I don’t shy away from writing about sports wagering. I think it should be legal, and I expect it will be as soon as the major sports leagues want it to be legal, which I suspect they will sooner rather than later. The leagues already have a taste of that sweet gambling coin, and they’re going to want more of it once their over-leveraged insurers (i.e., the sports-broadcasting networks) go belly-up and no one can or will pay the exorbitant broadcast-rights fees that fund the owners’ and players’ ballooning salaries.

That’s all speculation, of course, but I’m certain of this: I am not good at betting on sporting events. I know this from personal experience, a bit of which I have detailed here and displayed elsewhere. Unlike my favorite comedian, Norm Macdonald, who has lost all his money three times in pursuit of the thrill of sports betting, the alleged excitement of gambling never has captured me emotionally, and my experiences, which serve as mental reminders that staying away is the right move, have exacted minimal financial cost.

Typically, I keep these little reminders– like my embarrassingly low ESPN Streak for the Cash winning percentage– to myself. Sometimes, though, they’re too perfect not to share:

Good luck out there.

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