honesty always worked best. I remember one billy with me in the gaslight lounge. He pointed out a young lady he had been trying to spark for a few evenings. I take a look, not bad. "I bet I can get her to dance with me" bullshit she is stuck up. $20? sure.
went over to the table where she was sitting with her female buddies, get the hardnose stare.
"excuse me, you see that fellow sitting over there?"
That asshole billy?
Yeah, he just bet me $20 that you wouldnt dance with me. Give me one dance and I will split it with you right afterwards.
Went on the dance floor collected the $20 split it immediately with the girl and spent the next few days with her.
Honesty works, sometimes