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<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>In many ways, the numbers that are available in the "real world" don't matter. </end quote></div>

This is puzzling to me. If the real world numbers change and one of "your" numbers is now bad relative to the rest of the world you're going to be caught long and not booking at all, no?

Your reference to The Book on Bookies is also a head scratcher. The whole message of that book is how to find and service donkeys. I think Jeffries would agree you have to find them down at the VFW, they're not going to find you at matchbook.com.