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Bettie: Way to spoil the fun, Don!
Just teasing! Houdini actually wrote a book on exposing gambling and card cheats, among other types of psychic and spiritualism scams, and was kind of the Penn Gillette of his day in that regard. (How many of you know that Penn writes for "Skeptical Inquirer" and "Skeptic" magazines?)
I actually only didn't know 2 of the people on the list, the sportsbettor/horse guy or whatever he bet, and the roulette guy. He's an old reference, though, since his heyday was apparently from 1904 to 1911. I didn't know Johnny Moss was a convicted child molestor, though. Mostly I just know him from the story of the months-long poker game with Nick the Greek at Binions.
Bettie
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Sun Runner: Re: thank you!!!!!
> These are both low probability events under most circumstances.
Excellent; a phrase I hope not to forget!
Question: What do you call a 'low probability event under most circumstances.'
Answer: What happened to me last week while trying to qualify for the WSOBJ 2006.
Now days my money is on the flipped coin NOT coming back down.
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Coug Fan: Johnny Moss
> I actually only didn't know 2 of the people on the
> list, the sportsbettor/horse guy or whatever he bet,
> and the roulette guy. He's an old reference, though,
> since his heyday was apparently from 1904 to 1911. I
> didn't know Johnny Moss was a convicted child
> molestor, though. Mostly I just know him from the
> story of the months-long poker game with Nick the
> Greek at Binions.
I hope I have the right guy with Johnny Moss. I was going from memory and I believe that it was him. Definately one of the old-time poker pros who used to play with Doyle and Sailor Roberts. Child Molestor is a bit strong since it was statutory rape of a 13 year old IIRC.
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Coug Fan: Re: thank you!!!!!
> Excellent; a phrase I hope not to forget!
> Question: What do you call a 'low probability event
> under most circumstances.'
> Answer: What happened to me last week while trying to
> qualify for the WSOBJ 2006.
For me its when my wife tells me that she would love to please me sexually, without my asking. Usually very low probability except under VERY unusual circumstances involving alcohol and just getting home from a Toby Keith concert.
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Bettie: TMI!
Have you been to Keith's I Love This Bar in Harrah's? I made plans to go twice with a friend but they fell through both times.
Dunno if you saw my post after Wynn opened, but I mentioned that I walked right by him that night. He's one big guy!
Bettie
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college kid: It was Slim
Slim was conviced last year of child molestation.
> I hope I have the right guy with Johnny Moss. I was
> going from memory and I believe that it was him.
> Definately one of the old-time poker pros who used to
> play with Doyle and Sailor Roberts. Child Molestor is
> a bit strong since it was statutory rape of a 13 year
> old IIRC.
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Jack Fate: A low probability event..
is simply the direct opposite of a high probability event. Like when I get home at 2 am after tipping a few too many. My dog, Mr. Bean, is always happy to see me. In fact, the later I get home the happier he is. That is the direct opposite of my wife.
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Coug Fan: Re: TMI!
> Have you been to Keith's I Love This Bar in Harrah's?
> I made plans to go twice with a friend but they fell
> through both times.
> Dunno if you saw my post after Wynn opened, but I
> mentioned that I walked right by him that night. He's
> one big guy!
> Bettie
I'm not a huge fan of Keith's, but he seems to get my wife in a favorable mood, so he is OK in my book. For some reason my wife doesn't feel the same way about me going to a strip club. Must be a Mars-Venus thing.
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Norm Wattenberger: A lot of truth in there:) *NM*
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ES: Three Questions
> Do you like the casino environment?
I would like it if they made the casinos smoke-free, or, at least made half or more of the floor space smoke free.
> Do you like and/or respect the gaming industry?
Neither! They are greedy bastards.
> Have you heard of and if so, what do you know about,
> the following people: Nick Dandalos, Julian Bruan,
> Johnny Moss, Kenny Uston, Steve Fezzik, Jeffery Ma,
> Michael Roxborough, Thomas Austin Preston, William
> Nelson Darnborough, Erich Weiss?
Only four of them.
Nick Dandalos was Nick the Greek, a high roller who allegedly said the best thing in life is to gamble and win, the second best is to gamble and lose.
Julian Braun was a computer programmer for IBM and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, whose pioneering work helped develop the Thorp, Revere and High-Opt systems. He died of Parkionson's Disease in 2000. He is one of our unsung heroes.
Ken Uston's lifestyle and lawsuits made him a controversial figure. I supported his lawsuits. He temporarily restored early surrender in Atlantic City and ended arbitrary and capricious barring of suspected card counters in AC. He did NOT destroy the hitherto beatable game. DOA, DAS, S17 ESR, 4 or 6 Decks and NRS (the only bad rule). The Casino Control Commission most likely did not know that these rules gave the BS player a slight edge and removed ESR w/o any compensating favorable rule at the behest of the casinos in 1981, before Uston won his case. The circumstances of Uston's death at age 52 remain mysterious.
Erich Weiss was the stage name of magician Harry Houdini. I do not know whether he did card tricks or was involved with gambling. Much of his act was centered on escapes, rather than illusions. He most likely performed them through physical strength and flexibility. He exposed phony "spiritualists" and "mediums" that claimed to be able to communicate with the dead. Houdini also died young.
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Bettie: Got it backwards
> Erich Weiss was the stage name of magician Harry
> Houdini.
No, it was his birth name.
> I do not know whether he did card tricks or
> was involved with gambling. Much of his act was
> centered on escapes, rather than illusions.
True, but he did write a book on how to spot card trick scams and other gambling scams (see my post above or type "Harry Houdini" into Amazon.com).
Bettie
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Saboteur: You want to know "why" for "Religion?"? Huh? *NM*
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