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...computer buff, was fascinated, and while still serving as a pillar of the West Coast financial establishment, began imagining himself a buckaroo blackjack hero. For six years he worked feverishly to acquire the necessary skills, practicing rigorous memory drills and doing complex statistical calculations. In 1974 he went to Harrah's Casino in Reno to put himself to the test. He won $3,000 and never looked back...
...Jewish Bronx kid (he's still Jewish, but no longer middle class and living in the Bronx), is in need of the bucks, but earning a living seems to be one of the reasons Klein has flown West. "After a wonderful summer I was rudely awakened to open at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe. Two weeks in paradise. Thank you! Quite enough...
...While I don't like performing in places where the audience is wining and dining by the thousands, I must say that Harrah's pampers its artists. I had the largest hotel bill I've ever seen--all free! They picked up all my incidentals, all my phone calls, everything. I've never been treated so royally...
Just in case the bomb went off, city authorities evacuated 3,000 people from Harvey's eleven floors and from nearby houses. The windows at Harrah's, across the street from Harvey's, were boarded up. But life went on almost normally in Stateline, a community of seven casinos and 1,500 residents that is just a roll of the dice from the California border. Even at Harrah's, gamblers milled around the roulette wheels and card and dice tables...
...Toby Harrah stole second in the third inning, and went on to third when Burleson bobbled a slowly hit Norris grounder. Bonds whiffed again, though, and the Tribe scare was over...