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you know i got a grandson,
six years old.
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- that's a great age.
- yeah. chuckles
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he says to me the other day,
he says,
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"pop-pop, when i grow up,
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i wanna be a bookie and run
a numbers racketjust like you."
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ohhh.
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i know. i melted.
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andthen he asks me,
hesays, "pop-pop,
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when people play the numbers,
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what number do they tr to win?"
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so i explain to him.
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i say, "sweetie,
ever week we bookies,
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we get the number from someplace
customers know we can't control."
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- and he says, "like sesamestreet?"
- lovely that, isn't it?
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it's amazing what these kids
come up with, isn't it?
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it's amazing. and i say,
"no, no, no, no, not sesamestreet.
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we get the number from
the lotter drawing on television,
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the last three digits
ofthe real lotto,
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because everone knows
no one can rig the state lotter,
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which means no one
can rig a bookie's number."
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- that's right.
- and he looks at me.
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you know, big long look with
these big brown eyes, and he says,
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"and i bet no one can win either!"
chuckles
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he's a genius. kid's a genius.
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after all, h-how often
do i have to pay out?
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- once, twice, three times a year.
- if.
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if. so, moving right along.
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next day, guess what.
i had 1 2 people hit the same number.
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- no shit!
- yeah.
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which even a six-year-old kid knows,
statistically, it's impossible.
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out ofthe realm of possibility.
can't happen.
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- i don't know what to tell you.
- here's the funny thing, though.
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when i looked at
the people who picked,
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a pattern started to emerge.
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- really?
- yeah. your ex-wife.
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laughing
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your ex-wife.
your ex-wife's mother.
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her mother's sister.
your dentist.
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your cousin vic.