Yesterday, a Twitter user with the handle @visionofscholes posted a screenshot of a 12 team accumulator (ie parlay) bet with plays on 12 different soccer games. He (or she) predicted 8 draws. And all of those games ended in a draw. He predicted Tottenham would beat Aston Villa. They did. He had Celtic over Hearts…. Read more »

Lucian Freud was a British painter who lived in Northern Ireland and died last year. He was a renowned painter but also a degenerate gambler. Alfie McLean was a bookmaker in Northern Ireland. He met Lucian Freud 40 years ago at a racetrack. The two struck up a conversation about Bentley cars and became fast… Read more »