Friday. November 6. 1959 University Daily Kansan
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Pressure on Parley Pushers
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the better. And what makes it nice for the syndicate is that ties occur in about 4 per cent of all the games. Even 4 per cent profit of $5 million is a nice take from a "part time job." But then there are people who pick the wrong teams and their money increases the syndicate's per cent of the $5 million to 90 per cent or more. The bookies are estimated to receive 20 per cent of this as their cut.
"Yes." I answered.
On Oct. 23 (a week later) when I again tried to contribute a dollar to the racket's income, I was greeted with:
"We don't have the cards this week. You heard about the raid?"
"That stopped them this week. But if you still want to play you can use this," the bookie said.
I was handed a piece of paper
made out like a parlay card. I was to write my choices on a piece of paper and keep a carbon for my own record.
"The cards will be out again next week as soon as they settle this in court," the bookie told me.
The number of winners you have to pick is up to you. The lowest number that you can pick is three. If you should, by a stroke of luck, get three out of three right, you would win $5 for your $1 investment. Four out of four winners on the same investment would bring your winnings to $9. Six out of six winners would bring your winnings to $25. Nine out of nine would bring $75. Ten out of ten would return $100 for your original $1 investment. But all it takes is one wrong choice to
I was shown into a back room where I was to work out my homemade card.
lose your dollar. Every time I played had one wrong choice.
On last Friday's trip to my bookie I was told of the temporary layoff of pushing the cards to the students.
But the racket has not been stopped. Law agencies say the only sure way to kill the racket is for people to realize how silly and use-ess it is to try to beat the cards, and then to stop playing.
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Dr. Johnson turns another elegant phrase:
Sir, if it hasn't got it there, it hasn't got it!
Old Dr. Sam has done it again—brought his dictionary up to date in terms of modern Winston usage.
Winston (win'ston), n. A cigarette with Filter-Blend on one end and a wise man on the other.
Taste (tast), n. What decorators argue about and Winston smokers enjoy.
Filter-Blend (fil'ter-blend), n. A happy marriage of art and science. Light, mild, flavorful tobaccocs are artfully selected, then scientifically processed for filter smoking.
Slogan (slò'gän), n. (e.g., Winston tastes good like a cigarette should). A statement of disputed grammar but unquestioned fact.
Front (frunt), n. (used in conjunction with the preposition "up"). The section of a filter cigarette where if it hasn't got it, it hasn't got it. Also, the section that counts, the section where exclusive Filter-Blend is to be found.
Boswell (böz'wcl). Nickname for a guy who is always hanging around to cadge Winstons from you.
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