Robert Walker Quotes

You can't bet sports every day. With baseball, people start off excited in April, but by June, July, only professional players are still betting. With football they get a break -- they're burnt out by Monday or Tuesday, then by Thursday they're ready to bet again.

- Robert Walker

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[Part of the reason for L.A.'s rather low odds is the team's widespread popularity and the city's proximity to Vegas. Lines often get skewed because more people bet on certain teams.] The Lakers are a public team, like the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings... They get a lot more people betting on them. Even if a team like that should be at 20:1, we might go 15:1 because we know we're going to get more play on them. - Robert Walker

We can't control it and we're not going to stop it. The problem is when there is big money involved there is always going to be people looking for an angle. What we're trying to do, like the NCAA, is make sure the game is on the up and up. - Robert Walker

Cleary Tom DeLay has been a powerful ally inside the appropriations process and the leadership process in the Congress and you don?t lose an ally like that without having some consequences. - Robert Walker