David Milch - Degenerate Gambler

[RSTRICK30]

Great article on the financial ruin of David Milch, creator of NYPD Blue, Deadwood, John From Cincinnati, & Luck.

Yale grad, four Emmy Awards, a 22-acre spread on the Vineyard, a 7,500sf pad in Brentwood, but just couldn't stay away from the ponies....he cashed checks issued by his business managers alone totaling nearly $25,000,000 at various racetracks.



http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/david-milch-made-100m-gambled-866184

 

[nardibynature2]

Guess that is why he is doing a Deadwood movie.

 

[bgranc02]

I liked it so i read it.

I just finished re watching Deadwood... forgot how good it was. Really holds up well and even though the plan was to take it longer the season finale that became the series finale was great.
I also thought Luck could have been good.

 

[adp98]

Can't beat the ponies

 

[bgranc02]

one of his horses ran an awesome Breeders Mile @ Belmont. Great race

 

[dirtyd]

Great article on the financial ruin of David Milch, creator of NYPD Blue, Deadwood, John From Cincinnati, & Luck.

Yale grad, four Emmy Awards, a 22-acre spread on the Vineyard, a 7,500sf pad in Brentwood, but just couldn't stay away from the ponies....he cashed checks issued by his business managers alone totaling nearly $25,000,000 at various racetracks.



http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/david-milch-made-100m-gambled-866184

The theoretical house-hold at the track is like 15%. Good luck beating that.

Meanwhile the THH on a -110 sports bet is 4.55% yet it's illegal. Makes sense

 

[NickleDimer]

The theoretical house-hold at the track is like 15%. Good luck beating that.

Meanwhile the THH on a -110 sports bet is 4.55% yet it's illegal. Makes sense

And PA still subsidizes track operations with 12% of slot revenues. $250mill+ /year.

 

[adp98]

Stick to cam prop bets.

 

[tomdudes]

As my dad always used to say, "you don't see horses bettin on people, do you?"

 

[NickleDimer]

As my dad always used to say, "you don't see horses bettin on people, do you?"

Your dad said that? Sounds like something overheard at a Wing Bowl.

 

[tomdudes]

Your dad said that? Sounds like something overheard at a Wing Bowl.

Heard that after going to garden state race track. Many years before sports radio even got on the air, let alone wing bowl happening.

 

[TheFoyeEffect]

I'm generally a "live and let live" type of person, but it's pretty obvious that gambling and its derivatives have no societal benefit and are in fact a regressive form of taxation that ruins lives. I wouldn't mind if it was totally banned altogether, or if it was banned above certain amounts of money.

 

[RSTRICK30]

one of his horses ran an awesome Breeders Mile @ Belmont. Great race

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[Nipsy Hussl]

Jay Mohr, such a hack. Tells a story of Chris Farley taking a dump out of an office window....highlight of his benign career. Stfu and let someone interesting speak, A hole.

 

[NickleDimer]

Jay Mohr, such a hack. Tells a story of Chris Farley taking a dump out of an office window....highlight of his benign career. Stfu and let someone interesting speak, A hole.

You mean that you also don't talk incessantly about a job you had for a year in the early 90s?