Odds to win the 2011 Superbowl – Superbowl 45
Super Bowl 45 – Cowboys Stadium, Dallas, TX. February 6, 2011.
Odd to win:
Arizona Cardinals +3500
Atlanta Falcons +1450
Baltimore Ravens +1000
Buffalo Bills +12500
Carolina Panthers +4000
Chicago Bears +2700
Cincinnati Bengals +1900
Cleveland Browns +8000
Dallas Cowboys +750
Denver Broncos +4000
Detroit Lions +11500
Green Bay Packers +800
Houston Texans +2600
Indianapolis Colts +400
Jacksonville Jaguars +7000
Kansas City Chiefs +7000
Miami Dolphins +2100
Minnesota Vikings +780
New England Patriots +800
New Orleans Saints +685
New York Giants +1500
New York Jets +900
Oakland Raiders +8250
Philadelphia Eagles +2000
Pittsburgh Steelers +1600
Saint Louis Rams +12500
San Diego Chargers +900
San Francisco 49ers +2100
Seattle Seahawks +4000
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +12500
Tennessee Titans +2700
Washington Redskins +2300
Coming at you on Twitter too
Domain transfer is now in progress. We should be the owners of our little space on the web pretty soon.
We are now on Twitter. You can find us at @realvegas (yeah, someone already had @kingsofvegas).
Under New Ownership
Hey, Kings of Vegas is under new ownership. We still have a couple details to workout, like completing the transfer of the domain name and moving to a new server, but we should be in to the full swing of things by the end of July.
“We” are three buddies spread around the country who meet up in Vegas about 3-5 times a year. None of us are locals – anymore – so we probably won’t have the juicy inside info on what’s going on, but we do plan on recruiting a couple folks at ground zero to help fill in the blanks.
What you can expect: Football, UFC, Boxing, Drinking, Gambling, Food, Stories and more.
See you soon.
FBI Shuts Down Site That Provided A Loop Hole For US Poker Players [ed. disregard, this was a hoax]
PokerBandits.ca, which had been publicizing a system for bypassing the Internet Gambling Ban, has been shut down by the US FBI in conjunction with Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada office.
Not that say, going to Google, searching for the site and pulling up Google’s cache of the page will give you the ‘banned’ information or anything…
The bigger picture suggests that enforcement of the Internet Gambling Ban is seeing much more action than originally predicted by the pundits. I’ve heard a few conspiracy theories on the matter that the intended goal is to wipe the Internet gambling slate completely clean, seeing the act repealed, and giving US-based companies the chance to step in on equal footing. While I’m not one to buy into it, it the aggressiveness being shown in enforcement seems a bit out of place when there are far more important issues in the world that should be addressed
Update:
Turns out this was a hoax. Thanks for playing.
Hooters Hotel & Casino – We Hardly Knew Ya
Apparently, others hardly knew ya as well. In the last 9 months of 2006, the casino lost over $16 million, see its demise in just over 1 year.
I said a year ago that the Hooter’s theme seemed awfully tame for Vegas, and by the numbers, we weren’t alone.
Vegas on Broadband: RawVegas.tv
Today marks the launch of a RawVegas.tv, an internet tv network devoted to all things vegas.
Up first is Vegas Wars, hosted by Brandon “They made a god damned movie about me don’t you know” Lang, and Chris Jordan. A show we can only describe as an interstellar tout-fest of sports picks that may or may not win.
Update:
I’ve since worked my way through most of the intitial video offerings. Production quality of the site and video segments are high. The content is relevant and well segmented by the feature shows, and most of the hosts have enough charisma and on-screen presence to keep people coming back.
There are couple shows I’ll probably catch on a regular basis, but it would be very nice to have a video podcast download.
Hawaiian Tropic Zone Expanding to Vegas
The Hawaiian Tropic Zone, with one established location in Times Square, is expanding their ‘sexy’ restaurant/bar/entertainment to a new location within the Desert Passage (soon to be Miracle Mile) at the Aladdin (soon to be Planet Hollywood).
(Photo courtesy of Flickr user heikoworld)
Michael Vick’s Water Bottle
Sources close to us have forwarded images of the now infamous Michael Vick water bong bottle confiscated by security at the Miami International Airport.
The bottle was found to have a compartment that contained “a small amount of dark particulate and a pungent aroma closely associated with marijuana,” the police report said. The compartment was hidden by the bottle’s label so that it appeared to be a full bottle of water when held upright, police said.
Vick entered an airport concourse Wednesday morning with the 20-ounce bottle. His initial reluctance to turn over the bottle aroused suspicion among airport security screeners, a police report said. He eventually handed it over and boarded his flight to Atlanta.
Update:
All kidding aside, we’ve received word that Michael Vick was using the following product marketed as a diversion safe and is available on Amazon.com.
First the Gambling Ban, then Pinnacle Sports, Now: NETeller
The Gambling Ban’s far reaching effects are continuing to shred the online gambling industry. Now NETeller has announced they have shut down their US operations this morning after the arrest of two of their founders by US authorities. (Tip o’ the hat to GridIronPicks.com)
Local bookies: Welcome back to relevance. I’m not quite sure how an illegal street-level operation managed to get the congressional lobbying power to institute the Internet Gambling Ban, but this Buds for you 
