Jimmy Vaccaro has retired after 50 years as a Las Vegas bookmaker.
The Sports Gambling Hall of Famer, who will turn 80 on Oct. 5, left his role as South Point oddsmaker in July and moved back to his native Trafford, Pennsylvania.
“It’s been a great ride, but we all get old,” he said. “It was time. Fifty years is enough. I want to spend some time just doing nothing.”
That said, Vaccaro, who spent a short stint at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh in 2019, hedged his bets on a possible return to Las Vegas.
“Everything can change in a minute,” he said. “Who the hell knows what’s going to happen tomorrow. I might do something now and then (for a sportsbook). I’m sure I’ll be back in Las Vegas. But it’s going to take me a while.
