SportsHandle.com is back for more podcasting. βThe Hedge β Why I Gamble with Jimmy Shapiroβ welcomes Las Vegas handicapping and sports radio legendΒ βSmokinβ Dave CokinΒ (on Twitter @davecokin). The podcast and time codes are below:
Topics and Time Codes for Episode Four of βThe Hedge: Why I Gamble With Jimmy Shapiroβ Include:
- 1:30:Β Daveβs first bet at six years old
- 3:43:Β Why gambling exists, period
- 4:18:Β Dave on his days as a bookie in Providence, and learning to bet against the public in his own wagers
- 10:40:Β On what Las Vegas was like in the early 80βs when he moved there
- 12:55:Β On still initially being a bookie in Las Vegas
- 13:50:Β On how he first found out about sports services and the transition from booking wagers to having his own sports service
- 17:45:Β Dave working on radio with Pete Rose and Peteβs love of gambling. Peteβs knowledge as a sport bettor andΒ love of competition
- 22:15: Dave on The Proline TV Show on USA Network and how it was basically an infomercial
- 25:40: Dave talks about the misnomer about them lying about picks on the show.
- 30:00: Jimmyβs brief experience in sports service boiler rooms and Daveβs thoughts on them
- 32:45: The concept of games of the week and the year, how the public demanded big plays and bankrolls
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