Las Vegas Sports Books Tell Of 'Staggering' Hit From NFL Season

Discussion in 'NFL General Discussion' started by SRW, Jan 2, 2013.

  1. SRW

    SRW Ex-World's Worst Site Admin

    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
     
  2. CaptainStubing

    CaptainStubing Gave her a Dirty Sanchez

    um ........... if the public is actually raping you (which i find hard to believe), your lines are wrong.
     
  3. themush

    themush iDIOT sAVANT

    That^^^^
     
  4. markaz

    markaz Resident Cards Fan Staff Member

    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?
     
  5. misfitz

    misfitz Dropping Twitter Bombs

    They still made several million dollars
     
  6. 86WARD

    86WARD -

    Just not as many millions as they would have liked...lol. Screw em.
     
  7. yisman

    yisman The Ambivalent One

    sometimes the public gets lucky and a lot of favorites and overs hit

    usually the public takes a bath
     
  8. Litez0ut

    Litez0ut Litez0ut Sucka

    I cleaned out a few bookies and vegas this year!
     
  9. SeanTaylor21

    SeanTaylor21 TheKingofKind

    Lol, I guess in this case...the house didn't win, as much as they wanted to at least.
     
  10. markaz

    markaz Resident Cards Fan Staff Member

    I guess gamblers ignored the commercial with Bluto from Harrah's telling them to "Please gamble responsibly".
     
  11. CaptainStubing

    CaptainStubing Gave her a Dirty Sanchez

    this is nothing more than an public relations move/'advertisement' by the vegas books to try and spur some extra action during the playoffs.