awesome, any of you seen any celebrities gambling live? :00hour I watched Dennis Rodman play craps in Mirage, he was losing his ass...
April 3, 2009, 6:39 pm
Williams Says Lawson?s Casino Trip Is No Big Deal
By Nathan Sandals
DETROIT ? Ty Lawson raised some eyebrows on Thursday for his off-court activities in Detroit. Lawson, a North Carolina junior guard, said he had won $250 dollars at one of the downtown casinos here.
On Friday, Lawson said he found it funny how big a story his trip to the casino became.
?It?s not like I go there every day,? Lawson said. ?We were here three days before a game and there was nothing else to do, so I went over there with a couple teammates and just played.?
North Carolina Coach Roy Williams also took exception to the news media uproar, noting that he had gambled in the casino, too. Williams also pointed out that the players who went to the casino were old enough to go and talked with him before they went.
?If we don?t want these kids doing it, don?t put the Final Four in a city where the casino is 500 yards from our front door,? Williams said. ?And they got a great buffet in there. I mean, come on.?
The Tar Heels have a perfect record when Williams gambles and loses, he said. Williams said he lost at craps before North Carolina played Michigan State here in December. The Tar Heels won that game, 98-63.
Coach Jay Wright did not talk to his Villanova team about going to casinos, the junior guard Reggie Redding said.
The issue of casinos near the team hotels and Ford Field has been raised numerous times since Detroit was awarded this year?s Final Four six years ago.
Student athletes are forbidden from betting on any sporting event, but the N.C.A.A. has no jurisdiction over casino gambling. There is a poster in each of the four locker rooms at Ford Field warning players that gambling on sports is illegal. The posters picture an orange jumpsuit hanging in a basketball locker.
April 3, 2009, 6:39 pm
Williams Says Lawson?s Casino Trip Is No Big Deal
By Nathan Sandals
DETROIT ? Ty Lawson raised some eyebrows on Thursday for his off-court activities in Detroit. Lawson, a North Carolina junior guard, said he had won $250 dollars at one of the downtown casinos here.
On Friday, Lawson said he found it funny how big a story his trip to the casino became.
?It?s not like I go there every day,? Lawson said. ?We were here three days before a game and there was nothing else to do, so I went over there with a couple teammates and just played.?
North Carolina Coach Roy Williams also took exception to the news media uproar, noting that he had gambled in the casino, too. Williams also pointed out that the players who went to the casino were old enough to go and talked with him before they went.
?If we don?t want these kids doing it, don?t put the Final Four in a city where the casino is 500 yards from our front door,? Williams said. ?And they got a great buffet in there. I mean, come on.?
The Tar Heels have a perfect record when Williams gambles and loses, he said. Williams said he lost at craps before North Carolina played Michigan State here in December. The Tar Heels won that game, 98-63.
Coach Jay Wright did not talk to his Villanova team about going to casinos, the junior guard Reggie Redding said.
The issue of casinos near the team hotels and Ford Field has been raised numerous times since Detroit was awarded this year?s Final Four six years ago.
Student athletes are forbidden from betting on any sporting event, but the N.C.A.A. has no jurisdiction over casino gambling. There is a poster in each of the four locker rooms at Ford Field warning players that gambling on sports is illegal. The posters picture an orange jumpsuit hanging in a basketball locker.
