This guy that calls himself my Dad's freind wrote a book then talked bad about my Dad in it, unbelievable. My Dad was probably one of the best sport handicapper's in the world. From the early 60's till the mid 80's when he died he made the race and sport book lines for the Casino's in Las Vegas. Jimmy the Greek used to call my Dad every morning and compare lines with him to see if he was close. Anyway this guy say my Dad stiffed some other gambler he knew.
Well that's BS. my Dad didn't always tell everyone his busness and what was going on, It's just not smart. My Dad always paid his bets off.
These Guys would call up make 5 bets on differant games, lose 4 of them and win one then want my Dad to pay for the one game they won and want him to waite to get paid so they could pay other people bets they had lost to them.
If this guy was such a good freind he should have know that, Right.
You didn't get the good rep my Dad had by cheating people, besides he didn't have to' he was just that good. Plue this guy could not even spell his last name right, come on it's only 4 letters. Ray Vara is my Dad's name and he spelled Vara, Vera instead. The name of the book is We Were Wise Guys And Didn't Even Know It. The part about my Dad is on page 30 and then he talks about him though out the book. Just little parts here and there.
there is one funny part about how my Dad went after this guy in his PJ's
and the guy was trying to tell my Dad he could not treat him like that because he was running for President of the US. HE! HE! this is just a example of the nuts my Dad had to deal with some times. The writter should have known this. Funny how he waites till some one is dead before he writes about it.
Kurt