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Gambling With an Edge - Bookmaker, Chris Andrews
Category: Games & Hobbies
Duration: 01:05:10
Publish Date: 2021-11-11 23:26:16
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 Our guest this week is Chris Andrews, author of "Then One Day: Forty Years of Bookmaking in Nevada". https://amzn.to/3F3daEj


We welcome your questions - send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge.


Show Notes

[00:00] Introduction of Chris Andrews, bookmaker and author of Then One Day: Forty Years of Bookmaking in Nevada


[00:42] Gill Alexander and the origin of Chris' new book


[04:09] Chris' background in bookmaking


[06:55] Working at the Stardust sportsbook


[11:59] Working at the Barbary Coast sportsbook and misplacing $250,000


[16:36] Working at the Cal Neva sportsbook in Reno


[22:07] Who sets the lines?


[25:15] Max at Cal Neva


[32:02] Roxy Roxborough


[37:08] Chris' brief job at the Golden Nugget


[40:08] South Point Sportsbook


[41:19] South Point Casino November promotions - earn up to ten half-priced Walmart gift cards, $32k Thanksgiving Day hot seat promotion


[42:21] http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com - card counting training website and community with many betting, tracking, and analytical tools


[52:52] http://VideoPoker.com/gwae - Gold Membership offers correction on most games, free Pro Membership trial for GWAE listeners


[44:38] The best sportsbooks in Las Vegas


[48:53] William Hill and the model of limiting players


[50:59] Then One Year, the sequel to then one day.


[57:50] Have Chris' sons followed him into the bookmaking business?


[59:22] Recommended: Dexter on Showtime, A Gambling Man by David Baldacci, The Sopranos, and The Sopranos Sessions


Sponsored Links:

http://SouthPointCasino.com

http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com

http://VideoPoker.com/gwae


Guest Links:

http://Twitter.com/andrewssports


Books Referenced:

Then One Day: Forty Years of Bookmaking in Nevada by Chris Andrews https://amzn.to/3F3daEj


Recommended:

http://Sho.com/dexter

A Gambling Man by David Baldacci https://amzn.to/3C8yrKN

http://Hbo.com/the-sopranos

The Sopranos Sessions by Alan Sepinwall, David Chase, and Matt Zoller Seitz https://amzn.to/2YzZrVX

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