'Probably' Is the Loophole Every Scam Walks Through

The word that ruins the oldest warning we've got is the same word that's been emptying men's wallets for centuries.

I was in my twenties, a fry cook with no plans for the future, and convinced I could be an amateur card counter. I wasn’t. I couldn’t count past +6 without losing track of the conversation at the table. But I’d read a book about it and that was enough for me to believe I had an edge.

Then I found a classified ad. Back when those were still a thing, some …