Spin The Bottle
November, 2011
"This article will not tell you how to win," Godfather author Mario Puzo admits in his December 1976 ode to gambling and its mecca, Las Vegas. Instead he attempts to explain how a town designed to leave you with nothing but the shirt on your back can somehow also reinvigorate the soul. "A winning streak inspires a belief in your own infallibility," he writes. "Why stop now? Also, what nongamblers do not know is the feeling of virtue (there is no other word to describe it...