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Remember your 1st BOOKIE ?
He was a degenerate gambler and only took the peeps the real bookies didnt want to fool with. Earl was his name.
I was a senior in HS around 1970. Earl's limit was $300.00 and all bets had to end in a zero.Earl didnt want to do the math using cents. My avg bet was $20.00
I think it was more fun back then.
SBR Founder Join Date: 10/30/2005
Oh ya, I remember mine. Good ole Simoni. The man who got busted for taking high schoolers action, because he didn't listen to his dads advice on cutting him off and seeking payment. What really sucked was the fact that he owed me $2800 that week
SBR Founder Join Date: 8/10/2005
mine was a sports book in Reno...the Turf Club...
SBR Founder Join Date: 8/18/2005
pags, I did not bet in a legit book for years, then it was only when I was on vacation. I think the Dunes in Vegas was the 1st.
SBR Founder Join Date: 10/30/2005
mine went by the name Petroni. 60 yeard old from Hobokken, NJ and used a beat up wheel chair to get around
wonder who JJ's was. lucky bastard
SBR Founder Join Date: 10/9/2005
the dunes...that's cool sam...can't even stand normal sportsbooks now and they're 5 mins. from my house...
SBR Founder Join Date: 8/18/2005
I used to do $2 parlay cards when I was in middle school from a guy ran a local baseball card shop (what a **** off)... terrible ******* odds and they always pushed the lines to 3, 7, 10, etc with ties losing... that ************ must have made a killing on his ******* scam...
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SBR Founder Join Date: 9/15/2005
Originally Posted by compaqDikk
Caesar's and The Tropicana were the first 'real books' to get my business. My pop wasn't a real bookie, but he used to steal my allowance back from me when I was a kid. He won't bet with me anymore these days.
The Dunes had a cool restaurant on top of her. I cannot remember the name but seafood was the main attraction.
The Dunes had that old time 'Mob' look inside.
SBR Founder Join Date: 10/30/2005
At a local book when I was under 21. They booked the bet with out checking ID, but just in case they did when I went to cash, I had my friend that was over 21 go cash it for me.
SBR Founder Join Date: 8/10/2005
turf club booted me out after about 6 months...18 year old kid took them for over a $1000...not much, but they were still pissed...they didn't mind me being underage when I was first betting with them, they were happy to try and take my money...
SBR Founder Join Date: 8/18/2005
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