Years ago, there were a couple of low-level grifters who had a scam going to cheat on horse races.
They were entering bets where you had to pick the winners of six races in a row once four of the races had already been run.
It was a great racket until...
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They were entering bets where you had to pick the winners of six races in a row once four of the races had already been run.
It was a great racket until...
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...something crazy happened.
They won something too big.
Instead of ordinary horses winning the 5th and 6th race, two crazy long shots won.
Instead of their usual haul of a couple tickets worth $1,000 bucks, they had “won” over a million dollars.
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They won something too big.
Instead of ordinary horses winning the 5th and 6th race, two crazy long shots won.
Instead of their usual haul of a couple tickets worth $1,000 bucks, they had “won” over a million dollars.
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One of the guys said later “As soon as that horse won, we knew we were dead.”
The small-time cons had won something so big, they had just invited a ton of scrutiny.
Sure enough, they were nearly instantly caught.
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The small-time cons had won something so big, they had just invited a ton of scrutiny.
Sure enough, they were nearly instantly caught.
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Investigators figured out the racket. One flipped. Both went to jail.
I’ve thought of this story 100 times since Trump won.
These are small time cons running good little rackets...
...but then they won something too big.
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I’ve thought of this story 100 times since Trump won.
These are small time cons running good little rackets...
...but then they won something too big.
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Someday, we’re gonna look back and see how similar the Trump story is...
Low-level crooks suddenly in the light of a spotlight that took them all down.
Hey, when you’re a cheat, sometimes the worst thing that can happen is ya win.
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Low-level crooks suddenly in the light of a spotlight that took them all down.
Hey, when you’re a cheat, sometimes the worst thing that can happen is ya win.
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