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53. Back in the 80s I use to go there for some big fights.

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:00 AM

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Was friends with a bookie in Detroit. I use to pick up and deliver cash for him, so he rewarded me with tickets for some major boxing matches.
Back then there were no greater bargains than Vegas. Great room for $20/nights, all you could eat buffets for $1.99 and so on. The casinos were getting rich on the gamblers, so they gave everything else away.
Don’t know what happened, but that all went away.

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