Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 13, 2023 in Blog, Essays, Sports Betting |

In this report, my objectives are to provide the following:
(1) Some general concepts and helpful trends that apply to betting on Wild Card playoff games.
(2) An analysis of all six games this weekend.
(3) Picks on each game.
(4) Hopefully, more winners than losers — and a profitable weekend.
Oh, and first and foremost — let’s give massive props to Daman Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills’ star defensive player who continues to make a miraculous recovery.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 12, 2023 in Blog, Essays |

If a priest, a preacher, an imam, and a rabbi all walked into the bar, I’d want to sit next to the rabbi. Here’s why.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 11, 2023 in Blog, Essays |

SPENDING ON SCIENCE: HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 10, 2023 in Blog, Essays, Personal |

FADED INK, THE INFORMATION AGE, AND THE DECLINE OF MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS
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“One of the responsibilities of being a good-standing member of any community and having the credibility to talk about local issues is supporting the city’s newspaper.”
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 10, 2023 in Blog, Essays, Las Vegas, Personal |

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“The old Flamingo Poker Room has been facelifted, refurbished, carpeted over, and whitewashed from the earth. It now exists only in memory.”
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 8, 2023 in Blog, Essays, Movie Reviews, Politics, What's Left |

REVIEW: THE NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY ON BERNIE MADOFF
How did a Wall Street investment fund manager in charge of $48 billion of other people’s money get away with such massive fraud for so long without being caught?
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 7, 2023 in Blog, Personal, Politics |

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE ACTION
Today, I’m sharing a blast from the past.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 6, 2023 in Blog, Sports Betting |

I have several thoughts on the Damar Hamlin injury scare and its impact on the NFL and betting. So, I decided to compress those thoughts into an 11-minute video which you can click and watch below.
On to Week 18.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 5, 2023 in Blog, Politics, Rants and Raves, What's Left |

THOUGHT OF THE DAY
It’s rare that I cut and paste something from a friend and then post it verbatim on my own page.
However, this comment from Patti Beadles is so profound and so perfectly on target that it needs no further commentary, nor embellishment. It also demands to be shared.
Here’s a “thought of the day” well worth pondering, especially right now as we witness such glaring Republican dysfunction — from hysterical incompetence to outright treason.
Quoting Patti Beadles:
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Jan 4, 2023 in Blog, Essays |

“The more facts you collect, the closer you come to the truth.”
— Robert Caro
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