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A Charmed Run

Posted in Oddities by Greg Ross on January 10th, 2009

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In June 1950 a young man walked into the Desert Inn in Las Vegas and won 28 straight passes at craps, beating odds of more than 10 million to 1.

Because he picked up his winnings after each throw, he walked away with only $750; if he’d left them on the table he would have made $289,406,976.

He never gave his identity.