SOURCE: Excerpt from Las Vegas Sun

As the premier single-day sports betting event of the year, the Super Bowl generates an annual last-ditch advertising blitz by football “scamdicappers” — touts who sell their worthless sports predictions to suckers with credit card numbers.

A sure sign of a scamdicapper is a claim that he owns a long-term record of making picks against the point spread of 60 percent, 70 percent or higher.

If you’re tempted to believe such nonsense, consider a public challenge just put forth by Fezzik, the one-name professional gambler from Las Vegas.

Fezzik says he is willing to bet anyone up to $100,000 that he or she cannot pick NFL winners against the point spread at a rate of 57 percent or better.

The basis for the person-to-person wager, according to Fezzik, would be the challenger’s performance in next season’s Las Vegas Hilton “SuperContest,” in which entrants select five NFL games a week against the spread for 17 weeks.

A record of 49-36 in 85 selections would meet the 57 percent threshold in the contest, which carries a $1,500 entry fee.

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