Did you know a Mike Lizanetz who played a lot of roulette at the Nevada Club? Mike owned the Atomic
Club in Winnemucca and also had the games at the Ferris as well as the poker game at the Boondocks.
He told me one time he had quite a bit of money on the layout and "Fitzy" was watching the game.
The spinning ball slowed down and for some reason stayed in the track. Fitz gave the table a nudge
with his belly and the ball fell into a losing number. His protests fell on deaf ears! Also, the only person
I knew called "Sleepy" was a guy who I think had Narcolepsy and walked around the Reno clubs. He
would fall asleep in his tracks and stand there. After a few minutes he'd wake up and be on his way.
Darnedest thing I ever saw. I don't know if he ever worked for Fitz.
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