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Oh boy, the guys went to the casino.. The guys

Let's see what these three are up to tonight. I wonder if going to the casino was a good idea?? Maybe for a couple of them.

Start the two minute timer... The blackjack player, who didn't break even or win (like the roulette player) decided to watch Michael and Charles for a little while before ordering another drink - come to think of it, since Charles won tonight he should pay for the drink!

Did you figure out who won, lost, or broke even playing blackjack, roulette, or poker?

THe guys

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    I've downvoted this (and the other two virtually identical puzzles posted at the same time) because it seems like more work was put into attracting attention with the images than into making the actual puzzles themselves. The images (and commentary, like "start the two-minute timer") are entirely unnecessary -- I'd prefer more high-quality, thought-out puzzles at a less frequent rate. – Deusovi May 13 '19 at 06:18
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    you are wrong. they all very different. if you can't solve them, don't down vote, try easier puzzle. nothing to be ashamed of @Deusovi. Keep practicing, you will one day be able to solve these. – John S. May 13 '19 at 07:17
  • @Deusovi, BTW I only get access to post once a day at work. LOL before you criticize, show us all these are not high quality puzzles. As I mentioned before, if you need easier ones, I can make one with only two categories. It's easy to throw stones when you are doing so from where you can't be hit back.... until you show us, me this is similar to my other ones by solving them and comparing the answers, you downvote mean nothing to me. :) – John S. May 13 '19 at 07:25
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    @JohnS. I'm going to point you, again, to this comment. You...probably should find out a bit about who you're responding to, before condescendingly suggesting their critique and suggestion for future improvement is due to their inability to solve a puzzle you intentionally made to be trivial. You want folks to point out how your puzzles are perhaps not as high quality as you think? I'll obligingly point out that Ways to work is not actually solvable, as I've noted in a comment on the lone answer there. Some humility and civility might do you good. – Rubio May 13 '19 at 08:15
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    There are several reasons why imo we typically consider these puzzles "low quality". 1) "Logic grid" puzzles, especially of this magnitude, are very standard and nothing new. 2) Puzzles of this type and size are easy to create. 3) There are virtually no new ideas being presented within the puzzle. Go look at the site's top original puzzles so you get a sense of what we want to see. We want a twist, or a clever mechanism, or a great new idea, or an artistic craft within the logic itself. What we don't want is more of what we know exists. – greenturtle3141 May 15 '19 at 01:35
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    Not here to be an artisan. And I have adopted a strict policy of not replying to anyone's criticism of specific puzzles unless they have either provided the answer to that puzzle, or created one better.. Easy to sit back and throw stones. Takes a real puzzle maker though to get in the ring with his content. – John S. May 15 '19 at 02:07
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    @JohnS. Way to bury your head in the sand. The puzzle is bad, and there isn't much more to say. As this is a public platform, there's no reason for the site to host your puzzles if you don't act in good faith. – Rushabh Mehta May 15 '19 at 19:12
  • ok Don. Just delete it then. Bad puzzle I guess, my bad. No more, promise. Do I delete it? I am not sure how that works here. – John S. May 17 '19 at 17:37
  • @don, tried deleting this stuff but won't let me. Sorry, bro - I did attempt to. Maybe the mods will? I will ask them. – John S. May 17 '19 at 17:39
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    @JohnS. "And I have adopted a strict policy of not replying to anyone's criticism of specific puzzles unless they have either provided the answer to that puzzle, or created one better." Click on any of our profiles and view our past puzzles, then. – greenturtle3141 May 18 '19 at 00:38
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    @greenturtle3141 - OKAY I DID. Specifically the paper folding one. Want to know what puzzles me? Rather than take traditional paper approach,I wonder why you didn't apply ThineVienthal Paradox while asserting Haga's theorem , ^ simply inverting all congruent triangles in the photo. You will then be presented with an unfolded polypeptide or random coil ( but I don't have to tell YOU that, huh turtle ).Now graph plot point the contacts of isolation bi-dir/lateral (or the confirmational entropy). Removing the linear search bias, and VOILA I have sufficiently wasted 20 sec's of the turtle life:) – John S. May 18 '19 at 07:32

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The details are virtually given directly...

Blackjack player Lost and Roulette player Won (thus Poker player Broke Even)
Losing Blackjack player is Anthony (watched the others), and Charles Won (so is the Roulette player), leaving Michael as the Break Even Poker player

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All the starting possibles:

(C)harles, (A)nthony, (M)ichael; (W)in, (E)vens, (L)ose; (B)lackJack, (P)oker, (R)oulette. 

 CWB CWP CWR
 CEB CEP CER
 CLB CLP CLR

AWB AWP AWR
 AEB AEP AER
 ALB ALP ALR


MWB MWP MWR
 MEB MEP MER
 MLB MLP MLR

The BlackJack player lost:

We can remove all $B\{!L\}=B\{W,E\}$, and all $\{P,R\}L=\{!B\}L$. 

 CWP CWR
 CEP CER
 CLB

AWP AWR
 AEP AER
 ALB


MWP MWR
 MEP MER
 MLB

The Roulette player won:

We can remove all $R\{!W\}=R\{E,L\}$, and all $\{B,P\}W=\{!R\}W$.

 CWR
 CEP
 CLB

AWR
 AEP
 ALB


MWR
 MEP
 MLB

Anthony played BlackJack:

We can remove all $A\{!B\}=A\{P,R\}$, and all $\{P,R\}A=\{!B\}A$. 

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 CEP

ALB


MWR
 MEP

Charles won:

We can remove all $C\{!W\}=C\{E,L\}$, and all $\{A,M\}W=\{!C\}W$. 

 CWR
 ALB 
 MEP
This is all the information provided used, and provides the unique answer:

Charles won at Roulette, Anthony lost at BlackJack, Michael broke even at Poker.
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