Las Vegas Sports Book Managers Are Too Old

[O'Royken]

They do a poor job of promoting apps.

Listening to John Avello to try and explain his online DraftKings business.

Clueless on modern technology.

Some of these old sportsbook managers are not tech-savvy and will slow down online growth for their property.

 

[John Kelly]

Excellent point, O'Royken.

When consolidation hit Nevada's sports book industry in the mid-1990's, talented sports book supervisors were forced to look elsewhere for lucrative opportunities.

After all, there was only a need for five or six people to operate the major sports book outlets (MGM Mirage, Caesars, Boyd, Stations and Leroy's/William Hill) in Las Vegas and those managers who beat the population to the city like Vaccaro, Avello, Rood, Scucci, Manteris, Bogdanovich, etc. were in positions of power.

 

[alldaycapper]

He couldn't even answer the question about getting back into the Vegas market in DFS. That should have been one of the first things he was pushing for. How does he not know that?

 

[MrTop]

I thought Jimmy V. looked pretty good for his age.

Do we have a line up on the others?

 

[MrTop]

Excellent point, O'Royken.

When consolidation hit Nevada's sports book industry in the mid-1990's, talented sports book supervisors were forced to look elsewhere for lucrative opportunities.

After all, there was only a need for five or six people to operate the major sports book outlets (MGM Mirage, Caesars, Boyd, Stations and Leroy's/William Hill) in Las Vegas and those managers who beat the population to the city like Vaccaro, Avello, Rood, Scucci, Manteris, Bogdanovich, etc. were in positions of power.

NJ has a 3 bookmaker limit/location.

How many William Hill locations are there in Nevada?

 

[John Kelly]

Over 100 outlets for William Hill if you count their PT Pub locations.

 

[ComptrBob]

One of the biggest drags on Nevada innovation is the Gaming Commission/Legislature. Several examples are:

1) Leroy's developed a web page showing current lines available for betting. Was a prototype for allowing online bets. NGC forced them to take it down. Just for the info, Leroy's replaced it with a link to VegasInsider.com.
2) Many kiosks at convenient sites were ordered to be taken out by the NGC ostensibly because they took business away from the big casinos.
3) I remember having a casual conversation 15 years ago with Jimmy Vaccaro about how he wanted to do fantasy betting starting with parlay cards, but couldn't get the NGC to allow them.

 

[FairWarning]

They do a poor job of promoting apps.

Listening to John Avello to try and explain his online DraftKings business.

Clueless on modern technology.

Some of these old sportsbook managers are not tech-savvy and will slow down online growth for their property.

Was this on VSIN yesterday? I heard the same thing and was shaking my head.

 

[O'Royken]

Was this on VSIN yesterday? I heard the same thing and was shaking my head.

Yes. I felt embarrassed for him. Fish out of water.

Retail Sportsbook Manager with very little clue on modern technology.

 

[O'Royken]

One of the biggest drags on Nevada innovation is the Gaming Commission/Legislature. Several examples are:

1) Leroy's developed a web page showing current lines available for betting. Was a prototype for allowing online bets. NGC forced them to take it down. Just for the info, Leroy's replaced it with a link to VegasInsider.com.
2) Many kiosks at convenient sites were ordered to be taken out by the NGC ostensibly because they took business away from the big casinos.
3) I remember having a casual conversation 15 years ago with Jimmy Vaccaro about how he wanted to do fantasy betting starting with parlay cards, but couldn't get the NGC to allow them.

When signing up for apps, I do feel the tensions from the employees behind the counter.

One of the female Eastern European ticket writers at South Point was telling me she and her co-workers are worried about losing their jobs because of the app business.

 

[FairWarning]

Yes. I felt embarrassed for him. Fish out of water.

Retail Sportsbook Manager with very little clue on modern technology.

He looked very uncomfortable on tv also.

 

[High Times]

When signing up for apps, I do feel the tensions from the employees behind the counter.

One of the female Eastern European ticket writers at South Point was telling me she and her co-workers are worried about losing their jobs because of the app business.

Good they are no better than fast food clerks.