Jul.05.16. Vegas Dave bets $1 Million on MMA Fight
I caught a ride with Vegas Dave (Dave Oancea) tonight as he drove on the Las Vegas Strip. Mainly, I asked him about his recent $1 Million wager on the Tate-Nunes MMA fight slated for Saturday, July 9 at the new T-Mobile Arena. It can only be described as another gutsy move from a self-professed ‘gut’ player. Big money on big sports isn’t one for the faint of heart. Win or lose, Dave set another record for the largest money wager on paper, to date, for a Mixed Martial Arts fight.
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Sep. 22.14. Mob Museum
0 7522 0I visited the Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas to take notes on the history of mob activities in Las Vegas, including their foray into sports gambling. I took note of the tons of photos and displays inside the museum
May.12.15. Offshore sports books unveiled
0 6669 3Today we talked at length to sports journalist and offshore gambling magazine writer-publisher Buzz Daly for a narrative on how offshore sports books got started in the mid- to late-1990s. It was an eye-opening discussion on a topic that eludes
Nov.22.16. How sports information services came about
0 14224 3Today’s tout services and sports picks shows online and social media owe their existence to the early show creators and producers who pioneered the genre back in the 1980s. And no one is better at telling how it all started than executive producer