Word: chips
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Saudis' gambling technique was to constantly up their stake. After doubling the normal ceiling on $400 chips, they then asked for permission to quadruple it. That meant that with 36-to-l odds, a $1,600 chip on a winning number was worth about $57,000. When the Saudis began grouping their bets on a single number-meaning they stood to win $57,000 several tunes over if the number came up-the casino was obliged to ask them to stop...
...gathered around the roulette tables. "Girls on the make swarmed around them like bees," said one spectator. "The princes invited two young women to dine with them. After dinner, the girls to their surprise were not invited to visit the princes' suites, but each was given a $400 chip as a token of appreciation for her company...
Once, when a casino employee emptied an ashtray, the Saudi handed him a $400 chip. Still, for all their largesse, the Arabs did not seem to be enjoying it that much...
...greater recent quarterbacks mixes it up three days a week with the guys who make him feel most at home. While the debate to shelve the cleats lingers on in both the freshmen's and Stoeckel's minds, the young coach, who lacks only the authority of a chip board, will continue to bark out calls, slap pads and soothe butterfinger-aggravated egos...
...captains Steve McConnel and Tom Yellin will be making the New Brunswick trip along with Chip Ricketts, John Bartlett, and either Peter Zurkow or Alex Vik, who were tied after yesterday's final qualifying round...