Entries Tagged as 'vegas'

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Professional Sports Betting Conference Hits Vegas

A group of top sports bettors met recently in Las Vegas and the Sun ran an interesting interview with one of the participants. The interviewee wanted to keep a low profile for obvious reasons:

A tableau reminiscent of that classic exchange played out this weekend in a well-appointed conference room at a Strip resort, where [...]

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Sports Betting Roundup : 3/24/2009

Happy March Madness everyone, I hope you’re all doing better with your picks than I am! Here is a quick update of the latest news from the sports betting world:

New Jersey sues Federal Government, claims sports betting ban is unconstitutional – this is huge! If this suit is successful it could legalize sports [...]

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Sports Betting in Vegas : Going Offline

I’m heading to a bachelor party in Vegas next week and have been looking high and low for a genuine Las Vegas Hotel Deal. My friends and I plan on doing quite a bit of sports betting and I’d like to find a Las Vegas Hotel that offers not just a good deal, but [...]

Monday, March 17th, 2008

John McCain Thinks Sports Betting is Okay – For Him

Apparently John McCain and his staffers have a tradition of holding a March Madness pool. This is strange because McCain has been a steadfast supporter of keeping sports betting illegal in this country – going as far as trying to ban legal sports betting from Nevada casinos. I think this example shows both [...]