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Because sports betting had a social taboo at the time, Snyder was not allowed to mention betting on games specifically. Instead, he would predict the score. Over the years the attitude towards sports betting, and handicapping in general, has changed. Billy Walters was profiled by 60 Minutes because of his handicapping abilities. [9]
James George Snyder Sr. (born Dimetrios Georgios Synodinos, September 9, 1918 – April 21, 1996), better known as Jimmy the Greek, was an American sports commentator and Las Vegas bookmaker. A regular contributor to the CBS program The NFL Today , Snyder predicted the scores of NFL games, which sports bettors used to determine the point spread .
Billy Walters, who was profiled on 60 Minutes, [1] was the most famous member of the group. [2] Sports betting systems have not always been well trusted or liked by bettors. The stigma is that a sporting event has too many intangibles that a machine can't predict.
The Courier Journal’s annual Better Derby Betting event was held Wednesday night at Ten20 Craft Brewery, and guests received several handicapping tips as they prepare for the May 3 Kentucky Oaks ...
Snyder was born October 7, 1939, in St. Joseph, Missouri, [3] the son of Tom, a traveling salesman, and Marionetta Snyder. His parents divorced when he was six; Snyder and his mother moved from Salina, Kansas to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they lived in a one-room, second-floor apartment, and Marionetta worked as a sales clerk in a department store [4] while Bill's father lived in Omaha, Nebraska.
Billy Napier’s Florida Gators buckled under a brutal schedule. Stricklin’s first hire went better than this one. Mullen’s X’s and O’s weren’t a problem, and he fared well enough until ...
Jeffrey S. Snyder 1:50 0/0 $1,000,000 1993 Presidential Ball: Jack Moiseyev William Robinson Antonio Chiaravalle 1:50 0/0 $1,000,000 1992 Carlsbad Cam Rod Allen Carl Allen: Carl & Rod Allen Stb. & Loren Houston 1:51 0/0 $1,000,000 1991 Precious Bunny: Jack Moiseyev William Robinson R. Peter Heffering 1:49 4/5 $1,000,000 1990 Beach Towel: Ray Remmen
Yet Michael Kent suspects that his records are incomplete. They do not account for personal bets made by Dr. Mindlin, or Billy Walters and Glen Walker or by the dozens of other associates who had access to the Computer Group's information. By the time everyone had exhausted Kent's forecasts in the 1983-84 sports year, the group was estimated to ...