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Behind the Bets

By Chad Millman

Thursday, April 16, 2009

An amazing thing happened to me on Wednesday. I made the country's first bet on the 2009 NFL season. Even though it's still six months away. Here's how it happened: I'm in Vegas for one day connecting with regular BTB contacts and doing research for some stories. Now I know there's a recession going on, but my 7:25 a.m. flight from Newark was packed. Once I landed in Vegas, I had to fight for space on the airport tram. Getting off, there was barely enough room in the terminal for people to s ...

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