: Stuss is a fast-paced variety of faro, but that's really
all I know
: about it. Damon Runyon frequently works the game into his
stories,
: and suggests that players came to the games with their
pockets
: stuffed with money--the perfect environment for hijackers
like
: Thursby.
Speaking of gambling, can someone explain the numbers racket
to me?
Did people really just pick a number and wait for someone,
somewhere,
to tell them that their number had won? It sounds even
stupider than
slot machines.
Bill
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William Denton | Toronto, Canada | http://www.vex.net/~buff/ | Caveat lector.
"It is better to incur a mild rebuke than to perform an onerous task."
-- "Uncle" Oswald Hendryks Cornelius
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