Hey James Jones here…
I got something special for you today.
My good friend, Brian Blessing, was able to catch up with Las Vegas Sports Book Director, Tony Miller, for a quick interview.
Make sure you listen to every word of this interview. Tony’s a wealth of knowledge, from legally taking bets for over 30 years from the Las Vegas Strip to the streets of London.
He tells us…
… EXACTLY where “The house” is vulnerable.
… Which NFL teams keep book makers up at night.
… Which teams have the power to bring “The House” to it’s knees.
… Where’s the smart money, book makers, and odds makers are getting their information on match-ups.
… When the sharps attack… I’m talking $40k, $50k, $60k coming in on a single bet.
I need a small favor…
You see, I have more special guests and interviews lined up for you. I’m talking, book makers, odds makers, celebrity analysts, sport book directors, and some of the most feared sharp bettors alive…
With that in mind, “hook a brother up”, tell me exactly what you’d like me to ask. Every bettor is curious about the “other side of the counter” so send me your questions. I promise, I’ll ask your question in an upcoming interview.
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Thanks in advance & enjoy the interview!
Good luck,
James Jones
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Interview transcription:
Brian Blessing: We’re really excited to have one of the top dogs in the sports wagering industry, Tony Miller, stopping by. I can say this, not only is he the best at what he does, he’s a dear friend. And thanks for taking time, bud, how you doing?
Tony Miller: Cool man. Thanks for having me.
Brian Blessing: All right, let’s just talk about for starters, your career in this industry– You’ve been all over the place.
Tony Miller: Oh yeah, I’ve been in the industry since early 80s. I’ve booked here in town for many years and booked overseas–
Brian Blessing: And far away, right?
Tony Miller: Yeah, overseas in England. I went over there to set up a sport accounts for the British over there when they were booking American sports. So yeah, I’ve been around a while.
Brian Blessing: Was that a good learning experience for you, over there?
Tony Miller: Oh, it’s great, man. Not only did I teach them American sports, but I learned a lot of cricket, rugby, Scandinavian hockey. I learned everything. It was pretty good.
Brian Blessing: That’s awesome. And the Golden Nugget– what I love about Tony is the fact that he thinks outside the box. I really admire guys like you, Jay Kornegay, you guys will stick your necks out there. Here we sit in the throes of football. You’ve got masters props up there. In the final five, six weeks of the college football season, you guys went and did all the extra work, and most of this was going to be a refund, for college football playoff scenarios. Basically, there’s only three possible games that could be played, so the majority of the work that you did was going to be a refund, but you know what? The tourists were buying the tickets and taking them home. It’s great PR, and I just love the thought process on your part.
Tony Miller: Yeah, we put up the games of the year at the beginning of the season, so we thought, “Why not?”, now that there’s a playoff system in the college bowl series. We took the top eight teams ranked every week and then we put up some scenarios. In those scenarios, you can bet whether your team is going to make it in to the semifinals or the championship game. You’ve got three shots at having your scenario work in this particular situation.
Brian Blessing: The other thing Tony does is call the college games in the year. He puts these numbers up in early June ever year. I think it gives us a little opportunity to talk about, A, how daring he is. But the interesting nature of the industry and how the appetite out there for this. Generally speaking, in the beginning you have a bunch of games where there could be some middle opportunities out there. Now it’s been whittled down to just a handful. But there are a couple this year, right? They had the Florida state game with Miami was a monster difference, right?
Tony Miller: Florida State we were highly regarded for– we had them up in all their games of the year as double digit favorites. So we took it on the chin. We have a lot of respect for Florida State. We had a lot of respect for TCU. We had a lot of respect for teams that just didn’t go our way. That’s a chance we took back in June.
Brian Blessing: But your opinion is being rewarded at the end of the of the season. I know you guys were in at flat out in love from a power-rating perspective with teams like Oregon and UCLA. And UCLA, I can’t forget that game against Virginia where they were asleep at the switch. In the beginning, Virginia looked like they were actually a good team, but they became just ordinary again. But now UCLA, they’re playing at that kind of high level you really thought they would all along.
Tony Miller: Yeah, it took them long enough. Finally, they went to ASU and finally had a break out game and they destroyed ASU in Sun Devil Stadium and ever since then, they’ve been the bruins we thought they would be all year long and they proved it last week again against CS.
Brian Blessing: All right, it’s a Monday night football party. Tony, take your time here at half-time. We appreciate him taking the time here. I just wanted to ask– the bettors. How much smarter are the bettors now, from when you started doing this? You and I had a discussion; we do a radio show together every Friday from the Golden Nugget. We love going down there. Florida state, for example, is it that simple that you fade Florida state in the first half and you bet them in the over and if that really was the case, how quick did the betting public get on board with that?
Tony Miller: Let me tell you, the public is smarter, and smarter every year. Now with the social media, with the computers at home, they know everything we do as far as injuries, weather conditions, and they know the trends with all these teams. They follow the highly profiled teams, they know the trends, what they’re doing, and they’re on to it. So the point spreads whether I shade them for or against us, they’re on to it. They know what we’re doing, so it’s not as easy for the book makers, Abe.
Brian Blessing: And I think– one thing I really wanted to touch on with Tony because, in the day and age to shop for numbers, it’s the exception and not the rule. There used to be 90 properties. Then there was a consolidation in hubs. And now it’s like 25, 30 joints, and you can’t– it’s hard to find unique numbers but you, with the college games of the year, for whatever reason – and maybe you can elaborate on that if you want – you get inordinate amount of money out of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Hawaii, that you’ll actually be on an island with numbers so the opportunities are few and far in between, but if people do their due diligence, they can still shop and get the best of the number. But the best thing you can do is, you have an opinion, is probably bet early if you think the number’s going to go against you.
Tony Miller: Absolutely. You can bet pro football games on Monday morning six days in advance and hopefully the number you bet is a good number. It could go against you, it could go for you. As far as downtown Las Vegas where I work, yeah Brian, we cater to a lot of Hawaiian people coming over from the islands. I get a lot of Wisconsin people in my joint. I’m leery of that. I know they’re going to come in and bet the Brewers. I know they’re going to come in and bet Wisconsin. I know they’re going to come in and bet the Packers, so I might shade those games a little bit because of that. It just depends though because soon as I do shade a game, the smart money comes in on the other side and then I got a big decision.
Brian Blessing: For the handicappers that are out there, people are looking to find an advantage. Without naming a name, we’re both pretty good friends with is one of your big bettors. But you know he’s going to come and attack you at the tail end of the night, more often than not. It’s important for you to know your clientele. Can the players get a feel on the other side for maybe the trends that a book will shade numbers in a certain way? Can that same thought– because you can use, right? Let me speak for this. A big better, people think you’re terrified of the big better. He’s a guy you can actually utilize to get to where you need to be.
Tony Miller: I do every week. We all know that the Denver Broncos are a huge, huge public team, so are the Green Bay Packers. They love Peyton Manning, they love Aaron Rodgers. Their teams are on a roll, and the public uses them in their parlays, the ends of their parlays, the end of their teasers, and so we always have a lot of accumulation, we call it, coming in on these teams. What I do is I’ll get off the number, and I’ll get off the number really fast. We got a lot of guys that sit out there with smart money, we call them, and as soon as they see that number that’s not anywhere else in town, they’ll run up to the counter and they’ll ask for it. Forty, fifty, sixty thousand dollars on the side, but maybe not. And I’ll use some of that money to get back the level on the game.
Brian Blessing: And you’re really kind to take the time here. I’ll let you get back to your game. But yes, the final thing I would say is the appetite for the better. Like you said you already had masters, well everybody has the Master’s futures, you thought outside the box. You’ve got master’s props, you have a Rory McIlroy index, how many majors he will win. But it just speeds to the appetite for the better that these offerings go up earlier and earlier and earlier every year. Red Sox, right? They just signed a couple of guys so you know they’re futures for next year are going to start dancing around. But it keeps you on your toes, right? College basketball starting, like you don’t have enough to do.
Tony Miller: Yeah, yeah. Why not put these things up in advance. A lot of people come in from out of state. They come in from around the world and they like to take home a souvenir, as you know I’m betting on these things in the future because they’re not going to make it back to town. I got no problem with putting up futures in advance. In fact, this week, we’re working on Daytona 500 and Daytona 500 match-ups. And we’re even talking about putting up the world series in Super Bowl futures five years in advance. Why do you have to wait year to year? Why not put them up five years?
Brian Blessing: You’re crazy. I know you told me you were going to do that.
Tony Miller: I am crazy. But you know, hey, a crazy business brings people into my place and so I’m fine with that. I’m good with that.
Brian Blessing: It’s just a small sampling, and obviously we will call on Tony much more in the future down the road. But I would just say this for anybody that catches this. The Super Bowl, big events, downtown is a great place to go. But, and I mean this sincerely, having been here ten years, and been around and kind of hosted some parties with you and now, I don’t do any of that. I’d take those four days off. I got a bunch of people from Western New York coming in. We just had some people that listened to us on the radio. The best party that’s thrown in this town for any sporting event is at the Golden Nugget. You’ve got to come and check out March Madness in the Grand Ballroom, 800 people. We’ve made dear friends. I mean, friends you’ve made are now friends of mine and people come in– basketball from 9:00 AM in the morning until 10, 11 at night. It’s the best four days of the year. And nothing like that Thursday, Friday. I’m too old, Saturday, Sunday, I’m crushed [chuckles]. But you get to go upstairs to the room on those four days and catch a nap. I’m hammered [laughter]. It beats me down.
Tony Miller: Let me tell you, buddy, forget the Superbowl, forget anything. If you like college basketball and you want to party for four days, I throw the best party in town–
Brian Blessing: You do.
Tony Miller: –for four days. And I’ve got thousands of people that come in this room and let me tell you, it goes from 9:00 in the morning until 10 o’clock at night and we have a ball. So [crosstalk]–
Brian Blessing: And you have the satellite wagering in the ballroom. I mean, it’s non-stop. Half time, second half, hoops–
Tony Miller: Absolutely.
Brian Blessing: Knicks game’s about to start and–
Tony Miller: We put them up on the big screens and yeah, it’s a great time.
Brian Blessing: Well, A, the guy flat out knows his stuff but he throws a great party at March Madness. We invite you to come into town for that. If you’re in town on Friday’s, we do our radio show together. We invite you to come on in. But, we’ll bug you down the road. Have your half time shot and go watch your second half. Oh, look at this [laughter]–
Tony Miller: Here we go.
Brian Blessing: It’s ready to roll.
Tony Miller: Let’s go.
Brian Blessing: All right, kid. Yeah, where’s mine?
Tony Miller: It’s coming. No, no, no I can’t–
Brian Blessing: I’ll get hit.
Tony Miller: You turn all red and ugly and everything. So, no, we’re not going to do that.
Brian Blessing: Thanks, pal.
Tony Miller: Cheers.
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