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		kasey_junk 40 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Poker fraud used X-ray tables, high-tech glasses a... It’s not so much the absolute amount as the comparative one. Just extorting Chauncey Billips seems like a better ROI than the whole caper if you’ve got some hold on him.

Forgeties79 40 days ago [–]

Extortion risks exposing you in a way that quietly taking their money through cheating at cards does not. It’s also strikes me as a far more serious crime but I could be wrong.

kasey_junk 40 days ago | [–]

I was replying to the premise that his involvement was under duress for gambling debts. If so it’s extortionate either way.

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