Offered: RARE / HARD TO FIND: 2 Troy oz. Fine .999 Silver Rounds:
The Sport of Kings - Race & Sports Book in Las Vegas

"Jockey Riding Horse In Presentation Box" - New Condition
Issued 1992 by the Nevada Coin Mint (NCM)
I have 2 of these available

$225 each delivered / USA Only - Prefer PayPal "Friends & Family"
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The Sport of Kings, after many delays, opened in 1992 but was doomed to
fail from conception. Capable and well respected Jack Lysaght, who was with
Vic Salerno at Leroy’s downtown, who would later manage the sports book at
the Riviera, would manage the Sports of Kings Sports Book.

It was located on Convention Center Drive and Paradise Road, across from the
Hilton. The Sport of Kings went belly up for various reasons including top-heavy
management salaries, extravagant comps for horse players, and their sports book
got hammered.

They featured fixed odds on horses while most of Nevada had gone pari-mutual.
Conceived to cater to high-end horse bettors, the 25,000 sq. ft. luxury race book
featured a Turf Club with a $10,000 membership fee. But free buffets, chefs, valet
parking, hostesses and ticket runners to collect and pay while VIP horse players sat
in luxury boxes couldn’t be overcome. All this while, not enjoying the table games
casinos depend on.

The sports book, crammed into a corner, took big action while getting hammered.
It’s rumored they even borrowed a couple million dollars from Billy Walters, who
was also beating them from the betting side of the counter at the same time.

Las Vegas hotels, which held sway with the Commission, were afraid to lose business
to the Sport of Kings, whose foreign investors were under great scrutiny by the GCB.
They finally closed down.

Al Varelas / USMC
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