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From: howard@sinoda.ultra.COM (Howard Simonson)
Subject: Re: BARGE II
Reply-To: howard@ultra.com
Organization: Ultra Network Technologies
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 07:16:20 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.204544.659@osf.org>, ron@osf.org (Ron Birnbaum) writes:
|> In article <+8=n_cm.mzimmers@netcom.com>, mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers) writes:
|> |> 
|> |> As for my personal success, I dropped about $300 at poker, most of
|> 
|>   $300??? This is rec.gambling!! Surely you meant to say "3 units"!

I've given this point some thought (for my humble trip reports) and I can't
seem to reconcile using units in place of dollars.  I change my units based
on the game I'm playing and whether I'm up or down for the day/trip.  Units
just don't seem to convey that much excitement (unless we're talking like a
hundred of them, although in a $.25 crap game, that's still just $25).  Is
it like really bad form to use cash instead of units, or could everyone
really care less?
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From: chan@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM (Chan Benson)
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 19:16:06 GMT
Subject: Re: Blackjack Lemmings?
Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
Newsgroups: rec.gambling

> 	I played downtown, and _Blackjack Monthly_'s evaluations of
> various games pretty much echoed my own.  Horseshoe and Golden Gate
> were best. Some pressure at both, but for $5-25, it's not easy to
> get tossed out without playing many hours.

Howdy. I too enjoyed the Golden Gate the last time I was in Vegas. Just
out of curiousity, did you ever notice them sticking you with a "pro"
dealer when you were doing well?

One night when I was winning moderately well, a new dealer showed up
who was very jovial and friendly, but my luck immediately headed south.
I didn't stick around long enough for it to substantially impact my 
winnings, but I've always been a little curious as to whether I imagined
it or what. It was 3:30 in the morning, so...

The only other pressure we noticed was an occasional shuffle-up (requested
by the Pit Boss).

BTW, the Golden Gate has an awesome $1.50 Ham and Eggs.

			-- Chan
From: jason@dcs.umd.edu (Jason Steinhorn)
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
Subject: Re: BARGE report?
Date: 25 Aug 92 19:41:00 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

In article <JACOBS.92Aug25110841@cells.cs.utah.edu> jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Steven R Jacobs) writes:


>I will say that the BARGE Hold'em Tournament was a riot, and turned
>out just as I had hoped :-)  If you weren't there, then you missed it.
			      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That's very deep and profound; thanks for informing us of our misfortune :-)

Newsgroups: rec.gambling
From: calvinj.consoles@ecs.comm.mot.com (Calvin Jestice)
Subject: Re: BARGE
Organization: control_centers
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 14:07:42 GMT

>Deac Moo (MOO@CADLAB.ENG.UMD.EDU)
>Hmm. Maybe we could have a rec.gambling.vegas.sleaze

    Why be redundant?

Cal Jestice

If you bet on a horse - that's gambling
If you bet you get three spades - that's entertainment
If you bet cotton will go up three points - that's business
See the difference?
                    --Blackie Sheldon
-- 




Newsgroups: rec.gambling
From: hall@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Michael Hall)
Subject: Re: query on ace side count
Organization: NASA/ARC Information Sciences Division
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 22:42:32 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.223714.24141@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> hall@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Michael Hall) writes:
>But Red 7's is a
>surprisingly good system for its simplicity, which you shouldn't be too
>eager to wreak.
          ^^^^^
    or to wreck.
-- 
Michael Hall            \ "Advantage is irrelevant.
NASA Ames Research Center\  Countermeasures are futile."
hall@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov \  -Borg card counter
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
Subject: Re:query on ace side count
From: karp@skcla.monsanto.com
Date: 28 Aug 92 08:52:15 GMT
Organization: Searle, Skokie, IL
Nntp-Posting-User: karp

>From: hall@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Michael Hall)
>Subject:Re: query on ace side count
>Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 00:01:23 GMT
>Message-ID:<1992Aug28.000123.1596@kronos.arc.nasa.gov>

>In article <1992Aug27.095454.1@skcla.monsanto.com> karp@skcla.monsanto.com writes:
>
>>I've heard mention of multi parameter counting many times and ace side counts
>>in particular.  My question is:  How do you use the ace side count to calculate
>>1) a. advantage ?
>
>Depends on the particular counting system.
>
>Michael Hall            \You're using Hi-Opt I + ace side count on an 8 deck


Michael - I did say red seven earlier in the post.  And I wouldn't be
want to do the conversion from hi-opt1 even if I knew hi-opt1.  I can be a 
math weenie and I am fair at statistics but if the works been done, this is
one case where I'd rather not redo it.  

In red seven, aces are part of the main count!


Jeffery
Karp@skcla.monsanto.com
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Newsgroups: rec.gambling
From: slaven@iastate.edu (Dave Slaven)
Subject: Re: The W.R.G.P.T II ... CALL FOR SIGN-UPS...!
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 21:51:17 GMT

In <1992Aug26.184000.1479@kpc.com> why@kpc.com (Will Hyde) writes:


> (Dave asked me not to post this one ... so, of course, here it is):

You could have at least changed my name, Will. :-)

[Hand in which i lose all my money, deleted.] [If only it were that simple.]

I've been playing under a low ceiling for so long, i plead
claustrophobia!

-- 
Dave Slaven 

"What do you do after you've ruined your life?"  --Mose Allison
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
From: moo@king.eng.umd.edu (Deac Moo of the UGC)
Subject: Re: BARGE
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 19:22:37 GMT
Organization: Computer Aided Design Lab, U. of Maryland College Park
Reply-To: moo@king.eng.umd.edu

In article <1992Aug26.175132.6691@ichips.intel.com>, bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton) writes:

>Las Vegas is dying.  It certainly isn't growing, in a
>philosophical sense.  

Zen and the art of losing money :)

>The apparently permanent closing of such a viable and
>attractive casino as Main Street Station was merely the
>first.

Location, location, and location....

> When Bally's goes under, when this third dip of the
>current recession cuts finally into the travel budgets of
>the last of the possible visitors, and when people realize
>that casino gambling at the newer venues that are opening
>all over the country is pretty much the same as it ever was
>in Las Vegas, then the rest of the Vegas casinos will begin
>to topple.  For a while there won't be enough money to
>support this sort of city, and there is no longer the legal
>or political pressure to contain this brand of immorality
>to the state where it was born.

Well, I beg to differ. There's more g*ddamn neon and construction going up
in Vegas than anywhere else in America. Fastest growing city in the United
States and all that. 

Sure, they'll be newer local Vampire Venues, but Vegas will adapt. Atlantic
City was supposed to be the be-all, end-all, competition to Vegas. Uh huh. So
where are the odds better at? Better shows? Cheaper food and packages? Viva Los
Vegas...

>On to the chronology:
>
>8pm, Thursday:  arrive at Mirage; valet the car; fuck with
>dimwits at the front desk; play poker; eat; sleep; play
>poker;

>2am, Saturday:  meet at the Frontier for a shake and some
>fellow-BARGEr bashing;

You left out the trip to the Flamengo, plus the limo ride out to the Chicken 
Ranch. :-)

Hmm. Maybe we could have a rec.gambling.vegas.sleaze
	                *** MOO@CADLAB.ENG.UMD.EDU***
Heaven: Playing craps with HotBabes(tm) screaming "I want you to come for MEEE." 
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
From: buffalo@wam.umd.edu (Duncan D. Sterling)
Subject:  Opinions/Reccomendations on Horse Handicapping Software Wanted 
Summary: What delivers the best results? 
Keywords: Horses, Racing, Gambling, Handicapping, Software
 
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 13:20:00 GMT

     I've just started working with a handicapping program called
"Plus III Enhanced", which uses information downloaded from an on-line
service called "Bloodstock Racing Information Service" (mostly Daily
Racing Form Stuff) to handicap local races.

     I'm interested in hearing from others who have tried this system, or
other systems:  How much has your ROI improved with a given system?  Is
your software package user-modifiable?  What did it cost? etc, etc.

     If enough interesting replies are received, I'll try to compile them
and then post them to the net--thanks in advance for any and all replies


-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duncan Sterling          buffalo@wam.umd.edu   GT750L, KH500A8, CA175K3
University of Maryland    "Yeeehaaa!" - Slim Pickens in "Dr. Strangelove"   
College Park, Md.         "2 strokes are quicker than 4" - anonymous
From: mgm@clipper.ingr.com (Mike Marfell)
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
Subject: Re: Guilty as Charged! (was Re: Kelly w/..)
Date: 28 Aug 92 16:54:07 GMT
Organization: Intergraph Advanced Processor Division - Palo Alto, CA

> Nah, those are sucker bets.  Stick with the California Lottery.  Remember:
> "our schools win too."
> Martin Veneroso

           "Our schools win too."  NOT!  Stick to the sucker bets!! 
-- 

                      "Just Say No! To Cable TV"
Mike Marfell                                      mgm@clipper.ingr.com
From: jason@dcs.umd.edu (Jason Steinhorn)
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
Subject: Re: What football game would you bet?
Date: 2 Sep 92 18:31:57 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1992Sep1.192813.27340@samba.oit.unc.edu> David.Berger@bbs.oit.unc.edu (David Berger) writes:

>In article <10269@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> kenb@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Ken Berger) writes:
>>
>>I think the 49ers will beat the Giants and cover the spread too.
>>

>So what is the spread?

Giants, +2.5 points.

Jason
jason@dcs.umd.edu
From: skeets@joker.cac.stratus.com (Paul Pederson)
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
Subject: WANTED!!!  Software to track football poll
Keywords: football
Date: 4 Sep 92 19:59:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: transfer.6182
Reply-To: .cac.stratus.com (Paul Pederson)
Distribution: na


	Does anyone have software to track my companys football poll on a Unix  
workstation? Source code in either "C" or "C++" will do.

/Skeets
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
From: phil@adam.adelaide.edu.au (Phil Kernick)
Newsgroups: rec.gambling,rec.puzzles,sci.math,sci.math.stat
Subject: Poker Probabilities
Date: 26 Aug 92 00:40:57 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: University of Adelaide, South Australia

I know the order of hands in a standard poker game, but can someone tell me
what the order becomes with the following variants:

(a)  wild cards   (1 joker, 2 jokers, 3 jokers, ...)
(b)  reduced deck (no 2, no 2-3, no 2-4, ...)



Thanks,
Phil.


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  /     \   Departmental Engineer       Phone:  +61 8 228 5914
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Newsgroups: rec.gambling
From: ralphw@comm.mot.com (Ralph Warchol STC Sys-Admin)
Subject: Re: Gambling in Illinois
Reply-To: ralphw@comm.mot.com
Organization: Motorola LMPS Software Technology Center
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:32:04 GMT

In article AA14273@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU, jtilbury@HARVARD.EDU () writes:
> I'll be in the Chicago area next week and I'd like information on the
> BJ riverboat gambling out of Joliet, IL.  Are the rules any good?
> What are the table minimum and maximum?  Are they paranoid about card
> counters?
> 
> Thanks,
>         Jason
> 

The Empress is very nice. All blackjack tables range from $5 min to $25 min. No limits
on how much you can bring aboard. Weekend cruises can get crowded so be sure to arrive
early enough to get a low boarding number (the boat holds 1000, they let 100 board at once in groups).
The $5 tables fill quickly. There's always room at a $25 min tables (just like Vegas).

I was just there a few weeks ago on a weekday. Each cruise is 2 1/2 hours. We took back-to-back
cruises and did not have to leave the boat between cruises (5 1/2 hours total).

Have fun!

---
        Ralph P. Warchol, Systems Administrator    | ralphw@comm.mot.com
        Software Technology Center - LMPS Research | Ph:  708-576-8519  
        Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois        | Fax: 708-576-3131
From: hack@arabia.uucp (Edmund Hack)
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
Subject: Guilty as Charged! (was Re: Kelly w/..)
Date: 26 Aug 1992 21:36:59 GMT
Organization: Lockheed ESC, Houston

In article <szbnhq.mzimmers@netcom.com> mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers) writes:
>In article <1992Aug26.171605.8062@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> hack@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (Edmund Hack) writes:
>
>>In article <1992Aug26.095503.325@doc.bmd.trw.com> mmord@doc.bmd.trw.com writes:
>
>>>Thanks and wish I'd made the BARGE.
>
>>I had a good time. The poker tourney was fun.
>
>Which did you enjoy more, Edmund -- finishing a strong second or
>announcing to the busted vets that it was your very first time
>playing hold 'em?

Guilty as charged.  As Fast Eddie said: "Money won is twice as sweet
....".

It was a carefully engineered strategem to rattle the remaining poker
players. :-).  Actually, by that time, I was so zoned that I was almost
in babble mode.


-- 
| Edmund Hack - Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co. - Houston, TX
| hack@aio.jsc.nasa.gov    SpokesPersonp(Me,or(NASA,LESC)) = NIL
| "No the game never ends when your whole
|       world depends on the turn of a friendly card"
From: hack@arabia.uucp (Edmund Hack)
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
Subject: Re: Practice with Workware Software
Date: 3 Sep 1992 21:55:29 GMT
Organization: Lockheed ESC, Houston

In article <1992Sep3.032157.20468@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> ch2m@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Christopher  Houston) writes:
>In the past, there was always this dilemma:  I had some great literature
>on seven-card stud (e.g., Sklansky/Malmuth/Zee, Caro, etc.), but all I
>could do was read it at home before a trip; then, I'd get to Las Vegas
>and have to implement what I'd read, right there at the tables and without
>any chance to "practice."
[munch]
>
>Well, the answer to this problem came in Workware's Seven-Card Stud program,
>which I would heartily recommend to anyone and especially to those who
>don't live in Nevada, who can't find a decent game in which to get 
>experience, and who thus face the same dilemma I had.  The program is
>much more than the always-random, zero-skill program I'd thought it might
>turn out to be.  In addition to a great hand analyzer, the program allows
>you to not only adjust the skill of your opponents but also to adjust 
>specific elements of your opponents' skill; so, for example, you might make
>one opponent more skillful by virtue of increased math skills, another by
>virtue of increased hand-reading skills, and another by virtue of  
>increased and better bluffing.  There are numerous other adjustments that
>you can make as well, not just in the opponents but in the structure and
>play of the game.  Also, the program offers certain analyses of your
>play and that of your opponents.

Is it still character-based? I have seen the demo version (which is
crippled to have unadjustable table rules and players) and really,
really hated the interface.  It reeks of old-style Turbo Pascal
programming.
>[munch]
>
I have used the Villa Crespo program "Amarillo Slim's Dealer's Choice",
which deals 7 Stud, 7 Stud Hi-Lo, Razz, Hold'em and a few others.  It is
limited to 8 players, uses nice graphics, has a good hand analyzer,
offers 3 levels of players (morons, idiots, and my level), and you can
get "Slim's" advice on what to do.  It has has a few defects - the
advice seems overly conservative on 3rd st. (i.e. I was advised to fold
with a 3 flush with a hidden king after the bring in had been called by
a couple of low upcards, only one high card to follow. I played anyway,
as that seems a good drawing hand to go to 4th st. with.), you can't
play true spread limit, and a few other details that would make it play
like a cardroom game.  It does have a nice speech option for
SoundBlaster users.

A 7 Stud only version is available for about 8 bucks at CompUSA and the
like. The full version is about $35 at the discounters.

-- 
| Edmund Hack - Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co. - Houston, TX
| hack@aio.jsc.nasa.gov    SpokesPersonp(Me,or(NASA,LESC)) = NIL
| "No the game never ends when your whole
|       world depends on the turn of a friendly card"
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
From: jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Steven R Jacobs)
Subject: Re: Guilty as Charged! (was Re: Kelly w/..)
In-reply-to: msm@public.BTR.COM's message of 28 Aug 92 16:13:59 GMT
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
	<JACOBS.92Aug27131842@cells.cs.utah.edu> <7847@public.BTR.COM>
Date: 28 Aug 92 12:48:56

In article <7847@public.BTR.COM> msm@public.BTR.COM (Michael S. McClain  msm@btr.com) writes:
> Jacobs boasted:
>> Hah!  I did it by playing quality hands, nothing but quality hands.
>> Right Mike M.? :-) (hey, T2 suited is a million dollar hand....)
>
>Nice hand, Steve:  "Of course they were suited -- I wouldn't have
>played them if they weren't."  It's guys like you that make California
>such a beautiful country.

How, by staying out?  I seem to remember some pretty cheesy hands of
yours...

> I can describe the Hold'em Tournament in two words: MAJOR COLLUSION.

Whah! :-)
--
Steve Jacobs  ({bellcore,hplabs,uunet}!utah-cs!jacobs, jacobs@cs.utah.edu)
"Never teach a card counter to sing.  It wastes your time and gets the card
 counter barred."
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
From: jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Steven R Jacobs)
Subject: Re: Guilty as Charged! (was Re: Kelly w/..)
In-reply-to: hack@arabia.uucp's message of Thu, 27 Aug 1992 17:52:40 GMT
Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
	<1992Aug27.140558.14186@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
	<1992Aug27.175240.10367@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
Date: 27 Aug 92 13:18:42

In article <1992Aug27.175240.10367@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> hack@arabia.uucp (Edmund Hack) writes:
>In article <1992Aug27.140558.14186@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> jacko@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Jacko) writes:
>>In article <-_cnfs.mzimmers@netcom.com> mzimmers@netcom.com (Michael Zimmers) writes:
>>>In article <1992Aug26.213659.13640@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> hack@arabia.uucp (Edmund Hack) writes:
>>>>It was a carefully engineered strategem to rattle the remaining poker
>>>>players. :-).  Actually, by that time, I was so zoned that I was almost
>>>>in babble mode.

Babble?  You hardly spoke a word during the whole game...

>>>
>>>Does the man ever stop??  First he drills the other players with the
>>>occasional dig that he, a hold 'em cherry, was knocking them outta
>>>the game.  Now we get to hear that in addition to being a first-timer,
>>>the guy was running on fumes to boot!  A definite master of demoralizing
>>>his enemy.
>>>
>>>That does it -- I'm switching to games of real skill.  From now on,
>>>it's Pai Gow poker, the slots and the money wheel.
>>
>>I like that penny-flipping game myself....
>>
>>Hey, I would have done better than third place if you guys would have let
>>me keep my seeing-eye dog in the room.  As it was I had to keep leaning 
>>over to Jacobs and ask him to tell me what my cards were.
>
> So _that_ is how he did it!

Hah!  I did it by playing quality hands, nothing but quality hands.
Right Mike M.? :-) (hey, T2 suited is a million dollar hand....)

>>  For those of you who missed it, I went down the next day and played 3-6 
>>for an hour or two and actually won for the first time in my life, so you
>>could say that the poker bug is reignited.  

You'll be hooked in no time... let us know how the action is at the $10/$20
tables....

>>The amazing thing is that I was dealt a blackjack as my hole cards at 
>>least four times during the tournament.  It's a shame I only got to 
>>turn them over once or twice.

You blew it!  You *gotta* yell "PRESTO!" with those puppies, even if
you don't turn them up...

> The _really_ amazing thing was the 4 of a kinds that kept showing up. That
> and the BJ scum taking 2nd and 3rd place.

Those quads were a bit spooky, but they served me well at the (Union) Plaza.
--
Steve Jacobs  ({bellcore,hplabs,uunet}!utah-cs!jacobs, jacobs@cs.utah.edu)
"Never teach a card counter to sing.  It wastes your time and gets the card
 counter barred."
From: stantz@sgi.com (Mark Stantz)
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
Subject: Re: Pao Gao Poker......Was I Robbed?
Date: 28 Aug 92 21:41:49 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

In article <1992Aug28.182957.79558@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> hm00@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (HOWARD JAY MILLER) writes:
>Here's my hand 88(10)(10)JQK
>
>The dealer had 334479(10)
>
>I set my hand up   88 (10)(10)JQK
>
>She looks at my hand and decides to put her two pair below so she winds up
>with (10)9 33447.  A PUSH.
>
>Is this fair?  Or must she split the pair?  I could have beaten her if I put
>both below because my KQ would have been higher also on the 2 card hand.

	It's fair, and in fact, she couldn't have split the pair if she'd
wanted to.  PGP dealers follow strict rules which vary only slightly from
casino to casino.  Everywhere I've ever played keeps small pairs together
(as they should.) The rule variations involve when they stop keeping the pairs 
together and start splitting them, when to break up straights in favor of
two high pairs, stuff like that. 

	I think most places would set the hands as 3 3 4 4 7 / 9 10 and 
10 10 J Q K / 8 8.  That's how I'd play them, barring a flush.

	-Mark
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
From: jj@slc.mentorg.com (Jeff Jennings)
Subject: Re: Kelly w/fut.options & 95% penetration
Date: 26 Aug 92 11:49:33
Organization: Mentor Graphics Corp.

>>>>> On 26 Aug 92 09:55:03 MST, mmord@doc.bmd.trw.com said:

Bret> Oh yeah, can anyone estimate the expectation on 2 decks, 95% penetration,
Bret> DOA, DAS, NRSA, H17,spread 1-4, Wong halves (doubled)w/ace side count?
Bret> This game exists in Nevada but it is well Hidden Away. :)

I have analyzed this game extensively since I used to play it a lot.
Unfortunately I pushed it too hard and have had the penetration backed
off to "only" 80% when I play.  First of all a 1-4 spread is WAY less
than you can get away with in this game.  I have gotten away with 1-10
and up to 1-50 spreads (1 hand of $2 up to 2 hands of $50).  It wasn't
until I started spreading 1-50 that Louie backed me off.  With this
spread and this penetration I made money in this game 80% of the times
that I played.  For small bankroll players this game is a goldmine since
the hourly earnings rate is quite high as a percentage of the bankroll.

In case anyone is wondering, the game is at the Hideaway in Wendover, NV.

Jeff
Newsgroups: rec.gambling
From: jil@donuts0.uucp (Jamie Lubin)
Subject: Re: BJ book by Gaffney
Reply-To: jil@donuts0.uucp (Jamie Lubin)
Organization: Bellcore, Piscataway, NJ
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 14:42:26 GMT

Just finished my first Blackjack book, "Winning Blackjack in (at) Atlantic
City & Around The World" by Thomas Gaffney (1990).  If anyone else has read
it, I'd like to get their comments.  Thanks in advance.
Newsgroups: rec.gambling