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The Gambler, He Knows When to Fold 'em. Well Not Always. Ted Sevransky is a tout, a solicitor of information for the assistance of bettors. He is one of those rare men who possess the ability to augur the meaning of a hangnail or a strained calf muscle into the outcome of a sporting event. So sure is he in this gift that Mr. Sevransky never advises a bet that he does not make himself. He lists his occupation on his tax forms as professional gambler.
To make it as a professional gambler, one must have endurance, little need for food or sunlight and an allergy to physical activity. Above all, one must be able to absorb the financial rabbit punches brought on by one's own misguided confidence.
"A lot is made about the broken-down gambling addict," says Mr. Sevransky, a nasally, nicotine-stained 36-year-old who cannot be considered unhandsome. "But it can be a good, clean, honest living," he says in a tone so earnest it is easy to believe him. At the heart of it, Mr. Sevransky is an advice columnist who apprises sports gamblers of possible miscalculations in the lines offered by the Las Vegas casinos and offshore books. He charges $1,000 for a season's advice and can be found at www.whocovers.com.
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In a town of single men, he is a single man who works exclusively from his apartment in his underwear in a room with no amenities except a bed with filthy sheets and the tools of his trade: a computer, a satellite dish and an enormous television set.
He lives on the north side of town and seems to subsist on Reese's peanut butter cups and processed cheese. He moved to Las Vegas six years ago, fed up with a life of drifting and obscurity, the odd job here and there. The same old story of most people who move here. The one told in five minutes. "I was 30 and it was just time to get on with it, you know?'' he says. "Vegas is the destination. The capital of it all." He has made a name for himself on the AM radio sports shows. His name recently appeared on the marquee of the Stardust as a top handicapper in town, and last year he beat the spread on football 58 percent of the time.
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A neat, clean living. Still, his townhouse has bare walls, cluttered floors, a sofa the color of soiled socks, no womanly touches whatsoever and, sadly, no woman. "I'm not living with her anymore," he said through a cigarette.And that is the unaccounted, undebited social cost of the life of a tout. Loneliness. Mr. Sevransky is philosophical: you win some, you lose some. "That's Vegas, baby."
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