Posted by KRICO on May 10, 2001 at 22:26:24:
In Reply to: Gambling in the Zona posted by joejoe on May 10, 2001 at 20:15:45:
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...or so similar that you won't know the difference. I usually bet at Palacio de Jai Lai ( the Jai Lai Palace) on Revolucion and 8th...I only fucked up one bet in the many that I have placed there...( I tried to change a baseball pitcher after 24 hours - 24 hours is the limit on making changes...even if there are hours until the game actually starts...). They are very professional there ( as they are at about all the sports betting places...). You can (I believe ....) collect a bet for up to a year after the actual event ( like NV). They use the same "Autotote" computerized system that they use in NV. All provisions for betting are written in English and Spanish. If your "ticket" is right, you get paid as soon as they run it through the machine....like in 20 seconds....and in US dollars ( if that's what you placed the bet in...) I once saw Gabe Kaplan (actor and inveterate poker player...) place a ten grand bet on the Patriots back some odd 20 years ago, more or less...He won. This was at the MGM Grand in Reno. Nobody bugged him about his big win. Likewise in TJ. I've also placed sports bets at the place across from Peanuts & Beer, with no problem...although Palacio de Jai Lai is a much classier joint... Weird sidebar: "trabalengua" is the word for "tongue-twister" in Spanish...I was trying to place a bet on the Dodgers to win with that "Polish pitcher" ( I still can't pronounce or remember his name, but he had a great ERA at that moment...)...I just couldn't say it...nor could the Mexican gal who was taking my bet. Finally she said, "Su nombre es una trabalengua" ("His name is a tongue-twister...") and we both laughed and got on with it. Naturally I checked my ticket to make sure the names of the pitchers were right. KRICO
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