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Lou Blonger (May 13 1849 – April 20 1924) born Louis Herbert Belonger was a Wild West saloonkeeper gambling-house owner and mine speculator but is best known as the kingpin of an extensive ring of confidence tricksters that operated for more than 25 years in Denver Colorado. His Million-Dollar Bunco Ring was brought to justice in a famous trial in 1923.Blonger’s gang set up rooms resembling stock exchanges and betting parlors that were used by several teams to run big cons.
