The best proposition bets from the sure-thing  while searching online links diretory gambler's viewpoint are those which look impossible to gaff. Like the two five-grand bets in 1947 between two racket boys, Willie Moretti and Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel. My wife, Stem, and I were having dinner in an Italian restaurant in my neck of the woods one night when Willie Moretti came over to our table and said he had a story to tell me about Benny.

"I'm staying at Benny's Flamingo," he said, "and one morning I go up to his apartment to say goodbye before I check out. He's just getting up and asks if I'll join him for breakfast. I say okay and start to go to the phone to call room service when Benny says, 'Let me do it. The phone service here stinks.' He picks up a mike that connects with the P.A. system and makes like Clem McCarthy announcing the winner of the daily double: 'Hey, Chef, this is Benny. Willie's here and we're in a hurry for some breakfast. Get busy. Eggs, toast, coffee-the works, for two. And also a dozen live Hires.''

"The Flamingo," Stem asked, "has live files on the breakfast menu?" "No, this was a special order. And he got it, too. When the waiter brings up the tray he's also got a small box with some holes in the lid and a buzzing sound inside. 'What are the Hires for' I asks Benny, and he says, 'You’ll see.' He tells the waiter to make sure all the windows are closed and to turn on the air conditioning. By the time we finish breakfast that hot Nevada air is making things uncomfortable but it doesn't seem to bother Benny. He grins like he is up to something. 'Willie, my boy: he says finally, 'I know you're a real betting man and will bet on anything. I've come across a little game that beats Craps, Poker or you name it. Would you like to try it once for a five-grand bet?'

"'Do those files have something to do with it?' I asked.

"'You hit the nail on the head, Willie. It's a Spanish game called La Masco. And the files do all the work.'

“‘Never mind the buildup. Let's see what it is.'

"Benny picks two lumps of sugar off the breakfast tray, unwraps them and puts them down on the coffee table about six inches apart. The idea of the game, Willie, is for you to guess which lump of sugar you think the first fly will land on after 1 open the box. I'll bet on the other. For five grand.' This sounded like an even-up bet so I pointed to one lump and gave him the nod to spring the flies.

“‘now be quiet,' he says.’No blowing or waving the arms.' Then he flips off the lid, and the flies take off.

"I get to thinking about trained fleas and ask him if he's got the flies trained. He acts insulted and says, 'You just heard me order them fresh from the kitchen.'

'Well, after a couple of minutes the flies spot the sugar and begin buzzing around it, swishing in and out like dive bombers. 1 was sure once I had the five grand when three of them come down in formation making a low approach toward my lump, but they zoom right past and circle toward the ceiling. I'm watching these three babies when all of a sudden one dives, gives my sugar a miss and lands on Benny's.

"Benny is real sorry for me. That was tough luck, Willie, but if you'd like to get even we can go for another five thousand.'

"I figured now there must be a gaff to it, so I say, 'Okay, only this time I'll take your lump and you take mine.'

"Much to my surprise he agrees and says, 'Let's spread the sugar a little further apart this time.' 1 nod and he moves the cubes and we sit waiting, and then ... Whammo! A fly makes a three-point landing on Benny's lump, the sugar I just lost on. Well,' 1 says, 'this must be your lucky day, Benny. 111 send you the ten Gs; I got to be going.''

Then Willie added, "I still think he had a gaff, but how do you gaff a fly?"

"I wouldn't know," I told him. "But I've got a confession to make.

Benny asked me once for a gimmick to fool the smart boys with-and I showed him how to gaff the sugar."

"You showed him-" Willie burst out laughing. "Since it already cost me ten grand, maybe 1 can get in on it too?"

"DDT," 1 said. "A drop on one side of each sugar lump. Benny had both gaffed sides on top to start. Then, after you made your choice, he moved the lumps a bit and turned his over."

Willie was still shaking his head when we said good night. And probably planning to lay in a supply of DDT.

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