Ohio Con Artist

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by South Beach Luv

Didn't you say you've come across him at PID?

My father did on many more occasions. He met through a mutual friend (a former PID Casino Host who dished out the comps for the casino)

They comped this clown quite well...and quite a few dummies believed he was a bigshot. It drove my father absolutely nuts. Pops would constantly rant to me how this kid was an unbelievable liar and fraud. How he knew virtually nothing about actual handicapping. When he heard he was roping in investors, he guaranteed me it would be a con game and he'd rip them off. He got a couple of NFL players from the Browns and took them to the cleaners. He roped in people from Ohio.

I never really wanted anything to do with the guy. He wasn't going to get any publicity out of me. He'd have had an easier time convincing me he was the Queen of England than the owner of Lookin At Lucky or Gemologist.

But, I had no idea he was on Twitter or doing stuff on the Internet until March, when I found out by people identifying him by name. I just assumed he was some wannabe Racing Manager in the area, lying through his teeth, and probably ripping off a few NFL players. My father kept locals from getting sucked in. He did his damage with Ohio people. He bet big, though. He'd bet $500 on a race, after doing 30 seconds of handicapping.