{"id":30425,"date":"2019-03-10T19:21:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mathewingram.blog\/?p=30425"},"modified":"2019-03-10T19:21:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T19:21:00","slug":"the-phantom-gambler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2019\/03\/10\/the-phantom-gambler\/","title":{"rendered":"The Phantom Gambler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>On September 24th, 1980, a man wearing cowboy boots and carrying two brown suitcases entered Binion\u2019s Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas. One suitcase held $777,000 in cash; the other was empty. After converting the money into chips, the man approached a craps table on the casino floor and put everything on the backline. This meant he was betting against the woman rolling the dice. If she lost, he\u2019d double his money. If she won, he\u2019d lose everything. Scarcely aware of the amount riding on her dice, the woman rol<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/05\/dice-roll-the-phantom-gambler\/\">Dice Roll: The Phantom Gambler<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"320\" data-attachment-id=\"30545\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/phantom-gambler-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/phantom-gambler-1.jpg?fit=840%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"840,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"phantom-gambler-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/phantom-gambler-1.jpg?fit=525%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewingramblog.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/10\/phantom-gambler-1.jpg?w=840&#038;resize=525%2C320\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/phantom-gambler-1.jpg?w=840&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/phantom-gambler-1.jpg?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/phantom-gambler-1.jpg?resize=768%2C468&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 24th, 1980, a man wearing cowboy boots and carrying two brown suitcases entered Binion\u2019s Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas. One suitcase held $777,000 in cash; the other was empty. After converting the money into chips, the man approached a craps table on the casino floor and put everything on the backline. 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