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Paul Hanky @historicmusings.bsky.social

Check out the Dollop episode The Whale in Atlantic City if you want to understand in part how he accomplished this. Basically, he paid the world's best baccarat player to come to AC and the guy took the house for all it had, and they couldn't get him off the table.

aug 1, 2025, 10:14 pm • 19 2

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Croissant Louverture @kross4.bsky.social

Such great business acumen…

aug 1, 2025, 10:52 pm • 4 0 • view
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MathiasTCK.bsky.social @mathiastck.bsky.social

Sure, that explains ONE bankrupt casino. Did he invite the guy back to his next?

aug 1, 2025, 10:16 pm • 11 1 • view
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Paul Hanky @historicmusings.bsky.social

Nope, just invited him to the same casino twice

aug 1, 2025, 10:17 pm • 8 1 • view
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MathiasTCK.bsky.social @mathiastck.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/kate...

aug 4, 2025, 4:11 pm • 3 0 • view
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Croissant Louverture @kross4.bsky.social

Oh boy…should I learn to gamble? 😬

aug 4, 2025, 4:13 pm • 1 0 • view
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MathiasTCK.bsky.social @mathiastck.bsky.social

Most of the trick is learning when NOT to gamble

aug 4, 2025, 4:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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Croissant Louverture @kross4.bsky.social

I don’t gamble at all, and I was being a bit cheeky. But I share the sentiment of the original poster…we’re all living in a big casino with an owner who bankrupted two of them.

aug 4, 2025, 4:22 pm • 0 0 • view