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Page 77
They operated two or three nights a week , and their total “ swag , " as he calls it , averaged about $ 1,500 a week . " It didn't leave so much when we split it up , " he says , " but it kept us going , existing , and that was all I ...
They operated two or three nights a week , and their total “ swag , " as he calls it , averaged about $ 1,500 a week . " It didn't leave so much when we split it up , " he says , " but it kept us going , existing , and that was all I ...
Page 166
You loan out $ 1,000 and the guy is supposed to pay back $ 100 a week for twelve weeks . The $ 200 you make is the vigorish . Figure it another way . For every $ 5 you lend out a week , you get back $ 6 . How did I start ?
You loan out $ 1,000 and the guy is supposed to pay back $ 100 a week for twelve weeks . The $ 200 you make is the vigorish . Figure it another way . For every $ 5 you lend out a week , you get back $ 6 . How did I start ?
Page 188
With one thing and another , I'd say I am ahead between $ 200 and $ 300 a week , and I am having a lot of fun . I don't win every week , but it averages out to that . I'm not foolish . I don't bet every race , only when I got a horse ...
With one thing and another , I'd say I am ahead between $ 200 and $ 300 a week , and I am having a lot of fun . I don't win every week , but it averages out to that . I'm not foolish . I don't bet every race , only when I got a horse ...
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| Title | The Valachi Papers |
| Author | Peter Maas |
| Published | 1968 |
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