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George Codrick, 63, WWII veteran and math whiz known for playing the ponies and clever comebacks
George Codrick never considered himself a gambler. Indeed, it wasn’t gambling if you applied a surefire mathematical formula to betting at the racetrack, honed from years of studying the daily racing form and tracking thoroughbred speeds, track conditions and any number of other variables. George never bet on the famous horses because of the piddling […]
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