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From: flinn@seismo.UUCP (E. A. Flinn)
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Subject: gambling story
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Date: Sun, 1-Jan-84 13:00:07 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan  1 13:00:07 1984
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	Classic situation of man deeply in debt, took
what money he had left, went to Monte Carlo to try to recoup at the
roulette tables.  Won a little, lost a lot, and was down to his last
franc.  Prayed for help.  Supernatural voice whispered in his ear:
"le rouge..."   Man looked around; nobody there.  What the hell - he
put his last franc on the red, and it won.  The voice immediately
said, "encore le rouge..."  Played red again, and it won again.  The
voice said, "impair..."  Played odd, and it won.  Voice said,
"quinze..." so he put all the money on 15, and it won.

	This went on for hours, the voice telling him what to bet, and
the man putting all his money on what the voice said, and winning.
Finally when the voice spoke, the man protested that he'd won millions
of dollars and wanted to quit.  The voice was inexorable: "douze..."
The man put the money on 12, and 11 came up - he had lost everything -
voice murmured "ah! merde...."