"You can bet on It!" It is out of control. 

"Ain't It just grand?" Depends, on what you mean by "just"...as in, like, a few million here, a billion there, pretty soon "It” adds up...not to the level of the federal deficit, but nonetheless...

MGM: The .org that used to be just in the biz of making movies, with the emphasis then, even still being on GOLD-Win, which eventually moved its operation to Vegas in 1987, taking on the money-ker of MGM Grand, which then, as early as the year 2000, brought us the 'blue smoke and mirrors' imagery (complete with “Blue Men Group”), as in the MGM Mirage. You'd think that would tip us all off. But if that was not enough, betting on everything, where the house odds are, if you stay in it long enough, you'll lose yours...

Sporting clays: While shooting round clay targets thrown into the air, from various angles and distances, to mimic different types of hunting, is certainly a setting you might still find what is still referred to as a "gentleman's bet" shooting dice is a much more serious matter which is why, I imagine, it's also referred to as "street craps" -- no place to get clay feet...

Speaking of Sporting: No matter what the venue, some of which have become huge industries in and of themselves, complete with agents, which are far from "free" themselves, a close second, gaining by the minute, is all the action off the field of play, which is why almost every commercial break, which sometimes happen even as the main frame shows a key play unfolding, comes an ad via split screen, offering you odds, along with an opportunity, to bet on "this, that, the other thing"...even against the other person in the room...

Fan Duel! Advertised as a "sports book" it's anything but, and another gimmick in imagery...only existing in the minds of odds makers ("nothing better than a good duel to bring all the serious gamblers out!"). An attempt to create a "Mirage" that you, despite all the history of calculus, trigonometry, algebra, even the most basic of math, tells you the only reason they (the ones that own the very house you're gambling in) a so-called Comp!limentary meal, overnight, is to make you feel at home, a place where you lose track of time, and eventually, if you stay there long enough, run out...of luck. Finding you out, in the cold, where...

Draft (is) King! Just ask our hometown where, after first figuring out the odds, sent a betting party to put in a wager, won us the oppo to host one (NFL Draft), ended up, after our mayor sweated over it (self-effacing "I could stand to lose a few...") a HUGE win. Whereas outside the ropes, the marked off area, and where the staged event took place, you could find what are recognized as “mocked ups” as in “Mock Draft”…a growing number, considerable financial investment, that happens prior to the whole…

Fantasy, football leagues: Along with a host, of other sporting events, that take place here, there, everywhere...unlimited access. An imaginary place where...

"Only in your dreams" Can easily, in the span of one trade, become your worst nightmare...

It is Fan dumb: Double or nothing odds, that if I offered to bet against you winning, in advance of buying that SUPER Lotto ticket, that you'd walk the other way. And you call your-self a True Fan💲?!

Down, on your luck? Well, if feeling so, or actually found the ATM came up empty, when you went to place your bet on not who the winner of this year's (ho hum, here we go again match up), but who would be chosen to throw out the first pitch, whether it would actually find its way to home, plate...you can always...

"Bet Your Bippy!" Once a laughing matter (see “Laugh In” re-runs for more laughs…no longer).  As after these professional odds makers get through with you, you’ll be lucky to even have one left, whatever a Bippy turns out to be…