:12:01
And that's how
they got Ace to take over.
:12:04
They wanted him because Ace ate,
slept and breathed gambling.
:12:11
They worked out
a real cute job title too...
:12:14
Tangiers Public Relations Director.
:12:17
But the only thing he ever
directed was the casino.
:12:20
He made his first bet when he was
15 years old, and he always made money.
:12:24
But he didn't bet
like you or me.
:12:26
You know, havin' some fun
with it, shit like that.
:12:29
Where the hell
did you learn how to deal?
:12:31
He bet like a fuckin'
brain surgeon.
:12:34
Place the checks properly.
:12:36
- That's the way you do it.
- Yes, sir.
:12:38
He had to know everything,
this guy.
:12:40
He'd find out the kind
of inside stuff nobody else knew...
:12:42
and that's what he'd put
his money on.
:12:45
Even back home, years ago...
:12:48
when we were first hangin' out...
:12:50
he'd know if the quarterback
was on coke...
:12:53
I'll take Columbia for 20.
:12:54
- if his girlfriend was knocked up.
- Twenty dimes on Columbia.
:12:57
He'd get the wind velocity
so he could judge the field goals.
:13:00
He even figured out
the different bounce...
:13:02
you got off the different kinds
of wood they used...
:13:04
on college basketball courts,
you know?
:13:06
He'd be workin'
on this shit day and night.
:13:08
There was nothing about a game
he was gonna bet that he didn't know.
:13:10
Ace got down at six.
Get me down at six.
:13:13
Season after season...
:13:16
the prick was the only
guaranteed winner I ever knew.
:13:18
But he was so serious
about it all...
:13:20
that I don't think
he ever enjoyed himself.
:13:23
But that's just the way he was.
:13:25
But back then, the bosses
didn't give a fuck...
:13:28
about whether
he enjoyed himself or not.
:13:30
To them, he was
a cash register.
:13:33
All they had to do was
ring the bell and take money.
:13:35
Especially Remo...
:13:37
who was a fuckin' degenerate
gambler who always lost...
:13:40
Cazzo!
:13:42
All those fuckin' sweeps.
:13:44
- unless Ace made his bets.
- Enough now!
:13:47
Ace made more money
for them on a weekend...
:13:49
than I could do heisting
joints for a month.
:13:53
Whatever Ace picked up
on the street, he told Remo.
:13:57
I mean, fixed fights,
doped horses...
:13:59
crooked fuckin' zebras,
locked-in point spreads.