It took bravado, persistence and a $10 bet for a dashing Connecticut Yankee to win the heart of a petite Texas belle. Nick Gaynos and a friend were having drinks in the Bamboo Room of the Hotel Californian in Fresno, in the spring of 1943. Both men were officers stationed nearby at Camp Pinedale. Long stalks of bamboo separated the bar from the dining room. Gaynos peered through the bamboo and saw two young women having dinner. He called his friend over. "I said, ‘See that redhead? I’m going to marry her,’" Gaynos recalled. "My friend said, ‘No way!’ I said, ‘I’ll bet ya $10." And the wager was on/Cindy Hval, Handle Extra. More here

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Question: When did you last place a bet and what did you bet on?