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Earl Snake-Hips Tucker
10-03-1999, 11:35 AM
Apparently, it's some kind of gambling activity.

Any idea what?????
Ringo
10-03-1999, 11:43 AM
Just a lottery, but run by your local criminal syndicate instead of the ever benevolent state.
RealityChuck
10-03-1999, 05:18 PM
To be more specific, the classic numbers game has people select three numbers. The various bets would be compared to a "random" number -- I've seen it as the last three digits on the numbers of shares sold on the New York Stock Exchange, or the last three digits on the total handle on a particular track. Whoever got all three got a 600:1 payoff. Bets were low; the runners went from house to hour collecting bets each day.

Now there are legalized numbers, which are essentially the same, only you get worse odds.
Lumpy
10-04-1999, 04:26 PM
No no, the OP meant those numbers that runners wear in races. ;-)