• In Atlantic City, N.J., elderly gamblers got flu shots Monday at Bally's Park Place ballroom while slot machines jangled in the next room. Nurses said the shot could cause soreness in their arms, but many replied they would work it out by pulling the slot machine handle.

• "Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science."
  
  - Henry David Thoreau

• "Son, we are sorry about the tuition funds...your mother and I did not know you are not supposed to split tens..." -Letters home from people visiting Reno.

• "Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says he is, is either a liar or doesn't play poker."
  
  -Amarillo Slim

• "The best bet you get is an even break."
  
  -Franklin Pierce Adams

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