Old Las Vegas sports betting trivia

railbird

railbird

EOG Master
1. 1990 who was the only book in town that had Hawaii half times
2. Name the bookmaker who put them up at that book
3. Name the only book that had 5 cent baseball lines in 1992
4. name the most popular Vegas hotel that hosted Hawaiians in 1995
5. Name the sports betting chain that was famous for their black and white tvs in the 1990s
 
railbird

railbird

EOG Master
#5 is leroys with their 12 inch tv that only had 3 channels

#1 was Imperial Palace
#2 Jay Kornegay and Ed Salmon

correct on 3 and 4
 
Heim

Heim

EOG Master
Imperial Palace's owner also celebrated Hitler's birthday, I believe he was fined heavily by the Gaming
Commission for some Nazi shit.
 
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jack stewart

2
Anyone remember the Hollywood Race and Sports Book, just North of Leroys and close to Mel Exber's Las Vegas Club. I won a large Chrissy Evert tennis bet there but instead of paying me, the owner (Rob something) called me into his office and made me a part owner of the book! Later I found out he made this offer to any customer with a large winning ticket. Rob played craps every night at the Las Vegas Club and one night just disappeared for good without paying any of the previous day's winning tickets.
 
John Kelly

John Kelly

Born Gambler
Staff member
I think Kirk Brooks was the race and sports book director at Imperial Palace in 1990.

Jay Kornegay was Kirk's deputy.

Kirk then went to the Boardwalk and took a lot of horseplayers with him.

The rebate wars featured Brooks at the Boardwalk (has a nice ring to it) versus Muggsy Muniz at the Barbary Coast.

Neither bookmaker was following the rules.

Outlaw bookmakers, if you will.

Meantime, the influential powers at Caesars Palace and MGM Grand, who were playing by the book and following the rules of their simulcast contracts, cried foul to the powers-that-be at the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
 
John Kelly

John Kelly

Born Gambler
Staff member
jack stewart said:
Anyone remember the Hollywood Race and Sports Book, just North of Leroys and close to Mel Exber's Las Vegas Club. I won a large Chrissy Evert tennis bet there but instead of paying me, the owner (Rob something) called me into his office and made me a part owner of the book! Later I found out he made this offer to any customer with a large winning ticket. Rob played craps every night at the Las Vegas Club and one night just disappeared for good without paying any of the previous day's winning tickets.
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Good story, Jack.

The year was ?
 
J

jack stewart

2
Not sure of the year but it was within a year or two of my moving to Las Vegas which was about 1980. And as Paul Harvey would say, here's some of the rest of the story. As a part owner, Rob put me to work as a ticket writer. His right hand man, Charlie, was a big 300 lb. black man with a big smile. One day Charlie brought me a coke in an opened can, but before I could drink it he grabbed it away from me. A few days later Charlie suggested that it would be a lot of fun to go rabbit hunting out in the desert. I declined.
 
Viejo Dinosaur

Viejo Dinosaur

EOG Master
John Kelly said:
I think Kirk Brooks was the race and sports book director at Imperial Palace in 1990.

Jay Kornegay was Kirk's deputy.

Kirk then went to the Boardwalk and took a lot of horseplayers with him.

The rebate wars featured Brooks at the Boardwalk (has a nice ring to it) versus Muggsy Muniz at the Barbary Coast.

Neither bookmaker was following the rules.

Outlaw bookmakers, if you will.

Meantime, the influential powers at Caesars Palace and MGM Grand, who were playing by the book and following the rules of their simulcast contracts, cried foul to the powers-that-be at the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
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Rebate players were getting anywhere from 10-13 per cent…that was huge…most of the horse players were at the Boardwalk…
 
howid

howid

EOG Dedicated
hmm ... signatures used to show up, then disappeared; don't think I changed settings; maybe a laptop to phone adjustment somewhere, probably for the better ...
 
J

jack stewart

2
JK, give me a call sometime or let me know your number and I'll call you. My number is 941-xxx-xxxx, but I never have it on so please leave voice message. Sure enjoyed our buffet luncheons at the Eastside Cannery, and also a couple buffets when Bobby the Owl and maybe even Andy Iskoe joined us. Always appreciated your fine dry and dark sense of humor!
 
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John Kelly

John Kelly

Born Gambler
Staff member
jack stewart said:
JK, give me a call sometime or let me know your number and I'll call you. My number is 941-xxx-xxxx, but I never have it on so please leave voice message. Sure enjoyed our buffet luncheons at the Eastside Cannery, and also a couple buffets when Bobby the Owl and maybe even Andy Iskoe joined us. Always appreciated your fine dry and dark sense of humor!
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Got it, Jack.

I will ring your phone this week.
 
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ComptrBob

EOG Master
Had to love Stardust Line Host Arne Lang who often used the "Quadruple revenge" angle while Dave Malinsky spent 15 minutes analyzing a MAC game and then finally announcing "No opinion". As an addition, horseracing expert John Kelly would appear once a year with a 5-minute preview of the Kentucky Derby. Good times.
 
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