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Francisco Center Thursday,Hardened Gamblers Spellbound as Texan Wins $109,000RENO, (U.R) — Fred Murill, a quiet Texan with a steady eye and nerves of steel, will be back Monday to collect the S109,000 he won on a single throw of the dice.A gentleman's agreement will assure Munll's payment by Dub McLanahan, loser in a dice game that held hardened gamblers spellbound as dawn was breaking over Reno.When Murill claimed the dice at McLanahan's cluh, he was $5000 loser.Murill pul 523,000 on the lino, shook the ivory cubes and rolled them out on the green cloth of the fable. The crowd murmured when he threw a four—a Little Joe and one of the hardest points io make.Munll's expression did not change. He wailed for the operator to rake in the dice and return them to him.He put $43,000 more on the table, at odds of 2 to 1, gathered up the dice and shook them. A hush settled around the lable. Murill sent the dice bouncing out over the table. Up came his point, Little Joe.The house owed him $109,000.
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Hayward Review
Hayward, California, US
Sat, Jul 13, 1946
Page 6
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