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I witnessed this exact thing at the Feast of San Genarro? in NYC back in the early 80's. A guy (late 20's I would guess) dressed in an expensive looking suit with a drop dead gorgeous blond - trying to win her this huge E.T. doll (you remember, E.T. phone home?) by tossing softballs into a fruit basket set at an angle. He very quickly was up to $800 and needed to double that amount to try again or to walk away with a $800 loss. By this time a fairly large crowd had gathered to watch when a NY cop stops to see what is going on. The guy with the blond is sweating bullets trying to decide what to do when the cop walks up and asks the carnie to see his permit. The carnie doesn't have one so the cop makes him give the guy his money back. I think most of the crowd were upset at the cop for stopping it.