What happens
Chester Riley catches his thirteen-year-old son Junior gambling on a slot machine in the back room of Mike's cigar store. Riley sets out to prove that gambling doesn't pay, but after a jackpot and a lucky horse bet, he decides he has a gift for picking winners. The Life of Riley was a radio comedy series, and this 1946 episode aired on April 27 on the Blue Network and ABC. William Bendix stars as Riley, with Paula Winslowe in the cast. The story follows Riley's growing confidence in his own luck and the choices it leads him to make.
Riley's home and a cigar store in Los Angeles
Characters: Riley, Junior, Mike, Marilyn, Benny, Peg, Digby O'Dell, Mrs. Brannigan
Listen for: Riley's claim that he has a gift for picking winners
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.