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TUESDAY 29 OCTOBER 1968
303rd day - 63 days to come

Rcd. a letter from Lech Pijanowski. Contained, among many other thing:
RINGO, HORSEMEN, BARBACAN.

Rcd. from Chris Wagner, Jim Dunnigan's friend, 13 copies of
STRATEGY & TACTICS magazines from the beginning until May-June 1968.
Also a listing of some books and other material they sell.

Wrote up HEKATON.

To N.Y.G.A. meeting at Arthur's. Wald and Claude there.
Gave Claude the copy of STRATEGY & TACTICS Jim Dunnigan gave me
last March.
Claude gave me back the patent material he borrowed 10/16.

Wald and Arthur showed us a GAME based on LOTUS. There are 9
plastic toothpicks, 3 red, 3 white, & 3 green, of three sizes.
Players in turn throw out the 9 picks on the table. The others
bet on the one, two, or three picks that with be picked up last
by the banker. There Each player has a set of cards corresponding to the
9 picks which are used for noting the bets. The odds give no advantage
to the banker and are: 8-1, 35-1, 83-1 depending on whether
1, 2, or 3 cards are bet on. (I wasn't thrilled with it.)