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...trouble began four years ago when certain small-time gambler, identified only as Senor Delgado, took to studying the whims and behavior of roulette wheels in the small casino at nearby Necochea. Recording several thousand consecutive turns of a wheel, he found that eight or nine numbers seemed to turn up more frequently than the others. By playing a pattern of the high-frequency numbers and rechecking his computations, he began to win modestly but consistently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Bank Breakers | 2/12/1951 | See Source »

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