You may be on to something there, Dan. I think you should whiz right down to Washington and suggest this to Robert Gates, or some other hot shot authority. You might get a medal or something.

Why would Robert Gates care where Natalee Holloway is?

I'm going straight to the top on this one: Geraldo Rivera!

Are you saying Natalee Holloway is in Al Capone's safe? :eek:

If he was there with them or saw them in a casino it's not hearsay.

I looked at his blog. Is there really a place called "Phuket Island"? I hope his parents aren't encouraging him to say that out loud! :eek:

Phuket (pronounced poo-KETT) is a lovely island off the coast of southern Thailand. It's main tourist beaches were hit by the tsunami in December, 2004, but they suffered relatively few casualties compared to other spots.

No but DB Cooper might be in there counting his money.

http://www.aero-farm.com/museum/dbcoop.jpg

You realize D.B. is somewhat of a cult hero here in the Portland area. In fact, some people swear they saw him pumping gas with Elvis somewhere in Idaho.

That reminds me of a joke (not that I'm not already enough off topic). Why is there going to be only 49 contestants in the next Miss America pageant?

Because no one wants to be "Miss I-da-ho". http://www.runemasterstudios.com/gra...es/roflmao.gif

People have gotten them for much less recently. :rolleyes:

Casino's #1 priority is $$$$. If someone is manipulating games to affect the win/loss situation of any bettable event, they'd certainly be interested in getting it resolved. The over/under, odds, etc. are set to maximize the money the casino makes (statistically) If someone is messing with the events, the casinos make less.

BTW - just for your information - the line is not set to indicate how many points the house thinks a team will win (or lose) by. It's set to get an equal amount of money bet on both teams. That's when the house makes the most profit regardless of who wins. When a lot is being bet on one team, they move the line to encourage more money to be bet on the other team.

The house actually makes its money on the "service charge".

Like I said previously; if it turns out that he is credibly charging other officials with doing things similar to what he has done, I agree the casinos are likely to give over the tapes.

However, initial reports were that he was accusing them of, gasp, gambling in casinos. That gambling reportedly does not include betting on basketball; nor do his charges include any sort of game fixing. It seems he's only accusing them of breaking the NBAs conduct code for officials. That's something the casinos couldn't care less about (Yes, Dan, I'm guessing here.)

If the casinos were to develop a reputation for allowing anyone with a contractual grudge (yes, including divorce lawyers) to effectively mine thousands of hours of tape, they'll lose business just as quickly. (Yes, Dan, I'm guessing.)

You forgot to say you're guessing again.

:)

:p