Ask A Bookmaker With Johnny Avello: Booking The Drafts

"Ask a Bookmaker" is a weekly feature on CNN.com. It answers common questions about how sportsbooks operate in the modern age of sports betting.

Johnny Avello explains the difference between the NBA Draft and the NFL Draft. The NBA hasn't promoted the draft like football has. It's played to form for the top two or three players.

There are draft grades and mock drafts. The information is significantly different. Teams need certain players and you don't always take the best player available. Johnny Avello advises booking the draft.

There are no high limits on betting on the draft. VIPs can bet a lot of money on other things. They can still get vulnerable to some of those VIP's who find ways to get information.

DraftKings has to put everything up. They have had bad results in the past, but they're still putting it up, even though they haven't had good results.

Johnny Avello is a bookmaker. He asks a question about giving clients the option to bet with a competitor.

DraftKings has been running its first draft in 4 years. Las Vegas only did it for a year prior to PASPA. NBA drafts are better than NFL drafts.

The NFL Draft in Nashville attracted half a million people and in Las Vegas this year had a similar crowd. The NFL has done a great job marketing it.