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- tSATURDAY MORNING, JULY 13. 19462andlqcdthethe)licee ofnaUIY. Bi-bnt-itrepid)t spot b testrd upshipsclosestwhichTexas Gambler Rolls 'Little Joe' onReno Crap Table to Win $184,000RENO. Nev.. July 12—lt;U.R)—A $43,000 odds bet that he could roll “Little Joe/' one of crap’* toughest points, brought Texas Gambler Fred Murill $184,000 at Dub McLanahans club Friday and evened a score with Dub who 25 years ago won 100 bales of cottonfrom Murrill’s uncle in a dice game.At the end of an all-night, 14-hour crap session at McLans-han’s Frontier club, Murill in a single throw cleaned the house of $92,000 on the odds bet and the $23,000 original bet ne laid down before he cast the four.Added to the $69,000 he might have lost had lie rolled seven, he was $184,000 ahead. And the players at his table to whom he gaveunfailing advice netted another$24 000 to bring the clubs lossesdirectly traceable to the lucky Texan to $312,000.“Whew. said McLanahan, since bovhood a close friend of Murilhs despite the long-standing gamblers grudge “1 hope nobodv docs that again soon.”Dub added that the club had Sufficient money I cover thebeta. B it. he reported. ‘'Fred walked out without collecting. A gentlemans agreement, lie said he'd be back Mondav. Murilla night club Inhimself owns Dallas Murill whocited duringnever became ex-the steady play,never raised his \ r. and ne\made a mistake in laying hisbets down on the green clothtable of the Frontier club, checkedout of hi hotel in Reno FrtdJfor Lake Tahoe to “rest tip ’ fromthe suppressed nervous strain. Wearing a plain business suitand lacking the traditional cowboy boofa of Texan. Murill kept the spectators around the long table tense as he b*gan the grudge game and w-en* down$5 000 on the fir«f few* rollsThen, just as dawn began to light Reno’s streets, Murillclaimed the dice and bet $23,000. He threw a four He then bet MS.onn at two to one odd* and the four repeated to net him the $184,000.It was a bid for the title of thebiggest winner in the Nevada gambling chib this year.McLanahan explained that the house limit was $500 on the table, but that double odds are per-mitted if the gambler gets hispersonal okayCAN ARM S COMF HIGHBird fanciers are pointing onthat the most expensive living creature is a bird. When the fame British race horse Dante was solehis sale price amounted to $8 aounce, but a canarv shown recentlat Horticultural hall. WestminsteiEngland, brought $1000 and welgheirelv an ounce.Under New ManagementArizona CafeOpen 6 Ato 10 P. M’ir. i \i i*\kkMr. mid Mr*. Steve Becky, Prop*Ethel and Earl SouthcrsAt rheAmerican Bar15 West GraniteBooths for Lidies
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The Montana Standard
Butte, Montana, US
Sat, Jul 13, 1946
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