Archive for June, 2010
Is It Possible to Guess Lebron’s Future?
Posted by: | CommentsSportsbooks have become a place to bet not only on sports. With TV Series and Award Ceremonies, politics and ... you name it, betting on anything anytime is a matter of fact.
Which is why the following comment from Bodog bookmaker Richard Gardner, reported on ESPN with regard to the Lebron James Free Agency Countdown, is especially interesting. Seems as if sportsbooks have given up on handicapping this event.
This is what Bodog write to Chad Millman of ESPN:
"It is not worth the risk as a book manager to throw something like this up."
Gardner continued saying: "Calculating odds on something like this is like trying to run live odds on the 100[-meter] dash at the Olympic games and is definitely one of the toughest things I have had to deal with in my years in bookmaking."
Major US Attractions – Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park
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Las Vegas has many attractions to lure people to the city, as you could imagine, but one of their most notable attractions has nothing to do with gambling or the other activities you’ll find in Sin City. The Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park is one of the city’s only remaining relics of the pre-gambling era. The Mormon State Historic Park gets its name from the actual Old Mormon Fort located on the property. 50 years before Las Vegas received its name and long before it was known as the gambling center of the world, Mormon missionaries built a fort on the property and it was eventually declared a historic landmark and has remained untouched over the years.
Mormons are sure to stay clear of Las Vegas these days, as their religion strictly prohibits 99% of what Vegas has to offer, but back in 1855, the natural springs flowing through Las Vegas provided the Mormon settlers with a prime location for living.