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| David Anthony |
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Stanley Bass: professional
gambler in southern California |
| Gretchen Archer |
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Davis Way: on the security team at the Bellissimo Resort and Casino, in Biloxi, Mississippi |
| Nero Blanc |
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Annabella Graham: crossword puzzle editor for the Newcastle Evening Crier, and Rosco Polycrates, a private eye, in Newcastle, Massachusetts |
| Richard Condon |
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Colin Huntington:
retired Royal Navy captain and compulsive gambler |
| Deborah Coonts |
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Lucky O’Toole:
statuesque beauty in charge of customer relations for the mega-casino
Babylon Hotel, on the Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Rick Gadziola |
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Jake Morgan: disgraced
Boston police officer turned blackjack dealer in Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Parnell Hall |
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Cora Felton:
crossword creator with a nationally-syndicated column in Bakerhaven,
Connecticut |
| Grant McCrea |
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Rick Redman: lawyer, drinker, rookie investigator, father, and poker hound, in New York City, |
| Susan Moody |
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Cassie Swann: professional bridge player, in Bellington, England |
| William Murray |
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Shifty Lou Anderson: professional magician and horseplayer, in southern California |
| Judson Philips |
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Danny Coyle: gambler and his assistant, Donovan |
| Anthony Rome (Marvin Albert) |
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Tony Rome: gambler and private investigator, in Miami, Florida |
| John Sandford |
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Lucas Davenport: police detective and war games designer in Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| James Swain |
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Tony Valentine: ex-cop
investigator specializing in catching casino cheats in Las Vegas,
Nevada |
| Peter Temple |
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Jack Irish: lawyer and gambler, turned debt collector and people finder, in Melbourne, Australia |
| P.J. Tracy |
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Grace MacBride: founder of Monkeewrench, a game software company, in Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Lono Waiwailoe |
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Wiley:
unemployed poker player in Portland, Oregon |
| Jess Walter |
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Vince Camden: member of the witness-protection program, manager of a donut shop by day, and a gambler and thief by night, in Spokane, Washington |
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