Let's Talk About Shane's Gambling Problem . . .

[Johnnyt]

Absoluetly John, no question they cant be trusted.
You remember Roosevelt Raceway, they used to have the Trotters there ? Well, it was either the late 60,s or early 70,s and someone who is very close to me was a very big horse and numbers guy, his boss gave him an astonishing 18 out of 21 winners at Roosevelt over the course of 3 months time.

And he didnt do it by superior handicapping skills either, lol. He just told this person not to load up too heavy at the track and to use outside BM,s to keep the price higher.
Roosevelt was always rampant with corruption back then, this is no secret at all.
After about a year a few guys went away because of this move, i wonder how many of them were jockeys who were in over their heads with gambling, and they ALL gambled.

The friend of mine in question never gave me a figure as to how much he took down with this one, but i know it wasnt small in any way.
Cant trust anything that eats and craps in sports betting, that pretty much says it all.

Yep, Roosevelt was owned by the mob. It also had the best horses and drivers in the states. A lot of people got wacked in that parking lot...some of them drivers. A few of the drivers would come into my poolroom in East Islip, along with some top name boxers and trainers owned by the boys. There was a ton of un taxable money to be made on LI in those days if you had the balls to go for it. Johnnyt

 

[pt109]

Personally, I think talking about Shane's gambling is very acceptable.

He's our star....and he is in the public domain.....
...and he is one of the players that can stand up to scrutiny....
...his life style is admirable.

Gambling plays a huge role in the pool world.....
...and many of our top players like to shove their chips.

I remember Danny D saying in his HOF acceptance speech that he
didn't like Joe Balsis.....then he found that Joe was a race track fanatic...
....he immediately liked him.....
...as a matter of fact, he couldn't remember what he DIDN'T like about him.

Did you know that the first 'go-off' in history may have been the Cardinal
of Paris, a few hundred years ago?...he played carombole much worse
than he thought he did.