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Re: Gambling
« Reply #30 on: August 29, 2024, 07:03:33 AM »
Gambling ..... nothing personifies gambling as much as my town, Las Vegas. Here is a view of the Luxor pyramid which I worked at for 21 years.  :)

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Re: Gambling
« Reply #31 on: September 01, 2024, 10:14:34 AM »
Thumbnail (c)Liam. 

« Last Edit: September 01, 2024, 10:16:30 AM by Liam »

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Re: Gambling
« Reply #32 on: September 01, 2024, 10:22:03 AM »
^Weird.  When I click on the link, then come back to this window, the image is bigger.  But when I refresh the page it shrinks again.  But if I click the larger image and come back to the window, it has shrunk again.  Back and forth. 

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Re: Gambling
« Reply #33 on: September 01, 2024, 10:44:27 AM »
A scene from Jerry & Marge Go Large, which succinctly explains the law of large numbers:

https://www.faceb00k.com/reel/538717781929639

(^Copy paste then change the 0's to o's to make the url work.)

« Last Edit: September 01, 2024, 10:48:12 AM by Liam »

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Re: Gambling
« Reply #34 on: September 01, 2024, 11:08:33 AM »
I was going to post the video of the Toronto mansion raided 3 years ago.  But either that video went missing or somebody/thing edited out the police footage, which was what made it interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/2cX6iI6bdY4

I don't know which is more yawn worthy/what else is new, dirty cops or the fact that the home owner had ties to Trudeau.  (There's even a group photo with Trudeau, proving this.)

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Re: Gambling
« Reply #35 on: September 02, 2024, 06:17:28 AM »
Back in 1995, when I first started working at a casino, the Hacienda, all the slot machines were coin operated there, but they were already introducing the electronic ones in other properties, but I missed them because of the sound of coins hitting the discharge pan if you won them. :) There are a few still operated in Downtown Las Vegas even though The Strip is all electronic now.

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Re: Gambling
« Reply #36 on: September 03, 2024, 06:20:35 AM »
He won 12.1 Million Dollars at the 2024 world series of Poker.  :o