By "Radical" Russ Belville on July 25, 2008
YouTube – Betting with Weed
A Fresno man is in custody today after casino security videotaped him placing a large amount of marijuana on a blackjack table, apparently as his bet. Video shows the man then reclaiming the bag of weed, but then taking just a few buds and placing those out as his bet. Even as casino security scooped up the contraband, the man seems unfazed, because he has ordered a card on the internet that he believes gives him the right to bet weed.
Thanks to Omar Figueroa for the tip.
Posted in ABNORML NEWS, ACTIVISM, ENTERTAINMENT | Tagged California, Fresno
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Yeah, I think he split a pair of sixes.
OMG! Glad he didn’t double down and split too…!
I have to argue the distributing aspect of the guy betting with weed just because when anyone goes into a casino, no one goes in with the hopes that he will lose, he has no intent of ‘distributing’ the marijuana. Just using the bud as currency. Maybe a form of hemp currency?