Blogs by Danny B Part 19

Blogs by Danny B

Part 19

By August I made my mind up and elected to return to Canada where I would be the #1 guy running the Sports Book and Odds Line. The incentives were good and I loved the house and what I was doing, plus Montreal was a blast!

 I returned to Canada late August 1996 and was locked in until February 1997, right through the Super Bowl.. The 1st 2/3 weeks of the season the book did very well but by week 8 we were getting crushed and was dealing with some heavy hitters.. George started gambling by twisting the numbers thinking he could get the best of these guys but he was wrong, they banged him for high 6 figures!

Not only did the wise guys crush him the small players were also winning and hitting crazy teasers, parlays, etc.. The Book was in trouble and needed to be bailed out financially, we were upside down and could not handle payouts..

George went to his brother and they reached an agreement, Dennis would be taking over the book by merging players over to ESB.. Dennis had deep pockets and was able to satisfy all payouts and keep the players happy and willing to stay with him and ESB.. Good for them but bad for me because I was now out of a job again unless I went back to work for Dennis or back to California!

 I left Canada late November and returned to Allentown, I was still on payroll through  January with George which was cool until I decided what I was going to do..

 In December I met a girl and was having fun so I went to talk to Dennis and we came to an agreement that come January I would take over the Score Phone and sell adds for the Las Vegas Sporting News.. He paid me next to nothing but I was on a % of what I brought in selling Picks and adds, the potential was there for me to do well and advance my career..

In my next blog I talk about the article I wrote that got HBO's attention and was later featured on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel..