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Vegas sportsbooks shine for March Madness

People from all corners of the country are going to be meeting and gathering in Las Vegas sportsbooks beginning Thursday when the NCAA Tournament tips off. It’s become the most lively four day stretch the books will see all year, so preparation is paramount for every book director. “It’s certainly more challenging than the Super […]

Indianapolis 500 highlights my very special day

Auto Racing occupies center stage this weekend as the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 takes place and then a few hours later, NASCAR’s longest race – the Coca-Cola 600 from Charlotte. For those who really want to make it an all-day event at the races, you can get up early for the latest Formula […]

NFL season opener is better off with Brady

Whether you agree or not with a Federal Judge’s decision to nullify the NFL’s four game suspension on Tom Brady, one thing I think we can all agree upon is that our 2015 opening game experience will be much more exciting with Brady involved. Roger Goodell is steaming mad about the decision to the point […]

Richmond last shot for drivers not in the Chase

The final race of NASCAR’s 26-race regular season happens Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway. At its conclusion we’ll know all 16 drivers that participate in the Chase for the Championship, which is NASCAR’s version of the playoffs. Any driver within the top-30 in points can win this race and automatically qualify for the Chase, […]

There was a mystique about Jackie Gaughan

When I first heard Las Vegas pioneer Jackie Gaughan had passed away last Wednesday, it was like a power punch to the gut. I had never met Mr. Gaughan, but there was a mystique about him that carried with me since the time I was a kid in 1981 when we first moved to Las […]

Football is finally upon us Thursday

It’s go-time for Las Vegas sportsbooks this week as football season officially begins with college football action on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. This begins the busiest time of the year for sportsbooks where they’ll make their most money as ticket writers will have lines of bettors waiting like they haven’t seen since the first two […]

Super betting handle expected

Nevada’s casinos may only have 25% of its maximum capacity allowed due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions, but look for the state record in handle to still be broken in Super Bowl LV with the absolutely dreamy matchup of Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against Patrick Mahomes and the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs.  […]

Mahomes injury impacts odds

Patrick Mahomes missed the fourth quarter of the Chiefs’ 22-17 Divisional playoff win Sunday against the Browns and is still in concussion protocol heading into next week’s AFC Championship game against the visiting Bills. Circa Sports tweeted out they opened the Bills -1, kind of a Mahomes half-in number. The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook opened […]

Books end NFL regular season on sour note

Nevada sportsbooks closed out the fourth quarter of 2020 with stellar numbers but on 2021’s first NFL Sunday they did some giving back to the bettors during Week 17, the toughest of all weeks for bookmakers. All 32 teams were in action and favorites would go 14-2 straight-up and 7-9 against the spread with the […]

Christmas came early for sportsbooks in Week 11

Christmas came early for the sportsbooks in Week 11 NFL action as they got almost everything they wished for between Sunday’s 12 games. They wanted a big favorite losing outright to beat out a large portion of teasers and money line parlays and the Cowboys came through with a 31-28 win at Minnesota (-7). They […]