Interesting story! I had just re-scanned a Churchill Downs match cover from my collection when I read your post.

I wish I had been in one of those old school books. I like reading stories about Sonny Reizner, Larry Grossman, Marty Mendelsohn, Bob Martin and other "wise guys". Everything revolved around Bob Martin back then. If I had lived in Vegas I probably would have enrolled in a sports betting class at UNLV.