Right now your head is probably swimming with names of gamblers and ballplayers.  Goodness, I know, it is a lot of people.  Let’s talk about the smart gambler, Arnold Rothstein.  Why was he so smart?  I’ll tell you.  He was smart because he made his bet on the Reds to win the whole World Series.  The other gamblers like Bill Burns bet on each game.  This backfired in Game Three when the White Sox lost the game and Bill Burns lost all of his money.  Goodness.  Rothstein knew he couldn’t count on the individual games, so he looked only to get money off of the whole Series.  We’ll see later how he could guarantee winning the bet on the whole Series.