed he ea men we e illed he chocola es aken by
he pa icipan s and egis e ed he exac numbe o chocola es eplaced4. A he beginning o each
ea men we s a ed wi h en chocola es in he pla e. A he end o he expe imen we compa ed he
numbe s in ou eco ds wi h he epo s by he pa icipan s. In WRT and SRT pa icipan s w o e he colo
on he epo shee . In VRT pa icipan s only w o e he gende . In his case, when pa icipan s ga e us he
epo shee and old us he colo we o e a li le co ne o he epo shee when hey old us black so a
he end we could know how many blacks and whi es we e decla ed.
No e ha , as we kep no names o indi idual-speci ic eco ds, we had o be e y ca e ul abou
whe he someone e u ned. Expe imen e s we e ins uc ed o in o m anyone who ied o e u n o lip he
coin again ha i was only possible o pa icipa e once. In case, acul y membe s showed up o
pa icipa ion, i was emphasized ha i was in ended o be a s uden e en . Comple ing he expe imen
ook abou a minu e o wo.
3. Resul s
3.a. Di e ences by ea men s
To ou g ea su p ise, o e all only 57% o he pa icipan s epo ed whi e ac oss all h ee ea men s and
coun ies. Since he p obabili y o ob aining whi e is 50%, his esul indica es ha 86% esis ed he
emp a ion o lie [100% - 2(57%-50%)]. We conclude ha li le dishones y is obse ed ac oss all
coun ies and ea men s. Looking a he di e en ea men s, he deg ee o dishones beha io , lis ed as
he pe cen age o whi e ou comes, con i ms ou ini ial conjec u es. We obse e a g ea e amoun o lying
in he SRT, wi h WRT in he middle, and wi h VRT ha ing he smalles amoun o lying.
62% (Sel RT) > 57% (W i enRT) >53% (Ve balRT)
4 No e ha ha ing mo e o less chocola es on he pla es is no an issue o pa icipan s as hey ne e ge o know he
o al. Wha hey see (on he pla e) is he only e e ence hey ha e.
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The di e ences be ween SRT and WRT a e no s a is ically signi ican (χ2=.316; p- alue=.574), al hough
he a e age ac oss he six een socie ies we e 5 pe cen age poin s highe o he o me . Howe e , using a
con ingency able (Pea son χ2) he di e ence be ween SRT and VRT was la ge (9 pe cen age poin s) and
signi ican a he 5% le el (χ2=4.479; p- alue=0.034). Fu he , we do no ind any signi ican di e ences
be ween WRT and VRT (χ2=2.422; p- alue=0.120). Thus, compa ing he di e en ea men s we ind
ha he e bal epo s a e likely o be less p one o dishones beha io han w i en epo s in line wi h
p e ious li e a u e (Bandu a, Ba ba anelli, Cap a a and Pas o elli, 1996; Fes inge and Ca lsmi h, 1959;
Maza , Ami and A iely, 2008) and we u he ind ha sel - epo ing he answe s (and no ha ing o
deli e i o he expe imen e ) inc eases his e ec .
3.b. Di e ences by coun ies
A second impo an esul is ha we ind no s a is ically signi ican di e ences ac oss he 16 coun ies
ac oss any ea men : SRT (χ2 = 16.953; p- alue=0.322); VRT (χ2 = 15.691; p- alue=0.403) and WRT
(χ2 = 22.674; p- alue=0.091). This sugges s ha he e is a high le el o homogenei y in beha io ac oss
ou sample coun ies.
Addi ional in e es ing esul s show up om a close examina ion o he da a. Since ossing a coin
ollows a binomial dis ibu ion, we looked o hose coun ies whe e he e is an anomalous numbe o
whi e (awa ded) coins epo ed. Table 2 epo s de ailed in o ma ion by coun y and ea men s5. A he
coun y le el, he sha e o whi es epo ed in excess o 50% (ac oss all ea men s), is signi ican (a a 5%
signi icance le el) in h ee ou o six een coun ies. Ye , he o e all coun y le el e ec s can mask
unde lying e ec s a he ea men le el. We he e o e ocus on he ea men e ec s a he coun y le el.
Ob iously a sample size o 30 pe ea men allows us only o make ough assessmen o he deg ee o
chea ing, bu we s ill belie e his ough measu e p o ides a use ul compa ison ac oss coun ies and
ea men s6.
5 We ha e also conduc ed a Logi analysis o explain he ou come o indi idual coin osses. In he eg ession, among
o he ac o s, we con olled o di e en income le els ac oss coun ies (wi h he help o pe -capi a GNI) and o
coun y-le el pe -capi a cocoa consump ion. While income does no seem o ha e a signi ican impac , pe -capi a
cocoa consump ion has a nega i e e ec on chea ing, i.e. he highe he pe -capi a consump ion he lowe is
chea ing.
6 We also conduc he analysis by using Ingleha -Welzel cul u al ca ego ies (based on he Wo ld Value Su eys).
Again we do no ind any obus e ec o cul u e on chea ing beha io .
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Appendix: De ails on expe imen al design
We used a pos e wi h he ollowing ex :
“Is his you lucky day? Flip a coin and win a Chocola e”.
When he pa icipan s a i ed, he esea che s ga e a epo shee o hem wi h di e en ex (depending
on he ea men ). E e y pa icipan in he h ee di e en ea men s ma ked he gende in he epo shee
( ha was impo an because in he SRT ea men esea che s canno eco de he gende ). Ins uc ions
we e he ollowing:
• Non Repo ed T ea men : “I you wan o win a chocola e, go o able B and lip a coin inside he
box. Then ma k on he pape he colo you had, black o whi e, and you gende . Go o he able
C, and deposi he pape in he box. I you ma k whi e you can ake a chocola e, i you ma k
black you jus lea e”.
• W i en Repo ed T ea men : “I you wan o win a chocola e, go o able B and lip a coin inside
he box. Then ma k on he pape he colo you had, black o whi e, and you gende . Come back
and gi e us he pape . I you ma k whi e we will gi e you a chocola e, i you ma k black,
no hing”
• Ve bal Repo ed T ea men : “I you wan o win a chocola e, go o able B and lip a coin inside
he box. Then ma k on he pape you gende , come back, and ell us he colo you had. I i was
whi e we will gi e you a chocola e, i i is black, no hing”
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Figu e A1. P ocedu e and ables’ dis ibu ion. Block A: WRT and VRT ables’ dis ibu ion. We used
a able (Table A) wi h a Pos e (whe e he esea che s we e) in a isible si ua ion o s uden s ( o
example in hallway in he ca e e ia a ea). Wi h a couple o me e s o dis ance in ano he able (Table B)
he e was a box wi h a black/whi e coin inside whe e he pa icipan s lipped he coin (inside he box)
wi hou nobody could see hem. Block B: SRT ables’ dis ibu ion. In SRT he e was ano he able (Table
C) wi h was a small box whe e he pa icipan s ga e he epo shee and ook he chocola es. Block C:
Pic u e example in Spain. Al hough he expe imen ules a e w i en in he epo s he esea che s p o ide
o he pa icipan s a he beginning o he ask, all esea che s a e na i e in o de o a oid
misunde s andings in he communica ion.
CHOCOLATES
REPORT
BOX
TABLE C
COIN BOX
TABLE B
PEN
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
TABLE A
CHOCOLATES
REPORT
BOX
TABLE C
CHOCOLATES
REPORT
BOX CHOCOLATES
REPORT
BOX
TABLE C
COIN BOX
TABLE B
PEN
COIN BOX
TABLE B
COIN BOXCOIN BOX
TABLE B
PENPEN
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
TABLE A
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
RESULTS
BOX
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
TABLE A
CHOCOLATES
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
TABLE A
COIN BOX
TABLE B
PEN
CHOCOLATES
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
TABLE A
CHOCOLATES
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
CHOCOLATES
RESULTS
BOX CHOCOLATES
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
TABLE A
COIN BOX
TABLE B
PEN
COIN BOX
TABLE B
COIN BOXCOIN BOX
TABLE B
PENPEN
A
B
C
CHOCOLATES
REPORT
BOX
TABLE C
COIN BOX
TABLE B
PEN
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
TABLE A
CHOCOLATES
REPORT
BOX
TABLE C
CHOCOLATES
REPORT
BOX CHOCOLATES
REPORT
BOX
TABLE C
COIN BOX
TABLE B
PEN
COIN BOX
TABLE B
COIN BOXCOIN BOX
TABLE B
PENPEN
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
TABLE A
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
RESULTS
BOX
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
TABLE A
CHOCOLATES
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
TABLE A
COIN BOX
TABLE B
PEN
CHOCOLATES
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
TABLE A
CHOCOLATES
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
CHOCOLATES
RESULTS
BOX CHOCOLATES
RESULTS
BOX
Is you lucky day?
Flip a coin and win a Chocola e
TABLE A
COIN BOX
TABLE B
PEN
COIN BOX
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COIN BOXCOIN BOX
TABLE B
PENPEN
A
B
C