[blparent] Braille on playing cards

[Mark Feliz]

I learned never to hold my cards in a fanned out style; I held them
all in the palm of my hand and could memorize the ordering.
This put a stop to my brothers cheating.
Mark Feliz

On 4/5/13, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:
> That's why casinos don't allow Braille playing cards, smile.
>
> Bridgit
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> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 12:05:44 -0600
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
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> My mom learned braille, and my brother picked it up just for something
> to
> do.  He can still read a bit of uncontracted stuff here and
> there--enough to
> spot mistakes when they happen on elevators or restrooms--but the
> biggest
> thing he ever did with braille was to cheat at cards!  I didn't realize
> it
> till much later, but he and my mom always won card games because they
> could
> see what I, and others, were holding by looking at the indentations on
> the
> backs of the cards.
>
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