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= Overview = Ed Walls was a white man born in 1899 in Blank County, North Carolina. His mother was a prostitute, and he was a bastard. When he was around 12 years old, his mom started keeping other girls in the house, and eventually sent him to live with family in another part of town. He started gambling at a young age because he didn’t like school, and often skipped school to go to poolrooms. His mother, the source of his spending money, died when he was 20, driving him deeper into gambling to make his own living. When he was 26, he rented a place above a store to host games and make money by raking off the pot. At 40, Walls had no family, no friends, and lived with a whore and his partner Dopey. Walls spent his entire life gambling, and regretted that he never lived a normal life.

= Biography =

Early Life
Walls was an illegitamate child. His mother was a prostitute, which allowed him more spending money than other children his age. At the age of 12, he began becoming uncomfortable living with his mother because she kept other girls around the house. He supposed that his mom also wanted him out of the house because his presence was bad for business. He was sent off to live with his grandparents at 12 years old. Because he had an excess of spending money and free time, he got into gambling. He often skipped school to gamble instead.

Gambling for a Living
Walls's mother died when he was 20. For five to six years following her death he moved from place to place making a living off of gambling. He then bought a place above a store and started a gambling house. He made his money raking the pot from games he hosted. For years, his business was successful. He was able to hire an assistant named Dopey, buy a car, and continue to gamble in his free time. He often gambled using "crooked" tactics, like marked cards, coins with two heads/two tails, crooked dice, and various other tools to win games. Ed never settled down with a woman, instead moving from prostitute to prostitute. He did not have kids either.

Later Life
At the time of Walls's interview with the Federal Writers Project, he was 40. By this time,