The Entertainment Value of Passion and Prediction

My favorite thing to do in Las Vegas is hang out at one of the spacious sports book parlors. I like to study the racing forms and the facts and figures on the sports teams, bet $2 to win on the horses in the races, bet one or two baseball, football, or basketball games, watch the races and games on TV for several hours, and take advantage of the free drinks.

That’s what I call the gambling life—betting on the performance of different species of athlete. Even when the bets are the bare minimum, it’s fun to see what happens.

Life can be like that sometimes too. I find an emerging event that stirs a small passion inside me, make a prediction, then I watch and wait to see the result.