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Looking out the window at the gray skies Thursday served as a timely reminder. Now that the calendar has flipped to November, it's important for bettors to also be meteorologists and check the weather reports. For example, the forecast this weekend across Big Ten country calls for nasty weather, the kind that makes you want to cancel all your…

On Friday nights in the fall for more than a decade, football bettors would crowd a small, smoky sportsbook on the Strip to see two handicappers go head to head in a $10000 winner-take-all contest. The contestants' names were lit up outside on the marquee, adding an element of prestige to being a part of the Stardust Invitational. The contest…