Gambling News by House of Odds

Ventre: While I was writing this, I received an e-mail advertisement from a steak house promoting a coupon offer good on Sunday and Monday nights during football season. The headline on the promotion: "Are you ready for some football?" The question itself is rhetorical because it needs no reply. In the United States of America, the answer is understood. Yes. We're ready for some football.Ventre: U.S. Is Always 'Ready For Some Football' (NBC 10 Philadelphia)

Las Vegas police are questioning football star O.J. Simpson and he is expected to be charged in connection with last week's alleged armed robbery at a hotel room in the U.S. gambling capital, a top law enforcement official said on Sunday.O.J. Simpson faces charges over Las Vegas robbery (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

An apparent audio-tape of the alleged armed robbery involving O.J. Simpson emerged on Monday as the disgraced American football star languished behind bars in a Las Vegas jail.Audiotape of alleged O.J. Simpson robbery emerges (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Las Vegas - Las Vegas police arrested former football star OJ Simpson on Sunday in connection with last week's alleged armed robbery at a hotel room in the American gambling haven, CNN said.Simpson held over Las Vegas robbery (Cape Argus)

LAS VEGAS - Las Vegas police have arrested former American football star O.J. Simpson in connection with last week's alleged armed robbery at a hotel room in the US gambling haven, CNN said.OJ Simpson arrested over Las Vegas robbery - CNN (The New Zealand Herald)