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...billion in income goes unreported every year-and a healthy slice of the money is earned from gambling. Subcommittee Chairman John McClellan concluded that if all gambling income were reported, the U.S. Treasury would be at least $5 billion richer (enough to balance the budget). Professional Card and Dice Expert John Scarne raised those calls far higher; he guessed that illegal off-track betting alone totals $50 billion a year (in 1960 the legal handle at U.S. tracks was only $3.3 billion), and in addition payoffs to lawmen amount to $750 million. Said Scarne: "All you need is a phone...
Beginning a probe into the scope of U.S. gambling, the McClellan subcommittee found itself fascinated by the gimmicks that technical ingenuity has brought to the play of cards and dice. One knowledgeable witness was beefy, sweaty Paul Karnov. 48, co-owner of Chicago's moneymaking ($400,000 in gross sales last year, with an $86,000 profit) K. C. Card Co. Karnov introduced himself as "a manufacturer of perfect dice"; but he admitted that he devoted 21 pages of his catalogue to what he blandly called "trick dice or gaffed dice." Growled Arkansas Democrat McClellan: "The more...
...crooked dice are as old as gambling. For the subcommittee's edification, investigators carted in a remarkable range of more advanced products that help take the guesswork out of gambling. Among the latest and kinkiest wrinkles...
...special magnet ($150) that can be worn inside trousers, also for use in partnership operations. While one gambler tosses dice in which metal dust has been worked into the paint spots, his partner stands at the other end of the table, controlling the spots by imperceptible body movements...
...scheduled meeting, but G.A. does not solicit members; compulsive gamblers must seek out G.A. Though some members are deeply in debt, G.A. chapters make no effort to help them pay off their debts. But when a G.A.'s hands itch for a hot pair of dice, a rush call to the local G.A. chapter will bring two or three fellow members on the run to talk the weakening high roller out of placing the fatal first...