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NBA Finals Could Be Another Losing Bet For Vegas   - Sports Biz with Darren Rovell - MSNBC.com
NBA Finals Could Be Another Losing Bet For Vegas - Sports Biz with Darren Rovell - MSNBC.com
There are many nervous bookmakers in Las Vegas this morning. Sam Cassell, the ultimate team player, is reportedly a member of the Boston Celtics. As if this team needed any help. Why no love for the green team from Beantown? Because when they look at the Celtics, they only see red--as in a financial loss. That's not good considering the folks in Vegas are coming off a $2.6 million loss from ...
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SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... . • Darren Rovell of CNBC is all in with news that a Lakers-Celtics finals could be a losing proposition for Vegas . • CONSTRUDA hopes that Brett Favre could take Chris Berman& John Madden ...

Darren Rovell May Be a Bit Off in Thinking the Finals Will Cost Vegas
FanHouse — ... 's "Sportsbiz" blog is fantastic. So I'm not trying to dog that at all; in fact, I'm a little surprised at the hypothetical way in which he threw out a recent post about how the NBA Finals were going to cost Las Vegas oddsmakers similarly to the way that the Super Bowl did -- a monster $2.6 million hit. First of all, the Super Bowl had an enormously high line. High for any football game, but especially high for the freaking championship. Also, not making the Patriots -- who hadn't beaten anyone really soundly since they thumped Buffalo on national television -- smaller favorites ...

Darren Rovell May Be a Bit Off in Thinking the Finals Will Cost Vegas
FanHouse — ... 's "Sportsbiz" blog is fantastic. So I'm not trying to dog that at all; in fact, I'm a little surprised at the hypothetical way in which he threw out a recent post about how the NBA Finals were going to cost Las Vegas oddsmakers similarly to the way that the Super Bowl did -- a monster $2.6 million hit. First of all, the Super Bowl had an enormously high line. High for any football game, but especially high for the freaking championship. Also, not making the Patriots -- who hadn't beaten anyone really soundly since they thumped Buffalo on national television -- smaller favorites ...

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