A rock, paper, scissors tournament for $10,000

At the Rock Paper Scissors Throwdown, players competed for a $10,000 prize.

It’s the age-old game that everyone knows — paper beats rock, rock beats scissors, and scissors beats paper.

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The simple game is usually played for fun, sometimes for conflict resolution and occasionally for a big cash prize of $10,000.

That was the case at the American Dream mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey, where 384 contestants squared off this month in a three-day rock, paper, scissors competition for their shot at the big check, sponsored by the New Jersey Lottery.