Veteran bookmaker Jay Kornegay has plenty of stories to tell about setting odds and taking wagers on the Super Bowl at Las Vegas casinos.
But one story immediately comes to mind, and it involves Bubby Brister, of all people.
Brister, who in the 1980s replaced Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw and eventually became a world champion as John Elway’s backup with the Denver Broncos, had one play at the end of Super Bowl XXXIII in 1999 that left a bettor at the old Imperial Palace so irate that security had to be called.
Kornegay, the vice president of SuperBook Sports, sat down to reminisce with the Sun on a busy afternoon last week at the Westgate in preparation for booking Sunday’s Super Bowl.
