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Lucky gambler survives fall into Manhattan cellar
The odds were with Vincent "Jimmy" Riggio of TriBeCa on Saturday afternoon.
Riggio, 59, was taking his usual walkabout from the OTB branch on Park Place in lower Manhattan to smoke his customary cigar when he took one step too many.
The metal cellar doors of the clothing store next door to the OTB branch gave way, and Riggio plummeted into the cellar - a fall of nearly 30 feet, according...
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