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From there, his career in sports would only get better.Īfter gaining more fame from sports betting, Jimmy was hired as an on-air analyst for CBS’s “The NFL Today.” Alongside Brent Musburger, “Jimmy the Greek” would share his weekly NFL predictions on winners and losers, and he subtly educated a national audience on the then-taboo subject of sports betting.īefore Jimmy got on television, the average NFL fan had no idea what a spread was or how favorites and underdogs worked. Only after that did he regain the respect of his peers that he lost after his initial arrest. In 1961, he started writing a legitimate column for the Las Vegas Sun with both sports and political picks for upcoming events. However, laws began to come out forbidding gambling businesses to cross state lines but Snyder did not abide by these laws and was soon arrested. He began selling his picks nationwide as word spread of his business. This would make him famous in various sports betting communities. In 1956, he started selling his weekly pro-betting line tips that he’d write up based on his knowledge of the game. His move prompted him to dive into the business he loved best, gambling, and sports betting in particular. Having lost a large portion of his winnings from the Truman election to various ill-fated oil-drilling and coal-mining ventures, Jimmy the Greek decided to move himself and his family to Las Vegas, Nevada, one of the few places in the United States where gambling was legal at the time.
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Jimmy went on to make a profitable career through legal sports betting.
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That wager is worth $1.7 million by today’s standards. The bet was really risky as even newspapers couldn’t predict who would win the presidential election. Jimmy won the bet on 17:1 odds, giving him a $170,000 payday. Truman to become president over Thomas Dewey during the 1948 presidential election. His biggest bet at the time was the $10,000 he placed on Harry S. By the time he was 30, he was ready to start making some of his most famous wagers. Jimmy the Greek has been betting on sports ever since he was in his teens.