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Originally Posted by fmhealth
Well we're all familiar with past posting but how about getting paid BEFORE the contest even begins??
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It seemed like the classy thing to do. To remove conflicts of interest, he eliminated the team he owned (Rockets) from consideration, which made futures bets on the Warriors a winner.
In "Little Miss Marker," one scene showed bookie Sorrowful Jones calling Bernie the Gouger:
"The $50 you won on Cold Cuts, I just won from your two fighters. You won't have to pay them tonight, so that makes us even."
As Jones walks off-camera, his right-hand man, "Regret" quips:
"It's a gift. A horse ain't even gone to the post yet, and the result is in,
and the bets is copped."