Our guest this week is sports bettor Alan Denkenson, aka Dink. Dink was a character in Beth Raymer’s book, Lay the Favorite, and was portrayed by Bruce Willis in the movie made from the book. We talk to Dink about his specialty – hockey betting. podcast Click to listen. Alt click to download
Drivers, Pilots, Artists, and Perfectionists
Perhaps twenty years ago, I attended a series of motivational lectures by Dr. William Kerley. Near the end of the last lecture, he spoke of the time when he was hired by Continental Airlines to give classes to their non-pilots on how to deal with pilots. To properly understand what pilots went through, he spent […]
Podcast – guests Jeffrey Compton & A...
Our guests this week are Jeffrey Compton, the publisher of CDC Gaming Reports, and Anthony Curtis, publisher of The Las Vegas Advisor, and Huntington Press Books. We talk about current events in Las Vegas and other gambling news. podcast Click to listen. Alt click to download
Going Down in Stakes
More than a decade before I started playing video poker, I was doing my best to make it as a backgammon player. In the 1980s, I regularly played at the Cavendish West, located in West Hollywood, California, right where the Sunset Strip met Beverly Hills.
Podcast – guest Charlie Davis #2
Our guest this week is Charlie Davis. Charlie makes his living betting horses, and this week we discuss horse racing contests or tournaments. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
How Do You Figure?
I receive a lot of mail addressed to [email protected]. These are primarily from podcast listeners who hope I can answer one of their questions.
Podcast – guest Olaf Vancura
Our guest this week is Olaf Vancura, author of Knock-Out Blackjack The Easiest Card Counting System Ever Devised. The book was recently updated and rereleased with two added chapters. podcast Click to listen – Alt click to download
Opportunity versus Circumstance
I recently was reminded of a quote by George Bernard Shaw. “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.”
The Real Problem with Problem Gambling
The University of Nevada has hosted the International Conference on Gambling and Risk-Taking every few years for the past several decades. Increasingly prominent on the agenda is problem gambling, and I attend many of these talks, since there aren’t as many talks on the mathematics of gambling. While some of the speakers discuss treatment programs, […]
Podcast – guest Bob Nersesian #14
The guest this week is Bob Nersesian. Bob is a frequent guest to the show, and always entertaining. Bob is the lawyer who advocates for the players against the casinos, and has successfully sued many Vegas casinos on the behalf of players. He has a new book coming out called The Law for Gamblers: A […]
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