The chicken and the egg. The tortoise and the hare. David and Goliath.
Some parables stand the test of time. Add to this canon the sportsbook and the sharp, of which longtime SuperBook executive Jay Kornegay told Action Network, “As far as players camouflaging their skills, that ‘cat and mouse’ game has been going on for three-plus decades.”
Applying a more Biblical timeline, veteran Vegas bookmaker Robert Walker said, “That’s been going on forever.”
Harking back to his days running the MGM sportsbook at the Mirage in Las Vegas, Walker recalled that, in the era predating mobile betting, sharp sports bettors on the lookout for trusty beards would get VIP casino players to place their bets to avoid detection.
