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Three balls and two nets (treated for tropical use) are standard in the Army's recreation "A" kit, of which 33,000 have been shipped. Among the kit's 215 other items: 36 decks of cards, dice, a dozen baseballs, Hoyle's Book of Rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: No. 1 | 2/21/1944 | See Source »

...poker ended abruptly when one ship won $1,992, leaving $8 as total capital among the other three. Craps redistributed the wealth, but not for long. A few days before the convoy finally sailed, the game became the property of two shipmates. One, a Yale alumnus, owned the dice. The other, a Sing Sing alumnus, had all the money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: White Sea League | 2/21/1944 | See Source »

...growers had to sell their apples at $2.53 a 44-lb. box, could ask no premium for fancy quality and fancy wrappings. The growers, who always regarded apples as a gamble for high stakes, were in the sad fix of a man watching a casino raided just when the dice were getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMING: Gloom In Wenatchee | 10/25/1943 | See Source »

WITH BLESSED DICE...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 10/15/1943 | See Source »

...Professor Rhine should have been a member of the Brain Trust. Mebbe the New Deal would have worked better with hir mental control over the dice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 16, 1943 | 8/16/1943 | See Source »

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