The following entry and photo by Chase Lisbon of Supercult.com
Reno was fucking nuts. I've had some pretty good luck on this trip, which is a far cry from my normal day to day... I was at a craps table for a few hours with my friend Brian, while Apnea and Brian's girl held down the bar and fended off the various cholos and cornrows that swarm around such areas. Brian and I were doing well and we were up pretty far for the night when this fat girl came up next to us and declared what "good luck" she was. We knew that was the end of our streak, but gambling gets into the head of an extremist and it's hard to trust your gut. We were wiped out within minutes. This woman's mojo Katrina'd the table...
We walked away from the table with about 7 bucks, and I remembered the cryptic message that Jim Defecto had emailed me when I told him I was in Reno.
"Bet 28 black". We went to the roulette table and I had Apnea drop a couple bucks on 28 black/. The ball was in motion when she made the bet, and a second later i saw it in the little 28 black spot. WTF. Awesome. I can't remember how much we put down, but we won around $100 and everyone stared at her like she was a gypsy woman. She took the money and left... we walked off laughing as dudes tried to get her to disclose what the next number was going to be.
I went home to email Jim and saw his original message: "Bet 29 black".
Thank god my memory is so fuckkkkkkkkked.
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