21 news articles found
Kings owner: Gambling odds in NBA’s favor - YAHOO!
they agreed to eliminate NBA odds from its Palms Casino sports book in Las Vegas. Commissioner David Stern told SI ... out of the hands of neighborhood bookies and organized crime syndicates and turn it into a ...
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Edwards’ rough play puts NASCAR in bind - YAHOO!
but bookies in Las Vegas essentially spot the home football team three points when setting the line. Last year, NFL teams scored an average of 21.5 points a game, meaning homefield advantage was worth a 14-percent ...
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Cram Session: Tips from the brightest NCAAF betting minds
“Two for the Money” is the most underachieving movie ever. It’s the UCLA of film. The sports betting world is filled with fascinating characters, from surly backroom bookies to obnoxious touts. You throw Al Pacino, Matthew “Wooderson” McCona...
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College students gamble on grades
Parents have long rewarded their kids by paying them cash for each A they bring home on their report cards. But now a Web site will pay out students who ace their classes. Unlike mom and dad, though, the bookies are betting against students' good grades.
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CNBC Investigates: The Big Business of Illegal Gambling - CNBC
Meet Vegas Runner… a professional sports gambler in Las Vegas. The bookie turned bettor has been in the business for more than twenty years. He legally bets at casinos, but also uses illegal corner bookies.
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BCS Championship: Will Boise State Be Playing Your Team For The Title? - Bleacherreport.com
Las Vegas has the Broncos' at the No. 4 position with 10-1 odds of being the national ... if someone could send me the name of a bookie who doesn't already know me, it would be greatly appreciated. There's a steering ...
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Michael Jordan's Kids Like to Gamble, but What About Other NCAA Athletes - Bleacherreport.com
burned through over $50,000 in Las Vegas last weekend. If the two University of Central Florida ... Over 6% admitted to having a line of credit with a bookie or obtaining gambling money from illegal sources.
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"And Introducing Charlton Heston": Noir Manhunts Within Manhunts in "Dark City" (1950) - Associated Content
works for a venal bookie and clip-joint owner ... and the climax occurs in Las Vegas. There are nightclubs, the clip joint, casinos, and a nocturnal wharf. Set against the world of nocturnal menace is white-picket ...
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A Club Kid Can’t Be a Wallflower - New York Times
if he rarely ironed his shirts and spoke in a gruff bookie mumble. “When a celebrity comes into the ... It’s a formula that has been perfected in Las Vegas, where the first Lavo opened in 2008, in a partnership ...
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Jockularity for Tuesday, Sept. 7 - San Jose Mercury News
... Pete Rose autograph signing in Las Vegas. Rose signed autographs at a table in front of a monitor, letting him watch horse races and scribble notes about bets while talking on the phone with a bookie. Fans paid ...
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Charges against alleged bookies withdrawn - Mercury
Las Vegas and Florida, according to authorities. The $1.3 million seized from the Mastronardos’ properties allegedly “represents the proceeds of criminal activity” and is subject to forfeiture. According to ...
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Vegas oddmakers say Jimmie Johnson is still the man to beat
As far as the bookmakers in Las Vegas are concerned, Jimmie Johnson remains the man to beat for the Sprint Cup. Johnson's recent woes on the track haven't dropped him from the top of the betting line in Vegas. Johnson is ninth in the points standings. He has fallen seven spots after posting finishes of 22nd or worse in five of the last seven races. But the summer slump hasn't stopped bookmakers ...
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