2003 Las Vegas Football Handicapping Contests


Each week during the 2003 football regular season we shall provide the
selections played by handicappers/entrants in two of the most
prestigous Football Handicapping Contests in Las Vegas.


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Games of December 27 - 28, 2003


Selections for this week shall be posted by 11 PM Pacific time on Friday

Each week we will present the selections of some of the nation's leading handicapers as they compete for cash prizes and handicapping acclaim. Two such contests have attracted national notoriety. One of the contests, sponsored by the Las Vegas Hilton, is a season-long contest with the same contestants making selections each week against the Las Vegas pointspread.

The second contest, sponsored by the the Stardust Race & Sports Book, is an invitational tournament with 16 invited handicappers participating in a one-on-one elimination format that runs for 15 weeks with just one of the 16 contestants surviving and winning the single prize.


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CONGRATULATIONS to

DAVID STRATTON

2003 Stardust Invitational Champion



STARDUST INVITATIONAL HANDICAPPING TOURNAMENT



The 2003 FINALS


Steve Fezzik

vs.

David Stratton

Contest Format -- 16 nationally prominent celebrities & handicappers have been invited by the management of the Stardust Race & Sports Book to compete for a winner-take-all $10,000 prize. Each week two contestants are matched against each other in a head to head meeting with each handicapper making 7 selections against the pointspread at the Stardust using the line at approximately 8:30 PM (the contest airs over radio station KDWN (AM 720) at 9:00 PM and is also available for broadcast on the Internet). One of the 7 selections is designated as a Best Bet. The winner is determined by the handicapper having the greater winning percentage with all selections rated equally. The Best Bet is used only as a tie breaker in the event both handicappers have the same record on all 7 selections. Pushes are ignored (thus 5-2 would lose to 4-1-2). The winner will be the handicapper who successfully wins a total of 4 matches with the finals to be held in week 17, December 27, 2002. The weekly contest is held in the Race & Sports Book at the Stardust at 9:00 PM on Fridays and is open to the public.

December 19, 2003 -- Steve Fezzik vs. David Stratton

Steve Fezzik's Selections

***** Philadelphia Eagles & San Francisco 49ers OVER 40 1/2 ***** -- WINNER
Kansas + 11 1/2 over North Carolina State (Tangerine Bowl) -- LOSER
Cleveland Browns + 3 over Baltimore Ravens -- LOSER
***** Jacksonville Jaguars - 1 1/2 over New Orleans Saints ***** -- LOSER
Oakland Raiders + 5 1/2 over Green bay Packers -- LOSER
Buffalo Bills - 1 1/2 over Miami Dolphins -- LOSER

BEST BET: New York Jets + 3 over New England Patriots -- LOSER



David Stratton's Selections

Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 7 1/2 over Atlanta Falcons -- LOSER
St Louis Rams - 7 over Cincinnati Bengals -- WINNER
Detroit Lions + 9 1/2 over Carolina Panthers -- WINNER
***** Jacksonville Jaguars - 1 1/2 over New Orleans Saints ***** -- LOSER
Dallas Cowboys - 11 over New York Giants -- WINNER
Seattle Seahawks - 14 over Arizona Cardinals -- WINNER

***** BEST BET: San Francisco 49ers & Philadelphia Eagles OVER 40 1/2 ***** -- WINNER


##### OPPOSING SELECTIONS IN SAME GAME #####

***** BOTH HANDICAPPERS MADE SAME SELECTION *****

NEXT WEEK: End of 2003 Contest

Congratulations to all Participants


UPCOMING MATCHES --



FINALS were held on
December 19, 2003




Roster of This Season's 16 Contestants --


Lem Banker -- Professional Bettor
Papa Joe Chevalier -- Sports Talk Radio Show Host -- Defending Champion
Dave Cokin -- Professional Handicapper & Sports Talke Radio Host
Bob Donahue -- Professional Handicapper
Chuck Esposito -- Sports Book Director, Bally's Properties
Steve Fezzik -- Professional Handicapper & Bettor
Ron Frazier -- Sports Talk Radio Host & Handicapper
Andy Iskoe (of Logical Approach) -- Professional Handicapper & Author
Bryan Leonard - Professional Handicapper
Dave Malinsky -- Professional Handicapper
Kevin O'Neill -- Professional Handiapper
Ted Sevransky -- Professional Handicapper
Lee Sterling -- Professional Handicapper
Dave Stratton -- Sports Gaming Columnist for "Gaming Today"
Jimmy Vaccaro -- Legendary Las Vegas Sports Book Director (Mirage)
Ken White -- Professional Handicapper & Odds Consultant





Results of Previous Matches


First Round Results--


Dave Malinsky (4-3 BB-W) defeated Papa Joe Chevalier (3-4 BB-W)
in a tie breaker after both went 4-3 BB-W in first week

Bob Donahue (4-3 BB-L) defeated Dave Cokin (3-4 BB-L)

Kevin O'Neill (7-0 BB-W) defeated Lee Sterling (2-5 BB-L)

Steve Fezzik (4-3 BB-W) defeated Andy Iskoe (1-6 BB-W)


Ken White (5-2 BB-W) defeated Lem Banker (4-3 BB-L) in Second Tie Breaker
after both went 5-2 BB-L and 5-2 BB-W in first two weeks

Ted Sevransky (6-1 BB-W) defeated Chuck Esposito (3-4 BB-L)

David Stratton (3-4 BB-W) defeated Bryan Leonard (2-5 BB-W) in Tie Breaker
after both went 4-3 BB-W in first week

Jimmy Vaccaro (3-4 BB-W) defeated Ron Frazier (2-5 BB-L)


Second Round Results

Steve Fezzik (5-2 BB-W) defeated Dave Malinsky (2-4-1 BB-W)

David Stratton (5-2 BB-W) defeated Kevin O'Neill (2-4-1 BB-L)

Ted Sevransky (6-0-1 BB-W) defeated Bob Donahue (4-3 BB-W)

Ken White (6-1 BB-W) defeated Jimmy Vaccazro (5-2 BB-W)



Semi-Finals

David Stratton (4-3 BB-L) defeated Ted Sevransky (3-4 BB-L)

Steve Fezzik (4-3 BB-W) defeated Ken White (4-3 BB-L)


The FINALS

David Stratton (5-2 BB-W) defeated Steve Fezzik (1-6 BB-L)



* Won as a result of Best Bet tie-breaker


Through all 15 weeks of this season's contest, the handicappers
combined to go 148 - 115 -3 overall for 56.3% including Best Bets going 25-13-0 for 65.8%


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2003 LAS VEGAS HILTON NFL SuperContest -- Week # 17 (December 27 - 28, 2003)

Contest Format -- The SuperContest is open to anyone who pays the entry fee. Each entrant pays a $1,500 entry fee with 100% of the fees being returned to the winners. Only the top 20 places (and ties) are paid. Historically, a 60% winning percentage will finish in the Top Twenty. Each contestant must make five selections each week vs. the pointspread (generally the lines at the Hilton as of noon on Tuesdays). Each winning selection counts 1 point; a push counts 1/2 point; losses are 0 points.

Consensus Selections of All 346 Contestants (top 5 selections in Bold) *



NEW ENGLAND (58) - 8 1/2 vs. Buffalo (39)
SAN FRANCISCO (79) - 1 1/2 vs. Seattle (28)
Philadelphia (66) - 6 1/2 vs. WASHINGTON (29)
St Louis (23) - 10 1/2 vs. DETROIT (33)
CINCINATI (42) - 7 1/2 vs. Cleveland (36)
TENNESSEE (19) - 6 1/2 vs. Tampa Bay (33)
ATLANTA (27) - 3 vs. Jacisonville (49)
MIAMI (30) - 3 1/2 vs. N Y Jets (36)
Dallas (47) - 1 1/2 vs. NEW ORLEANS (40)
KANSAS CITY (30) - 10 vs. Chicago (44)
Indianapolis (48) - 7 vs. HOUSTON (19)
Carolina (19) - 4 1/2 vs. N Y GIANTS (34)
Minnesota (19) - 7 1/2 vs. ARIZONA (61)
GREEN BAY (51)
- 6 1/2 vs. Denver (31)
SAN DIEGO (42) - 3 1/2 vs. Oakland (18)
BALTIMORE (33) - 7 1/2 vs. Pittsburgh (47)


Top 5 selections are in Bold type

# in parentheses indicates contestants selecting that team
(i.e. 58 contestants took NEW ENGLAND - 8 1/2 vs. Buffalo)

HOME TEAM shown in CAPS


* There may be weeks when fewer than all contestants submit entries



5 Top Selections Based On Times Selected
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San Francisco (79)
Philadelphia (66)
Arizona (61)
New England (58)
Green Bay (51)


5 Top Selections Based On Widest Margins
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San Francisco (+ 51)
Arizona (+ 42)
Philadelphia (+ 37)
Indianapolis (+ 29)
San Diego (+ 24)



Consensus Selections of the Leaders -- 15 Contestants at 60.0% or higher for the season


Currently the 1 Leader is at 52- 27-1 -- 52 1/2 of 80 Possible Points -- (65.6 %)

There are 5 contestants at 49-29-2 or better -- 50 of 80 Possible Points -- (62.5 %) or better

There are 15 contestants at 48- 32-0 or better -- 48 of 80 Possible Points -- (60.0 %) or better



NEW ENGLAND ( 5)
- 8 1/2 vs. Buffalo ( 2)
SAN FRANCISCO ( 4) - 1 1/2 vs. Seattle ( 0)
Philadelphia ( 7) - 6 1/2 vs. WASHINGTON ( 2)
St Louis ( 2) - 10 1/2 vs. DETROIT ( 2)
CINCINATI ( 2) - 7 1/2 vs. Cleveland ( 2)
TENNESSEE ( 0) - 6 1/2 vs. Tampa Bay ( 3)
ATLANTA ( 0) - 3 vs. Jacisonville ( 4)
MIAMI ( 4) - 3 1/2 vs. N Y Jets ( 1)
Dallas ( 4) - 1 1/2 vs. NEW ORLEANS ( 1)
KANSAS CITY ( 1) - 10 vs. Chicago ( 3)
Indianapolis ( 4) - 7 vs. HOUSTON ( 0)
Carolina ( 2) - 4 1/2 vs. N Y GIANTS ( 0)
Minnesota ( 2) - 7 1/2 vs. ARIZONA ( 2)
GREEN BAY ( 4) - 6 1/2 vs. Denver ( 0)
SAN DIEGO ( 3) - 3 1/2 vs. Oakland ( 2)
BALTIMORE ( 5) - 7 1/2 vs. Pittsburgh ( 2)


Top 3 selections, and ties, will be shown in Bold type


2003 Hilton SuperContest Consensus Results through 14 Weeks

..........                    Last Week            Season To Date
..........                   -----------           --------------
Overall Consensus Teams       10- 6- 0   62.5 %    113 - 119 - 7   48.7 % [1]

Overall Selections           780-665-0   54.0 %  13121-12866 -723  50.5 %

Top Consensus Selection        0- 1- 0               10 -  8 - 0  [2]
2nd Consensus Selection        1- 0- 0               10 -  5 - 0  [2]
3rd Consensus Selection        1- 0- 0                7 -  9 - 1  [2]

Top 3 Consensus Selections     2- 1- 0               27 - 22 - 1  [2]

Top 5 Consensus Selections     2- 3- 0               41 - 37 - 2 

Team With Greatest Margin      0- 1- 0               10 -  7 - 0  [3]
2nd Greatest Margin            1- 0- 0                6 - 10 - 0
3rd Greatest Margin            0- 1- 0               10 -  4 - 1

Top 3 Margins                  1- 2- 0               26 - 21 - 1

Top 5 Margins                  3- 2- 0               45 - 34 - 2 



[1] In Week # 10 there were an equal number of contestants on each
    side of a game resulting in one less "decision."


[2] In some weeks there may be ties for the Top 3 or Top 5 Consensus
    selections.  In Week #1 2 teams tied for the third most popular
    selection.  In Week #6 2 teams tied for the second most popular
    selection.  In Week # 8 2 teams tied for both the most popular
    selection and the third most popular selection.  In Week # 12 2
    teams tied for the most popular selection.


[3] In some weeks there may be ties for the Top 3 or Top 5 Widest
    margins.  In Week #4 2 teams tied for the largest differential.  In
    week # 11 2 teams tied for the second largest differential. In week
    # 14 2 teams tied for the fifth largest differential.



SUNSET STATION CONTEST


The Sunset Station Race & Sports Book is not holding
a Handicapping Invitational Contest in 2003


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