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Parlay cards are used by gamblers to t and professional football games. (Photo by Glenn Women's tec The USC women* ^ basketball team is seeking men who would be interested in scrimmaeine aeainst thp I.adv fiamworks during practice sessions. The team will begin workouts on Oct. 15. Anyone interested should contact assistant basketball coach Karen Brown. Her phone number is ** * * } 25C B! i FRI.! % at di * uehi^AI * ncnuyv * 711 WHfl * BAND S * ? ; non I TnilTIII * WIWB D VI l FREE AI i OUTSIDE EX1 Fu Are Invited Pron I Churkw; Greei S Friday,: 4:4-S-< > I-Wfev Uoat Bart: y Beat I slaw cr mm ^Sponsorec^^^DS^ w ? * "- w *> i U|ggjfi| Betting on foo HH Parlav LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) ? Now that football season MMM! ?s here, parlay cards are appearing in towns and * cities across the Carolinas. according to law enr ^ forcement authorities. 'JM The cards, which come in ;/j' j various colors and are about ] the size of a paper ballot, are Lised by small-scale bettors tr? (In mhlc illnrf ollt; TVin cards are issued weekly during the football season, listing teams and point Hp spreads for about two dozen co^e^e anc* Professional ''You have them in almost every (South Carolina) city ?Tlnr*?nr?o Mvrrtlo RoonVi ? am. IVt V1IVV j 4T1J A HV JLIVUVIK you name it," said Ivan Lee, an FBI agent stationed in "It's fairly common," agrees Harlod Ellicott of the North Carolina State Bureau BUT NOT JUST anyone can get a parlay car. Since let on college the cards are associated with illegal gambling, people usually only distribute them i Johanson) ' ' tU pcujf/ic UICJ 1VUUW. im needs mer 777-3829. THE LADY GAMECOCKS, under the direction of head coach Pam Parsons, finished the 1979-80 season ranked third in the nation. Three starters return from last year's 30-6 squad. Top newcomers include 66 freshman Philicia Allen. :ER TODAY SEPT. 12 MOCRATIC % IARTERS iLEY STREET STRANGERS oring RNIPSEED )MISSION FRAVACANZA r ? ? A HWWK 1 To A Ponderosa^ fienade T ? fl ^ I igon fNigiu le Street September 12 ?:()() p.m. it Bed Western Style, ieque Chicken, leaked is. Corn 011 the (;ol), (".olc ' ( i )l l ^ \ 1l if f int; \ t m \\t? - f V ^ m m m 1 T Vvl I I I Iv ^ ^ | I Y ich, Icec I I c;i or I 'un< 1 \ $3.25 tball % cards o "A guy in the street just j 11 11 i uoesn i waiK in ana get a parlay card," said one wellknown Lancaster businessman. But law officers say the cards can be found in places where there are a lot of customers, such as gas stations, barber shops, drugstores, motels and bars. "I do it to get money off if CQ1/I Ann I iv, ouiu wiiv, ija nv-aoici businessman who requested that neither his name or his business be identified. He said he makes about 25 percent of the money wagered at his business. He added his customers bet a total of $100 a week last year, with the most popular bets $1 and $5. BUT ITS HARD to win playing parlay cards. Charles Sheppard of the FBI office in Columbia said the iHI ? liii t A A rir^M h agpawiaM^BMpM K1 gy I iiiii?wwhi II I I Luiiiuqju minimum gamble usually involves picking three teams to win without any losers. He says the odds of doing that are about 8-1. But a person who bets on a single game has close to a 50-50 chance of winnincr hocairf " ""Ot Many of the cards also include a warning about gambling. "This card is to be used as news matter only...not to be used in violation of any law," read one card obtained by The Charlotte Observer. Just having the parlay card in your possession is not against the law, but a person found guilty of gambling with a card faces a maximum penalty of $1,000 and six months in jail. ali i huki i iks s/\y mere are not many arrests for parlay card violations. Thev say there are few complaints INeed Birt Inform All information siri All methods of bin Convenient c linic I Low cost for servi< Vi) lesting/ireatme: ! 'rrunancv testing Family Planning Clinic 1411 Barnwell SI. Colu StITTTjmRI gy B ? j &P| a inS.C. and distributors usually know with whom they're dealing. Officials with SLED and the N.C. SBI say parlay cards are not connected with mob-style organized crime. "If it's here, it's low profile," says SBI Special Operations Supervisor Gary Griffith. Auinonues say tney don't know where the parlay cards are printed in the Carolinas. But The Charlotte Observer quotes a source saying one printing operation near Lancaster turns out the 10,000 cards used in the Lancaster and Rock Hill areas. Although few arrests are made for parlay cards, the user runs the risk of drawing a penalty hundreds of times greater tl n the price of the card. h Control ici iion/ ctly conlidemial h control available lours/location ;es 234-7533 mbia, S.C. J