{"id":103249,"date":"2019-02-07T16:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T00:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/?p=103249"},"modified":"2019-02-03T07:02:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T15:02:08","slug":"podcast-spanky-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/podcast-spanky-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast &#8211; Spanky part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our guest this week is a professional sports bettor, Spanky.\u00a0 We\u00a0discuss how his operation works, and the art and science of sports betting.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We welcome your questions &#8211; send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter.<a href=\"http:\/\/slot-machine-resource.com\/podcasts\/spanky2.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">podcast<\/a><br \/>\nclick to listen &#8211; alt click to download<b>Show Notes<\/b><\/div>\n<p>[00:00] Introduction of sports bettor Spanky, @Spanky on Twitter<br \/>\n[00:30] Richard&#8217;s secret game<br \/>\n[01:09] Was Spanky affected by the blown call in the Saints\/Rams game?<br \/>\n[04:13] How did Spanky get his nickname?<br \/>\n[05:18] How often did Spanky get stiffed by offshore books?<br \/>\n[06:24] Does Spanky bet on March Madness or avoid it?<br \/>\n[08:26] Does Spanky enter handicapping contests?<br \/>\n[11:23] What percentage of Spanky&#8217;s betting is against the opening line?<br \/>\n[13:16] What percentage of the time does Spanky beat the closing line?<br \/>\n[15:35] Does Spanky beat the Pinnacle closing lines?<br \/>\n[20:47] Is any sport particularly easy to beat?<br \/>\n[22:37] What division of labor exists on Spanky&#8217;s team?<br \/>\n[26:12] Do Spanky&#8217;s employees have non-compete agreements?<br \/>\n[28:13] How does Spanky evaluate potential betting partners?<br \/>\n[30:33] More info on Spanky&#8217;s Billy Walters story<br \/>\n[33:00] South Point Casino February Promotions, free video poker classes<br \/>\n[34:30] VideoPoker.com: Game of the Week is &#8220;Super &#8220;Triple Play Jackpot&#8221;<br \/>\n[35:34] How much is Spanky involved in game analysis?<br \/>\n[36:47] Do less experienced bettors remove some of Spanky&#8217;s edge?<br \/>\n[40:14] Does Spanky bet on obscure games that his employees recommend?<br \/>\n[42:29] How much autonomy do Spanky&#8217;s employees have?<br \/>\n[45:02] Does Spank bet on baseball?<br \/>\n[46:21] More info on Spanky&#8217;s experience in Costa Rica<br \/>\n[50:45] Did Spanky know Tony, the founder of 5Dimes?<br \/>\n[53:08] How does Spanky make money? What is the mix of art and science?<br \/>\n[56:16] How can people get in touch with Spanky?<br \/>\n[56:54] Do books often cut Spanky&#8217;s lines as shown in his Harrah&#8217;s video?<\/p>\n<p><b>Sponsors<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/southpointcasino.com\/\">SouthPointCasino.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/videopoker.com\/gwae\">VideoPoker.com\/gwae<\/a><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lasvegasadvisor\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LVA_Tweet\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-youtube nolightbox\" data-provider=\"youtube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Find us on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/LasVegasAdvisorSHOW\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img alt=\"youtube\" title=\"Find us on YouTube\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/youtube.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-instagram nolightbox\" data-provider=\"instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Check out our instagram feed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lasvegasadvisor\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;\"><img alt=\"instagram\" title=\"Check out our instagram feed\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/instagram.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our guest this week is a professional sports bettor, Spanky.\u00a0 We\u00a0discuss how his operation works, and the art and science of sports betting. We welcome your questions &#8211; send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter.podcast click to listen &#8211; alt click to downloadShow Notes [00:00] Introduction of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":6207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[41,60,83,788,92,116,137,139,174],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Podcast - Spanky part 2 - Gambling With An Edge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/podcast-spanky-part-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Podcast - Spanky part 2 - Gambling With An Edge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our guest this week is a professional sports bettor, Spanky.\u00a0 We\u00a0discuss how his operation works, and the art and science of sports betting. 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