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b'Today, Bob Stupak is considered just another colorful character in the history Las Vegas and properly credited as the visionary behind Stratosphere.\\xa0 His tacky taste, public antics and wacky persona are all just part of his legend.\\xa0 The truth is, Bob embodies everything negative you\'ve ever been warned about gambling and the industry.\\xa0 He didn\'t want to just take your money, he wanted to make you look foolish while he did it.\\xa0 His nickname might as well have been "fine print Stupak\\u201d because just about everything he did had a catch to it or a technicality he hoped you would miss so he could exploit.\\xa0 He preyed on those that didn\'t know better.\\xa0 But what\'s wrong with that?\\xa0 Most people know there is a mathematically proven way to play some games and yet willfully choose to ignore them in favor of strategies that increase the odds already stacked against them.\\xa0 Some people believe the earth is flat.\\xa0 The fact is we all have access to the same information, especially in the Internet age.\\xa0 The only disadvantage one person has over another is self-imposed.\\xa0 An intellectual isn\'t discourage from using their acquired knowledge so why is gambling any different?\\xa0 Morality, you say?\\xa0 Well, as Canada Bill Jones said, it\'s immoral to let a sucker keep his money.\\xa0 I\\u2019m pretty sure Bob just thought it was fun.'