It wasn't the mysterious fan with a briefcase of cash who picked this town clean during NFL gambling season. Rather, it's been bettors wearing a new orange Peyton Manning jersey, or Packers fans with their cheesehead hats, or Patriots fans — who loyally bet on their favored teams each week. The problem for Las Vegas sports books is that many popular NFL teams beat the point spread during the regular season. And with many bettors combining their picks in parlays, $20 wagers turned into payouts of up to more than $1,000, depending on how many winning bets they combined. The result is what one Las Vegas sports bookmaker called a "staggering" financial hit from the NFL regular season, as bettors handed Nevada sports books their worst year in memory. "We know the general public now has tremendous sources of information, that the regular player is sharper than the guy 10 years ago, but we've never seen a streak like this before," said Jay Kornegay, a 25-year veteran who heads the Las Vegas Hotel & Casino's 30,000-square-foot Race and Sports book. Source: Sun-Sentinel
um ........... if the public is actually raping you (which i find hard to believe), your lines are wrong.
Definitely not a sympathy story. Boo freaking hoo for the Sports Book in a city that was built on creating the rules that automatically put the "investors' odds" at less than even money?
I guess gamblers ignored the commercial with Bluto from Harrah's telling them to "Please gamble responsibly".
this is nothing more than an public relations move/'advertisement' by the vegas books to try and spur some extra action during the playoffs.