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Old 03-03-2019, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by declansharbor View Post
Had a verbal confrontation ensue in front of me the other week bc a guy was shut out of a bet due to 2 of the machines being used by ‘stoopers’ that were putting an entire stack of losing tickets through the machines in hopes of hitting the jackpot. They’re certainly a dying breed, but they do pop their ugly heads up at the most inopportune times!

Made for one hell of a show though for us bystanders!
There was a story in the NY Times , when NY had many otb's. This one guy made it his full time job of collecting bags from the otbs and he made a good living at it ..

Here is the article from 2010 . https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/s...09stooper.html
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