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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 1079457, member: 405"] It's more part of the cultural fabric compared to other sports. It starts with those parlay slips that they used to circulate at factory jobs every week. It continues with your friends, none of whom you would necessarily say is a "bookie", but in fact is taking bets. I had a friend who passed away a couple years ago who made his living as a bookie for about 25 years professionally, after he retired from his regular job in his mid-50s. He got way more action on NFL and college football than any other sport. Baseball had a surprising number of betters because people ride the hot pitcher. Basketball, especially college, is full of big plays on off-the-radar games between mid-majors, usually with lines moving because of injuries or suspensions to key players who you never really heard of. [/QUOTE]