CNBC 9pm EST Tonight "The Business of Illegal Gambling"

[HotStreak]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/34039744

For anyone who's interested. I watched through the trailers. A lot of old news....Jay Cohen arrest, and a Chicago bookie who got blown up by the mob in the 70's and survived. They do a segment on a "professional gambler".

[THE PROFIT]

this is an old show, they interview VR as the professional gambler. Seems like it was this time last year when they first showed it

[Crash]

thanks gonna record it

[Dank_Fire]

Good Stuff. Just set it to record.

[Glitch]

your points are messed up hotstreak- i clicked to give you 2 points once, it gave them to you twice...thats fine- 4 points, who cares...but then it raked you twice the 1% also.

thanks for the headsup btw- i was watchin cnbc this morning but kept flipping to espn at the commercial break.

[stealthyburrito]

nice, will check it out tonight.

[TobiasFunke]

Yeah I saw it years ago, but definitely worth a watch if you have not seen it. They mention Jay Cohen and WSEX quite a bit. Enjoy.

[HotStreak]

your points are messed up hotstreak- i clicked to give you 2 points once, it gave them to you twice...thats fine- 4 points, who cares...but then it raked you twice the 1% also.

thanks for the headsup btw- i was watchin cnbc this morning but kept flipping to espn at the commercial break.

Thanks Glitch. Looks like the street tax is getting heavy here at SBR. Either the Godfather is getting greedy, or another family got their fingers in the pie. There have been wars fought over less than 2 SBR points. This place will start looking like the streets of Montreal if they double dip again.

[jjgold]

garbage show

[web_connect]

Thanks guys we are on the points problem.

[HotStreak]

Sent back your mistake Glitch.

[HotStreak]

Thanks guys we are on the points problem.

SBR points patrol to the rescue. Disaster averted.

[Glitch]

Thanks Glitch. Looks like the street tax is getting heavy here at SBR. Either the Godfather is getting greedy, or another family got their fingers in the pie. There have been wars fought over less than 2 SBR points. This place will start looking like the streets of Montreal if they double dip again.

hahahaha

[Statman]

Good show and nice commentary....Would be nice if they could update it to a more current reflection on what's happening in the offshore world right now such as the emergence of betting exchanges. Maybe slip in an interview with the team from SBR possibly also?

[biff]

the articles on that site are laughable at best, like these parts of article "Top Sports for Illegal Wagers"


College Football

Illegal wagers: $60-$70 billion

"The NFL used to be a dominant No. 1 in the betting world. Not anymore," Root says. "College football is a close No. 2 and gaining fast. Betting is driven by college graduates who learned to bet on sports while attending colleges with great football rivalries like Michigan, Ohio State, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Notre Dame, USC, etc. If you attended those colleges, and you enjoy gambling, it's natural for you to bet college football for the rest of your life."


College Basketball

Illegal wagers: Roughly $50 billion

"Just like college football, the excitement of college rivalries drives the popularity and growth of betting on college basketball," Root says.





Major League Baseball

Illegal wagers: $30-$40 billion

"Baseball is not a big betting sport like football or basketball because of the lack of pointspreads," Root explains. "In baseball you have odds, thereby producing big favorites and big underdogs. Without the 'handicap' of pointspreads that makes football so competitive, you just lose the betting excitement. But there is big money bet on the baseball playoffs and World Series."





I just have no words... looks like the editor was just trying reach a required word limit and did absolutely no research.

[Smoke]

if this is the one with vegas runner in it, he looks like a degenerate, funny stuff