Yeah the older we get the more brain farts we get Sac ...lol
But all joking aside there were many establishments that were underground bookies and the business was a front for the action coming in wether for sports betting or for drugs.....crazy but true
But the reason for this thread is for the stories, yes the stories from the old school gamblers, the ones like me that had to paint my bookies fence one time for him to squash out a five hundred dollar note I owed him.
Took me a couple of afternoons but I got that damn fence painted so well that he even gave me a hundred dollar free play the following Sunday......ha! How's that for having a bookie with a heart
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@undermysac
Yeah the older we get the more brain farts we get Sac ...lol
But all joking aside there were many establishments that were underground bookies and the business was a front for the action coming in wether for sports betting or for drugs.....crazy but true
But the reason for this thread is for the stories, yes the stories from the old school gamblers, the ones like me that had to paint my bookies fence one time for him to squash out a five hundred dollar note I owed him.
Took me a couple of afternoons but I got that damn fence painted so well that he even gave me a hundred dollar free play the following Sunday......ha! How's that for having a bookie with a heart
Man oh man you guys are talking about my own backyard foster/elston right by the DMV . Used to work right near there and live not too far from there too.
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@undermysac
Man oh man you guys are talking about my own backyard foster/elston right by the DMV . Used to work right near there and live not too far from there too.
Yes i played with a couple local guys before the internet even started but they weren't associated with the place you're talking about. Usually would meet them at bars to settle up.
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@justliketoplay
Yes i played with a couple local guys before the internet even started but they weren't associated with the place you're talking about. Usually would meet them at bars to settle up.
No I'm not throwing anyone under the bus nor implicating any business as such and just back and forth talks about coincidental names at coincidental names of businesses....if that makes any sense.
Just like hearing stories from covers gamblers that were fortunate to live in the times of having the so called local bookie and not depending on a casino or gambling outlet for their payday which at times like some bookies back then become a bitch to collect.
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@chicubs09
No I'm not throwing anyone under the bus nor implicating any business as such and just back and forth talks about coincidental names at coincidental names of businesses....if that makes any sense.
Just like hearing stories from covers gamblers that were fortunate to live in the times of having the so called local bookie and not depending on a casino or gambling outlet for their payday which at times like some bookies back then become a bitch to collect.
@chicubs09 It was a Great breakfast place with a fantastic wait staff that is now a different food place and a very pricey one at that. Sounds like to me that your an "ole" gambling veteran Do you have an interesting bookie story to share from years past? Without giving any names or addresses of course.
Whoops
Fwiw, it was years ago. Owners changed hands since. One place doesn't exist anymore.
If you guys take a ride down Lawrence today, it's nothing like it used to be. Start at Austin(where Lawrence begins) and go east all the way to Albany Park or further.
There used to be bars on every other block. Galvin's, The Blind Duck, Brick n Beam, Kildare Liqours, Marie's Pizza...just a few I remember off the top off my head that have closed.
The neighborhoods are much different as well. I've been living in the suburbs forever, and don't go to the city much at all anymore. Not like I used to in the good ole days.
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Quote Originally Posted by justliketoplay:
@chicubs09 It was a Great breakfast place with a fantastic wait staff that is now a different food place and a very pricey one at that. Sounds like to me that your an "ole" gambling veteran Do you have an interesting bookie story to share from years past? Without giving any names or addresses of course.
Whoops
Fwiw, it was years ago. Owners changed hands since. One place doesn't exist anymore.
If you guys take a ride down Lawrence today, it's nothing like it used to be. Start at Austin(where Lawrence begins) and go east all the way to Albany Park or further.
There used to be bars on every other block. Galvin's, The Blind Duck, Brick n Beam, Kildare Liqours, Marie's Pizza...just a few I remember off the top off my head that have closed.
The neighborhoods are much different as well. I've been living in the suburbs forever, and don't go to the city much at all anymore. Not like I used to in the good ole days.
My locals always paid me when i won but it was a whole different ball game back then. They had limited hours you could call them to put bets in you were at their mercy with the lines they gave out. One of the locals wouldn't take mlb or teasers or moneylines on anything.
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@justliketoplay
My locals always paid me when i won but it was a whole different ball game back then. They had limited hours you could call them to put bets in you were at their mercy with the lines they gave out. One of the locals wouldn't take mlb or teasers or moneylines on anything.
The fence painting story cracks me up. The first “big” bet I ever lost was a $400 teaser on the Super Bowl. I was 19or 20 years old and had just reached the age that my dad would let me bet through his bookie. Well the bookie and my old man were long time friends and when I lost the bet I ended up working off the debt. Not that I wasn’t willing to pay, but the guy didn’t want to take my money. Instead he was turning his basement into a finished room and had me do all the fiberglass insulation. Told me after that gambling was a very dangerous hobby. I never placed a bet with him again and ended up finding another guy. I realized after that the guy wanted me to win that bet and it would have killed him to take $400 from his friends 20 year old dumb ass kid. Good times…
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@justliketoplay
The fence painting story cracks me up. The first “big” bet I ever lost was a $400 teaser on the Super Bowl. I was 19or 20 years old and had just reached the age that my dad would let me bet through his bookie. Well the bookie and my old man were long time friends and when I lost the bet I ended up working off the debt. Not that I wasn’t willing to pay, but the guy didn’t want to take my money. Instead he was turning his basement into a finished room and had me do all the fiberglass insulation. Told me after that gambling was a very dangerous hobby. I never placed a bet with him again and ended up finding another guy. I realized after that the guy wanted me to win that bet and it would have killed him to take $400 from his friends 20 year old dumb ass kid. Good times…
Just to add a little to my story- I remember my old man telling me that this guy had been taking action for 30+ years. I said wow he’s been doing it that long and never got caught? His response was “caught? Half the police in town bet with him!”
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@justliketoplay
Just to add a little to my story- I remember my old man telling me that this guy had been taking action for 30+ years. I said wow he’s been doing it that long and never got caught? His response was “caught? Half the police in town bet with him!”
Omg! The ticker on ESPN they had running on the bottom of the screen was horrendous to get a score on a sport that you wagered on, especially on Saturday when you had to wait ever so patiently for all the college scores to show before you got to the NBA and then the NHL and God forbid if you took your eyes off that ticker and missed your game and you had to wait again for your score to appear.
They even had a hotline sportline phone number to get up to the minute scores and updates from
Yep! Those were the days.....Thanks for sharing Tech
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@tech65
Omg! The ticker on ESPN they had running on the bottom of the screen was horrendous to get a score on a sport that you wagered on, especially on Saturday when you had to wait ever so patiently for all the college scores to show before you got to the NBA and then the NHL and God forbid if you took your eyes off that ticker and missed your game and you had to wait again for your score to appear.
They even had a hotline sportline phone number to get up to the minute scores and updates from
Yep! Those were the days.....Thanks for sharing Tech
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