Brigette Davis

I always say it's a little bit like a game of telephone, but it has to be accurate.

So the numbers bosses would sign off on these winning numbers based on these calculations.

And so the word would go out that, okay, it's official.

These are the three winning digits for today.

And the numbers bosses, employees would then make the calls to various bankers who would inform various bookies and they would inform their customers.

And so the word would go out on the street.

It would go out in a telephone call.

You know, it really was word of mouth.

And it was really an incredible system when you think about it.

But that's how it was done.

That was a big part of sort of the business.

Luckily, it wasn't daily.

She didn't get hit daily.

But there were times when she got really people won big.

And so that was a whole process, you know, gathering that money to pay off, which was her policy to pay off the next day by noon.

So that was also a big part of the business.

So I wanted something that I could do to contribute.

And so she decided that my job would be to call all the customers and give them that day's numbers.

And she paid me $20 a week.

That seems like an important job.