Best "betting" weekend in Vegas in 30 years

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According to one guy who works in the business

The stage is set for the biggest betting weekend in Las Vegas. Tens of millions of dollars will change hands -- and that's just on the sold-out title fight between Floyd Mayweather and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.


Add in a college football slate highlighted by the most anticipated game of the season, Alabama at Texas A&M, and an NFL schedule capped by a prime-time showdown between Super Bowl contenders San Francisco and Seattle, and you have what 30-year Vegas veteran bookmaker Jimmy Vaccaro calls "the perfect storm."

"In all my years, I've never seen a schedule that sets up so perfectly for betting," said Vaccaro, now working for the sportsbook at the South Point casino. "You can't put together a schedule like this. It just happens, and when it does, it's definitely good for business. It's going to be off the charts."

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/9...betting-public

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We were down there that weekend (came home Saturday before the fight) and Mexican Independence Day weekend had lots of people pouring into town already on Thursday.

Lots of people lost with the late TD from A&M, as it covered the spread on Saturday. I am sure a lot of Niner (and NFL) fans lost a bunch of money with Seattle's big win on Sunday...SEA, at least at Wynn, was a 3 point favorite, but SF was the favorite outright on the moneyline.

Bring this thread up as am just watching the Mayweather fight on replay on TSN, and one of the three judges was from Calgary? Very curious how you go from here to get into the inner circle of high profile boxing judging...?