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"No one but Smith knows the full details of his trip... no journalists raced to confirm the details of his story."

So is this a true story? It just rings false to me. Down to their last dime. Exec swooshes off to Vegas and wins enough money to keep the company afloat for a week. Just one week, which was literally enough to make the difference between life or death for FedEx?

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Sounds like he took a loan from his family but wanted it to sound more sensational.

Or maybe he did a Walter White.

Why wouldn't it be true? $5000 was as useless as $0 would be, as they needed $24000 to cover fuel expenses for the next week. So if he lost the gamble, there would be no change in ultimate outcome.

It sounds like a tall tale. It's possible that it's also true but it's got all the hallmarks of a good fictional story and that makes it seem false.

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