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July 9, 1949

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ROUGE, IMPAIR, ET MANQUE

Joseph Wechsberg

PROFILE of a Monte Carlo croupier, Gaston Raymond an of the Casino. It was founded in 1858, at the request of Prince Charles III of Monaco. The first …