I didn't realize until these last few posts from mickey and Alan that I was the resident Argentino expert. Who knew? I've probably read more of his material than anyone here. And I certainly have more experience in Las Vegas during the time he was writing for Gaming Today than anyone here. Since his column often made the front page of GT, and everybody in race and sports books read GT, pretty much everyone had an opinion on him.

I was there a hundred days a year while he was writing for GT (pre-internet, really). I hadn't actually framed things that way before. Until that last book was published ("We Were Wise Guys and Didn't Know It"), I probably knew as much about the folks who gave Argentino his LV break than anyone on these forums.

Huh. So I guess if anyone has a sense of his story over time and the likelihood that he was "covering up the bug" by writing for GT, it's probably me. I'm likely the best qualified to have an opinion. I read his columns in real time and interacted with the people he was interacting with at the time. In fact, as I was cleaning out the garage last week, I stumbled on a couple of GT's with his column.

LOL. Now the big question. Is anyone interested in my opinion? And does anyone want to read some of the old columns to see if those columns suggest a man covering up the double up bug?