July 1983 The Gambler By Joseph Nocera Issue July 1983 Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email a link to this page Print this page Copy URL https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-gambler/ Notes 0 Comments From the July 1983 Issue Subscribe Texas is full of people who bet the oil boom would never end. Jack Young is one of them. In 1981 his oil company earned $870 million. Today it’s all gone. Photograph by Michael Haynes Get Texas Monthly. Daily. The State of Texas (Daily) A daily digest of Texas news, plus the latest from Texas Monthly This Week in Texas (Weekly) The best stories from Texas Monthly Editor’s Desk (Monthly) A message from the editors at Texas Monthly Enter your email address Sign Up Trending Newly Discovered Cemetery Vindicates Sugar Land Activist April 13, 2018 — By Michael Hardy Barbara Bush Had a Good Life But a Hard One April 17, 2018 — By Mimi Swartz Women’s Adventure Group Brings Vintage Trailers to Round Top April 16, 2018 — By Lauren Smith Ford 0 comments Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email a link to this page
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