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...investigation were made into the activities and interests of the regular gambler ... it would reveal an almost total lack of interest on his part in politics. The man who likes a flutter every day is not concerned with . . . the international scene and the current High Court case. Waiting for the results after the bets have been placed has a peculiar effect on the mind . . . drains work of any interest it may have, and deadens initiative...
...Gambler Packer found himself reluctant to record his losses: "The prestige of the gambler is dear to his heart. When he is winning he will tell you. When he is losing he uses such phrases as 'breaking even' or 'just keeping...
...football, headlines still went to Alvin Paris, a tinhorn gambler who entertained players with partying chorus girls, and tried to fix the National League's championship game between the Bears and the Giants (TIME, Dec. 23). He was due to be sentenced next week...
...Manhattan court last week Gambler Alvin Paris was on trial for attempting to fix a professional football game (he was later convicted). First prospective juror was William H. Haskell, a customers' broker for E. F. Hutton & Co. Haskell claimed he could not be impartial in a gambler's trial because: "I'm in the gambling business myself...
...Louisville, a reformed gambler announced the organization of "Gamblers Anonymous," patterned on "Alcoholics Anonymous." He asked that his name be withheld...