I don't know if anyone will believe this, or not, but here is the TRUE story of the card.

I, me, myself, found the "cursed" card at the Lodge casino in Black Hawk in 2000. We were on our way to the convention, and stopped in Colorado because we had never been to any of the casinos there. My wife plays the slots, while I walk around looking for cards. When we got to the convention, I stopped at Carolyn Donley's table and bought her slot card book. When I got home I started organizing my collection, but the card was not in the book. At the 2001 convention I joined P.A.C.K. and bought the 2nd Edition of Pat & Steve's book. I then really started to get organized. But, the card wasn't in that book either. I then retired (January, 2002) from the Post Office and we "temporarily" relocated to Las Vegas for 4 months. While there, I e-mailed both Pat and Steve. Pat said she had heard of the card, however, both said they had never seen it. Steve agreed to meet me at the Post Office on Industrial Road, behind Budget Suites, which is behind the Stardust, to see that card, and several others I had brought along to be ID'd. We met in March, 2002, he saw the card, and it now appears in the 3rd Edition. Since Pat didn't have a card like it, she spent the next 10 weeks begging me (via almost daily e-mails) to trade her the card (we all know how good she is at begging!!). Two days before the convention, the four of us (Pat & Daryl, Mina & I) met in our room at the Tropicana, where, after still more begging, I eventually agreed to the trade. She got the Lodge card and I got a (then valuable, but not any more) Glory Hole card (what did she know, and when did she know it?). At the time I THOUGHT it was a good deal. Anyway, that's the "Reader's Digest" version of the story. The card was originally mine (or somebody elses' but I found it). I, truthfully, can't say whether there is, or isn't, a box of blanks out there. But, I do know Pat. She would be the first to tell us about it, if it were true and she had it.

Sorry this went so long, BUT I FOUND THE ORIGINAL CARD, AND I WANT SOME CREDIT FOR THE CURSE!!! When I traded it to Pat that started the curse, because I got the Glory Hole card for it. End of story.