1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,479 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up 2 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: straight Fire? Fam, It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Wednesday, 3 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: September twenty nine. What played some soccer last night? Listen? 4 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: It was a slow night in the sports world. I 5 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: finally got to go out and play some soccer. Good run, 6 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: good cardio. Uh. Really slow day Tuesday was in the 7 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: sports world. But the good news is we have a 8 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: big time guest today. Well, if you're into sports gambling, 9 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 1: that is a big time guest. His name is Lamar Mitchell. 10 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: He is a big time sports book director at MGM 11 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: Grant in Vegas. He's one of the guys who sets 12 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: the lines. Basically, UM, MGM sets lines for football games. 13 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 1: He knows where all the money is. He talks about, Um, 14 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: what happens if say, the Seahawks or Tampa Bay where 15 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,920 Speaker 1: the Cowboys win the Super Bowl hint, seven figure losses 16 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: if any of those three win. There's a couple other 17 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 1: interesting things. Uh. We talked a little bit about Week 18 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: four in the NFL. UM college football, really really good 19 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 1: weekend in college football. Will dive into that more later 20 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: in the week. Um, but listen, I know some people 21 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,119 Speaker 1: probably want me to talk about Lebron and give him 22 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: applause and give him flowers for what he said about 23 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: un vaccinated guys. We've had Brian Windhorst on this podcast before. 24 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: He does a lot of NBA stuff. He had said 25 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: on his own podcast months ago that Lebron was vaccinated, 26 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: and frankly, I did. I think I went too deep 27 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: on Kyrie and uh in the vaccine in the NBA 28 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 1: situation yesterday to to further go any deeper. So I'm 29 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:42,119 Speaker 1: just gonna um. Let let my Kyrie thoughts live, um 30 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: pass on the Lakers NBA Media Day, who cares um 31 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 1: and watch the Jets take money against the Titans. Folks, 32 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: If I if you take away nothing from what you're 33 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: about to hear from Lamar Mitchell, take away this, don't 34 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: take the Titans in your survivor pool this week. Just 35 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: remember who said it? All right, without further ado, Let's 36 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: get to him. Lamar Mitchell, the sports book director of 37 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: MGM Grant. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk 38 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,239 Speaker 1: lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows at 39 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: Fox sports Radio dot com and within the I Heart 40 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: Radio app search f s R to listen live. Jason 41 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 1: likes to think he knows everything when it comes to sports. 42 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 1: I know what sports dans want, but for everything he doesn't. 43 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 1: He knows a guy who does. Let's just say I 44 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: know a guy who knows a guy he knows another guy. 45 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: All right, let's welcome into straight fire a guy who 46 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: has like one of these exalted positions. You know, we've 47 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 1: talked to a lot of gamblers here on the pod, 48 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 1: talk to people on both sides of the window. This 49 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: guy is the sports book director of MGM. Grant the 50 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 1: director of Race and Sports at MGM. Grand Lamar, Mitchell, Lamar, 51 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: how are you? Man? Are good enough a by yourself? 52 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: I can't complain, although give and what's what's happening in 53 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: the gambling world for sports? You're in a good position 54 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: to be in. Man. Uh. It's an up and down 55 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: season and to the long season. So you know, we 56 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: usually come out of the gates pretty good week one 57 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 1: week two players usually get the best of us around 58 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: October and it kind of balances out and then we 59 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: look forward to that big game in February. Yeah. Well, 60 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: we got a lot of questions not just on the 61 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: week's past, but the week's coming and um as well 62 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: as you know, getting to the playoffs in the Super Bowl. 63 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: We'll do some futures, a little college football, but I 64 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: want to start here. Given where we were last year 65 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: with no fans in the stadiums and you know the 66 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: COVID situation, big. Have you guys seen a massive increase 67 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: now that Vegas is much more open? Uh, in this 68 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: NFL season versus last? Oh? Yeah, absolutely, I mean last 69 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: year at this time, we were only at a quarter 70 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: occopacy in the hotel. Uh. I think when we started 71 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: we were and they dropped this down and the wanting 72 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: for this department here the sports book every Saturday and Sunday, 73 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: no matter what the octopacy was supposed to be, we 74 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: were at our maximum level that we could be. And 75 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: if you took a time machine from eighteen in the 76 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: sports book to the first weekend of the sports book, UH, 77 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: might be less people in the sports book, but it 78 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: was still full. And you say yourself, why are all 79 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: these people wearing masks? But it was still the same environment. 80 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: How about handle wise, are you guys just exponentially through 81 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: the roof given I don't know now, Oh yeah, you know, 82 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: everyone's got a little extra spending money in their pockets 83 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: and uh, you've seen the reports that people just spending money. 84 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: I mean, whether they're buying pools, whether they're getting their 85 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: new houses or whatever it might be. People are spending money, 86 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: and gamblers they're the same way. They're just coming up 87 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: with this money in their pocket. And some sometimes it's 88 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: gamblers that you don't even expect, you know, typical well, 89 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: you know where mel driven dominated industry here. But then 90 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: you get a lot more women coming up and betting 91 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: to three thousand on games that you normally wouldn't see. Huh. 92 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: Now do you think those are runners making runs for 93 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: big gamblers? Are they actually gambling themselves? No? I think 94 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: they're actually gambling themselves. I mean, uh um. Most of 95 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: the women that come up, we do get the We 96 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: do get a segment of women that come up, and 97 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: we know that they're betting the hunter two bets for 98 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: their husband's brothers, dad's friends. You know, when they come 99 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: up and they say, I don't know what I'm doing. 100 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: But then the ones that come up when they're betting 101 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: to three thousand dollars, they know exactly what they're doing 102 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 1: and they're typically betting for themselves. You love to see it. 103 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 1: All Right, let's go to the NFL. We just saw 104 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: Monday night football Eagles look awful, get destroyed, and now 105 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: they host the Kansas City Chiefs. I had seen a 106 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 1: look ahead of five and a half ish, I'm seeing 107 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: it up to seven almost market wide. What are you 108 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 1: seeing on this game? How did you guys adjust for 109 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: that Eagle's loss? Well, you know, I mean the Eagles. Uh, 110 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: Like you said, the early market price was five and 111 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: a half six, we're holding steady at six here. We expect, 112 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: you know, with the Chiefs coming off that loss that 113 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: we will probably see a lot more Chief money. We 114 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: haven't seen any sharp play in that game yet, but 115 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: we expect, even with the Chiefs not being the chief 116 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: that they have been the last couple of years, covering 117 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: the point spread. Uh, they still are very much a 118 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 1: very popular public team. And you know everyone says the 119 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: same thing. Hey, last week they were going to be 120 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: upset after losing to the Ravens, but they've been starting 121 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 1: out slow, but that hasn't deterred the public from betting 122 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: on them. Still. Well, the other public team there's got 123 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 1: to be the Cowboys based on a Monday night football 124 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: win and cover for everybody America's team. Um, now now 125 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: they've got one this week against the Carolina Panthers, who 126 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: were undefeated. No Christian McCaffrey for that one. I am curious, 127 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: are you just seeing just tons of Cowboys money or 128 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: is it still too early in the week too uh 129 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,720 Speaker 1: to determine that it's too early for that game right now. 130 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: So most of the games, we've had a few games 131 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 1: where they bet, but that's not one of the ones 132 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: that have gotten into early. But yeah, you're right. I 133 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: mean last night it was all Cowboys money. It was 134 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: Cowboys tickets, it was Cowboys money, Cowboys jerseys in the 135 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: in the stamp and the seats here. It was just 136 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: it was unbelievable how much cowboy money. Even though this 137 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: team hasn't really done anything in the last I don't know, 138 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: twenty thirty years, they still bet these guys, and U um, 139 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: you know, with that coming back and being healthy and 140 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: how they perform the first two weeks, they're still on them. 141 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: So we'll expect to see a lot of cowboy money. 142 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: Like you said, no the Caffrey this weekend, and it's 143 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: gonna be a good test for that defense. Uh, the 144 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: offensive line. The Cowboys gonna gainst that Panther defense, which 145 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: was looked pretty well, pretty good. I am curious, Lamar, 146 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,559 Speaker 1: we've heard of a Tampa tax. Obviously the Kansas City Chiefs, 147 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: if you wanted to bet them, it was gonna be 148 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,040 Speaker 1: a bit of an inflated line. Do you entice to 149 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: paid Cowboys line skewing up if they get hot, as 150 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: I anticipate they will. You know, the rest of the 151 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: NFC East is really bad, and it feels like given 152 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: the offense that Dallas has shown against the Bucks, who 153 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: had a good defense, and against the Eagles, who we 154 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: don't know, um beating a Chargers team that's very good. Uh, 155 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: it feels like we're gonna start to see inflated Cowboys 156 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: lines just a little. That could be something we could 157 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: see down the road. I know, looking ahead at the 158 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: beginning of there's the season and looking at their schedule 159 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: outside the tap of game, they weren't gonna play anybody 160 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: with the winning record from last year until later in 161 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: the year. So if they get hot against the NFC 162 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 1: East and some of the other teams on their schedule, 163 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: because they are a public team, you could see the line. Uh, 164 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: you know, will will will shade it a little bit 165 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: more so we can get some buy back on the 166 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: other side. Yeah. Now you did mention um the Chiefs 167 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: and people love to continue to bet them. I'm curious 168 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: the one and to start, you know, we've seen all 169 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: the numbers Andy Reid had in us to September game 170 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: in three years and Patrick Mahomes never thrown her I 171 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: had a turnover in September. All that's out the window. 172 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: Have you guys adjusted the Chiefs Super Bowl futures at all? 173 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: Have you adjusted them downward? Uh? It seems like the 174 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 1: markets not moving as much as I had hoped or 175 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,719 Speaker 1: anybody who wants to grab some Chiefs you know as 176 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: a as a by low opportunity. But have you guys 177 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 1: adjusted their Super Bowl prices much? Well? Right now currently 178 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: we have them six to one. Last week they were 179 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,679 Speaker 1: shade less than five to one. So yeah, I mean 180 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: we're just in a little bit based upon what we're 181 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 1: seeing and based upon um, based upon the money that 182 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 1: we are we have in our future book. They're not 183 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: one of the big losers for us in the in 184 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: that market when it comes to winning the Pro Football Championship. 185 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: But six to one is still currently right now the 186 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: lowest odds we have on the board for anybody to 187 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: win this championship in February. Who are your biggest losers? 188 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: Should that at certain team win the Super Bowl? Uh? 189 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: Try TV twelve. Uh, you know everybody's got everybody's on 190 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: these guys. Uh. That's a big seven figure lass force 191 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 1: right there. Uh, Seahawks or another seven figure loss. Uh. 192 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: Those Cowboys which haven't done anything, This would be the 193 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: year that they finally do something. I'm a closet Cowboy fan, 194 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: so you know this would be the year they do 195 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: something and we have a big seven figure loss. And 196 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: then also the hometown Las Vegas Raiders seven figure loss 197 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,920 Speaker 1: and those guys. You get into the Browns and the Vikings, 198 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: and you know, say what you want about the Vikings, 199 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: but people are betting on them and the Browns both 200 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: six six figure losses on those two teams there. Huh. 201 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: I don't know. It might sound weird, but you know, 202 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: given what in it's early Lamar, but given what we've see, 203 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: I would not be overly concerned about any of those 204 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,840 Speaker 1: teams right now. I don't Maybe it's just mere where 205 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: the hell of the Bills? Where the Chiefs? Uh? You 206 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: know what, what about the Rams? What's going on in public, 207 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: just showing their hand. Huh, yeah, absolutely. I mean we 208 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: were down on the Rams. I mean we opened them 209 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: earlier this year. I think, uh week one, they're probably 210 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 1: about twelve or fifteen and one, and now they're at 211 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: eight to one. But you know, we're balanced on some 212 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,199 Speaker 1: of the other teams that we've lowered, but we're long 213 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:20,439 Speaker 1: or heavy on the other teams that I just mentioned 214 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 1: because those are public teams. I mean, we're not gonna 215 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: get around the fact that the Bucks are extremely public 216 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: team right now. Uh So, you know, we opened them 217 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,959 Speaker 1: at I believe it was they were the second favorite 218 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: or the third favorite, and they're still holding steady at 219 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 1: six to one with the Chiefs. But you know everyone 220 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,559 Speaker 1: knows that, Hey, they brought back all twenty two of 221 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: their starters, so that's why everybody was like, hey, these 222 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: guys will running back to back. Uh you know, you 223 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:53,199 Speaker 1: heard the talk about them going undefeated because their team, Um, 224 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: but their defense hasn't played the way they played last year. 225 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 1: If you noticed the first three games, they're a little 226 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: bank up in the secondary and they're you know, defensive 227 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: front seven is pretty good, but they're back back back 228 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 1: line isn't that good and that's where teams are taking 229 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: advantage of them. All right, lamar, let's look too week 230 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: for um. It felt like Week three was kind of 231 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: a public week with some of the big favorites winning 232 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 1: and covering. I am curious, where have you seen big money, 233 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: whether it's public or professional here for Week four? Well, 234 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 1: you know it's it's really since we just basically got 235 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,959 Speaker 1: these games up yesterday, it's been a little too early, 236 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: but I can tell you, uh Texans Bills, and I 237 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: know this is a game that uh you know, we 238 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 1: opened up seventeen and a half and the sharps of 239 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 1: taking the seventeen and a half, and they've taken the 240 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: seventeen and now we're down a sixteen and a half. 241 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 1: So that's about the only game that we're really seeing 242 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: a lot of action on so far, because all the 243 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 1: other bets are small bets coming in. You know, we'll 244 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: expect to see more, uh heavily that games Friday Saturdays. Now, 245 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 1: we've we've heard the theories about the dummy betting early 246 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 1: in the week when the limits are low so that 247 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: the professionals can move the line to a more advantageous number, 248 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,559 Speaker 1: and then when you raise the limits Thursday Friday, they 249 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: come in heavy. Do you anticipate this being, hey, we 250 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: like the Texans, or they're trying to get a favorable 251 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 1: number and back the bills. Now, I really think they're 252 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 1: trying to get a favorable number and back the bills UM. 253 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: Unfortunately with Texans, I mean, uh, you know, they played 254 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:32,480 Speaker 1: well the first week week two before Taylor got hurt. 255 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:36,079 Speaker 1: They were in the game. But yeah, without Taylor, I 256 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: mean it's it's gonna be a tough trip for them. 257 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: And I think what I think will happen is definitely 258 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: you know, public is gonna be all over bills and sharps. 259 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: Even though that number is gonna be whatever it might be, 260 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: they'll probably lay it once it gets a little bit 261 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: too uh too short. You know, we're at six and 262 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: a half right now, and if they gets any uh, 263 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: if they take back anymore, I would imagine they'll be 264 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 1: laying the next price. Can you talk us through the 265 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: thought process when you guys are in the back room 266 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: determining what number to hang for Bills Texans? Like why 267 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: the hook? Why the seventeen and a half um? Was 268 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,719 Speaker 1: there any thought to going higher than that? Given as 269 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: Davis Mills and not Tyrod Taylor. It's there's there's always 270 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: thought about doing higher because you know when you're UM. 271 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: I'll give you a perfect example. My daughter's UH high 272 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: school football team. She's a freshman's perfect example, and the 273 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 1: coach of her football team, I won't mention his name. UH. 274 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: They went on the road to play another team for 275 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: their homecoming and that team that they played had forty 276 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: players out for UH COVID protocols. So the team that 277 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: they played, they brought up their JV. You're thinking, oh, 278 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: the JV is gonna play this varsity? Will the JV 279 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: beat my daughter's team like thirty seven and seven and 280 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: that yeah, And you're like, that can never happen. And 281 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 1: that's that's one of the things going back to this 282 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 1: Texans bills. You can say the same thing because as 283 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: we could say, hey, we it's gonna be a j 284 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: V versus varsity, but varsity is supposed to win. But 285 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: in this situation, you want to get the best UH 286 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: two way action you can. So even though we might 287 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: want to hang twenty four whatever the real number might be, 288 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: we want to make sure we get some buy back 289 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: on the other side. So the game is balanced out. Yeah, 290 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: nobody's betting twenty one. No, he's taking the Bills. And 291 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: by the way, the Bills have the Chiefs next week, right, 292 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: So you know you have to you have to take 293 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: all those factors in consideration. But you know, our our 294 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: job is to make sure that it's not a lop 295 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: sided or one side at bet game. So you know, 296 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: we try to hang a number when we're looking at, Hey, 297 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: what's gonna be the best number that we're gonna get 298 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: on the dog and we're gonna get on the favorite 299 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: and then uh, hopefully the juice will work force and 300 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: then we'll go from there and hopefully the number that 301 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: we hang isn't the number where everyone public and sharps 302 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: are on the same side. And I want to talk 303 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 1: a little bit about that because there's a lot of 304 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 1: first time gamblers hitting the market. You know, they maybe 305 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: wanted to dabble and now it's legal in so many 306 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: states and the ads everywhere, but there's this lopsided ticket count. Okay, 307 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: that's not particularly a great handicap that I love. However, 308 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: Lamar I will point out that it is interesting when 309 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: you see of the tickets or eighty five or ninety 310 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: on one side, And I am curious have you hung 311 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: any of those lines? You know, you guys try to 312 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 1: get the balanced action so the house always wins, But 313 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: have you hung anywhere this season? It ended up super lopsided. Like, yeah, 314 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: Week one was we had our biggest discrepancies. Also Raiders. 315 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: Uh it doesn't matter. I mean the first two home 316 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: games everyone spent in the Raiders, so you know, the 317 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 1: public here is just they're just have a various appetite 318 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: for the Raiders here. But Week one, um, the Rams 319 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: versus the Notes. Yeah, Rams bears. That Week one Rams 320 00:16:54,560 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: one ticket count, so um, you know that was saw 321 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: that game. Uh. The next game we had was the 322 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: Patriots and the Dolphins. That was a seventeen and one 323 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,600 Speaker 1: ticket count, and the third one that we saw that 324 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 1: week was forty nine or fifteen and one. So you know, 325 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:16,719 Speaker 1: if you look at the Dolphins and the and the 326 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: Niners game, that was technically not, like you said, in 327 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: the public's favor, but um, the Rams was definitely all 328 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,719 Speaker 1: public and all sharp money because everyone knew that that 329 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 1: was what was going to happen in that game. I 330 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: am curious, though, Uh, do you you saw three of 331 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 1: those big lopsided in week one? Were there none in 332 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: week two or three? Just a lot more balanced? Yeah, 333 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,199 Speaker 1: there there were some in week two and three, but 334 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 1: not to those levels. I think week week two it 335 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: was like nine to one, and that was the Patriots 336 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 1: on the road at the Jets. Our next biggest one 337 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:57,359 Speaker 1: that second week was the Buccaneers seven to one versus 338 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: the Falcons. And this past week, uh, it was pretty 339 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: pretty steady. Uh Cardinals, actually Cardinals, they were ten to 340 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:10,360 Speaker 1: one on the road over the Jags. But other than that, 341 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: the next highest one was the Raiders was like nine 342 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: the one, like I said, Raiders, Yeah, yeah, I am 343 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 1: curious to do you think a lot of this is 344 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: people go in the summer to Vegas, they decide, hey, 345 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:25,159 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make a couple of week one bets and 346 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 1: they get out of town and that's it because eighteen 347 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: seventeen and fifteen and then not sniffing anything like that, 348 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:33,440 Speaker 1: or is it Lamar Maybe perhaps that a lot of 349 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 1: people got cleaned out, a lot of people perhaps had 350 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:39,880 Speaker 1: the Patriots lost and they're like a screw gambling, I'm done. Well. 351 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: You know what happens is that week one because we 352 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: hang the season so early and everybody comes out for 353 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: a Week one, so that's why the numbers are going 354 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: to be closer to those levels instead of like a 355 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,400 Speaker 1: nine and one or seven and one or eighth and one. 356 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 1: But Week one, everyone's, uh, that's our biggest outside of 357 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 1: you know, coming to the championship and the playoffs. Typically 358 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: when we look at our ticket accounts, week one is 359 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: our biggest week when it comes to ticket accounts. Uh 360 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: for us here when we have Mexican independence, that second 361 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 1: week of September, when we have a great fight here, 362 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 1: that's usually our next biggest and then after that it 363 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 1: just it's kind of you know, same levels, and it 364 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: kind of trickles down until we get to the playoffs. 365 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 1: So definitely Week one because everyone is out and they're 366 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 1: ready for you know, they're ready for football and they're 367 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 1: done with the preseason stuff, so they're ready for the 368 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: real stuff to play. And that's why the numbers I 369 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: think are that high. Yeah. And obviously, as you said, yeah, 370 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: the Lumber numbers have been out for six months, you know, 371 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: so anybody who goes can lay on Week one. You 372 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,439 Speaker 1: can't bet like a Week seven game. Fox Sports Radio 373 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 1: has the best sports talk lineup in the Nation. Catch 374 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: all of our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot com 375 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,439 Speaker 1: and within the I Heart Radio app. Search f s 376 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 1: R to listen live. All right, let's move to college football. Lamar, 377 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: I am I I'm really curious how the Handle has 378 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 1: compared in college football to the NFL here in September. Uh. Well, 379 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,160 Speaker 1: you know, obviously our limits are lower for college football 380 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 1: because we have so many more games. You know, you've 381 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 1: got the big boys playing the little sisters of the poor, 382 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 1: whatever you want to call it. Uh. So you know, 383 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 1: when it comes to the Marquee, Mattress will take bigger money. 384 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:26,399 Speaker 1: But it's always been that way where we do more 385 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: transactions on a Saturday because there's so many more games, 386 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: but our handles always gonna be bigger on a Sunday 387 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,159 Speaker 1: because we take so much more on the Handle on 388 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: Saturday on Sundays than we do on Saturday. I am curious. 389 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: This weekend is kind of a monster weekend in college football. 390 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: Big Alabama game, Uh, Michigan, Wisconsin. Uh, some of the 391 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 1: other ones out there? Uh? Is it Texas, Texas Christian 392 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 1: Like there's a good, really good side of games. Georgia, Arkansas? 393 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: Are you seeing anything? It's it is early in the week. 394 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:56,439 Speaker 1: I know the money comes in Saturday, but are you 395 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 1: seeing anything at this point? Well, you know, actually there's 396 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: been a couple of games that have moved, but most 397 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 1: of it, like you said, it's really too early. But 398 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: a couple like the game you mentioned, the Mississippi banda 399 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 1: game that's we've had steady two way action on that 400 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 1: so far. Even though it's light action a s U 401 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: U c L A steady action on that. The number 402 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 1: is still the same. Although I can tell you one, uh, 403 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: Washington at Oregon State. We opened Washington two and a 404 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: half at the two and a half point favored and 405 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,400 Speaker 1: it's now Oregon State two and a half. So you're 406 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,440 Speaker 1: looking at a lot of sharp money on that game 407 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 1: right there, moving that price around. But one of the 408 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: biggest games that we're gonna see Cincinnati on the road 409 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 1: at Notre Dame. Well, believe it or not. Um, even 410 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 1: though this number has moved from Cincinnati two and a 411 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: half to three and a half, UM, we're looking at 412 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: this is a ticket account game too. Notre Dame tickets 413 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: seventeen and one right now and it's this early. Yeah, yeah, 414 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: so it's not a lot of tickets, but it's it's 415 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 1: when you look at it's seventeen and one advantage of 416 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 1: Notre Dame tickets written right now, So Lamar, a smart 417 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 1: person might say, wait a second, everybody's betting on Notre Dame. 418 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 1: But the line is moving towards Cincinnati. So the influential 419 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,199 Speaker 1: sharp money from people who maybe do this for a 420 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: living is on the Bearcats. Correct casual better who's coming 421 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,679 Speaker 1: up and say, hey, Lamar, give me fifty bucks, give 422 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: me a hundred. On the Irish, those guys more often 423 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:28,280 Speaker 1: than not probably losing, Y're not hitting or whatever. Um 424 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: they're on the Irish. That should be a pretty big 425 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: tel right there. Huh oh absolutely. I mean I always 426 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 1: tell people, you know, and I don't gamble, but I 427 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,360 Speaker 1: always tell people, hey, when you see the number going 428 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:41,360 Speaker 1: a certain way, either stay off of it. If you 429 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 1: like that number, it's the public's on it and it's 430 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:46,879 Speaker 1: all public play. Try to stay off of the public 431 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: play if it's public and sharp. You know, if you 432 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,960 Speaker 1: thought earlier in the week, hey, I like Cincinnati, and 433 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 1: then if it's two and a half and it's three 434 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: and a half, and then let's say it gets the 435 00:22:56,520 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 1: four and a half on Saturday, your best bet right, 436 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:02,960 Speaker 1: there would be Hey, let's lay off of that even 437 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: though the price is going up. But the ticket account 438 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,680 Speaker 1: might be in Notre Dame's favor, But the big money 439 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,199 Speaker 1: and the sharp money is going to Cincinnati. You might 440 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: want to stay off of it. But yeah, the Joe public, Uh, 441 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 1: when they see that number, they don't care. They just 442 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: are gonna bet what they think is the most popular 443 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 1: bet week to week. Yeah, you see a plus in 444 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: front of Notre Dame, You're probably gonna grab it just 445 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: because it's oh yeah right. You have to think about 446 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: I mean, they should be coming off of a big 447 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: emotional letdown, coming off of getting that record win for 448 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: uh coach Kelly. So Uh, this is a good Cincinnati 449 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,920 Speaker 1: team and there's a reason why they're favorite on the road. 450 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 1: I guess we'll wrap up. I am curious on the market, 451 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 1: like how you guys moved with the market in NFL 452 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: and college h It looks like Cincinnati has not The 453 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 1: entire market has not shifted to three and a half yet. 454 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 1: Maybe you guys are early. I still see it one 455 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,040 Speaker 1: and a half. I see it too. How do you 456 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:01,880 Speaker 1: I mean, do you guys are you a cool being 457 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: on an island? Or you are more often than not 458 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 1: move with the market to be safe. Uh, it depends. Sometimes, 459 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 1: you know, we might have somebody come in and and 460 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: we know that that person is pretty sharp, So if 461 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna move to that number, we're gonna base upon 462 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: you know, if it's just like a regular Joe coming 463 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 1: in and he wants to lay down fifty on it. 464 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 1: But if it's a sharp player that we know that 465 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 1: once about fifty, we're gonna, you know, move the number 466 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 1: opposite number and it's it's it's fine. Sometimes sometimes you've 467 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: got to be the leader, But not often do we 468 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 1: want to be the leader, because leading sometimes gets you 469 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: You might speed out there and get a speeding ticket. Yes, 470 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 1: speeding gets no fun. So I am curious. Uh let's 471 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 1: say that, you know, I irrationally like the Kansas City 472 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,199 Speaker 1: Chiefs this week. What do you guys have on that 473 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: right now? The Chiefs? Let me take a look that 474 00:24:54,920 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: cheats she's right now. Looks like we're at six and 475 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: fifty five on the road. Um, is there juice on 476 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: the sixth? Closer to one? I believe it's still minus 477 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 1: one turn? Okay, So let's say I wanted to come 478 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: in today helicopter oute to you in Vegas from l 479 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,719 Speaker 1: A and I say, I want fifty I want fifty 480 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: K on the Chiefs. You don't, I mean, you know 481 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,160 Speaker 1: me from maybe hosting this podcast, this interview. I think 482 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:29,919 Speaker 1: you've been on My My, the radio show I used 483 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: to have, but I'm not a professional better who's in Vegas? Uh? 484 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: Do you think fifty K on the Chiefs from me 485 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: or you know a guy that you don't know? Would 486 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: that move the line on a We're recording this on Tuesday. 487 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 1: I don't think it would move it. Um, But you know, 488 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: we'd have to see what else we have on the game. 489 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 1: So you know, if you bet safety and let's say 490 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: we have even though it's like ten thousand on the 491 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: other side, it we might six and a half of 492 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 1: the bat number. As you know, I mean, you don't 493 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: want to go up for six or six and a 494 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 1: half until you know. So I wouldn't necessarily say that 495 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: would move the number, um from a guy that we 496 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: don't know, UM, So I'd probably say we'd probably inclined 497 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 1: to day we might move the juice, but not go 498 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: to six and a half off a year play did right, 499 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 1: because ye six and a half you don't. You don't 500 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: want to be there, but um I'm I would take 501 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 1: six all day with the chiefs. Uh right, all right, 502 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:31,359 Speaker 1: Lamar Mitchell. Um any, And a final advice for for 503 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 1: the rookie gamblers who are listening. You know, we got 504 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: a lot of listeners on the pod who are maybe 505 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,160 Speaker 1: into gambling for the first or first or second time 506 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,239 Speaker 1: in their life. Here uh this fall. Well, you know, 507 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: the one thing that I can say about gambling is, uh, 508 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: you know, it's your opinion versus my opinion, and and 509 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: and that's why it's so that's why it's so great, 510 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: is because we put up a number and I'm gonna 511 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 1: say to you, hey, this is my number. You come out, 512 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 1: you think my number is wrong, you bet the other side. 513 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: But have fun and do your home work. Because thirty 514 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: years ago, when I was doing this, uh, we had 515 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: an advantage over the player because we had the information. 516 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: Uh it was, it was we had it more readily. 517 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 1: Now everyone's got the same information we get and you guys, 518 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 1: the player gets it just as quickly as we do. 519 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 1: So as long as you do your homework, you can 520 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:26,880 Speaker 1: find those soft numbers somewhere. Good stuff, Lamar Mitchell, MGM 521 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 1: sports book director, good guy to know. I'm sure we'll 522 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: talk to you down the road. Lamar, thanks a lot, absolutely, Jason, 523 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: you have a good one.