And people were doing it anyway,” Flaim said. Flaim and Johnny “Cakes” Auville stepped up to the betting counter at MGM National Harbor and became the fourth and fifth people in Maryland history to place legal sports wagers.įlaim’s wager: a $50 bet on the underdog Pittsburgh Steelers, getting three points, against the Minnesota Vikings. On Thursday, in an act that underscored sports gambling’s emergence from the shadows, hosts J.P.
So the hosts - four longtime friends from Bowie who got their start on local cable access - dubbed the segment “Friday Night Fatties.” It was their way of describing NFL picks that they considered “big fat winners.” When the Sports Junkies, a popular sports radio foursome, wanted to do an end-of-the-week betting segment in the late 1990s, jittery station managers asked them to be discreet about it. Sports betting became legal in Maryland more than three years after a Supreme Court ruling opened the door to wagering outside Nevada. Flaim, part of the Sports Junkies crew on WJFK (106.7 The Fan), places a bet at the opening of the BetMGM Sportbook at National Harbor on Thursday.
