Phil Jackson is an idiot.

After winning six NBA Championships with Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and the rest of the Chicago Bulls, after winning three more with Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers, after saying he’ll never coach Kobe again in his book, ”Last Season: A Team In Search of It’s Soul,” Phil Jackson is back in L.A. searching for a winning season.

Phil Jackson is an idiot. Let’s make that loud and clear.

I wasted a significant piece of my life reading Phil Jackson’s little yellow and gold book only to find out that the author bamboozled everything he wrote there to coach Kobe, something he swore he’ll never do, just because of the almighty dollar.

Phil returned to the Lakers to coach the uncoachable, Kobe Bryant.

Boston Herald called him a "soon to be wearing pinstripes idiot". Now, ex-Boston Red Sox hero Johnny Damon will be Boston’s most-hated man and Fenway Park’s "Modern-day Judas" after he and the New York Yankees have reached a preliminary agreement on a four-year, $52 million contract. The signing represents a major strengthening of the Yanks lineup by weakening their despised rival. Clever move, huh?

South Florida is not exactly lacking in gambling options but allowing Las Vegas style slot machines is such a touchy subject that it was put to the ballot in the last national elections. Pari-mutuel horse betting is available year round, casino cruises are available in Miami-Dade and Broward, dog and greyhound racing in Hollywood, Flagler, West Palm Beach, Jai-Alai in Dania and Miami, and poker card rooms in most of these places, too! Gulstream Park is starting its annual thoroughbred meet on January 4, with Vegas style slots in the horizon.

The business of watchdog web sites is a common practice in the online gambling industry. Put up a site, pretend to be independent minded, tout some, downgrade some, issue warnings. However, the same web sites accept advertisements from the companies they recommend, some watchdog web sites also operate their own own gambling web site, and [...]

Colts nation relax, there’s still the Super Bowl.
Indianapolis Colts were 7.5 home favorites versus San Diego Chargers. On the line for the Peyton Manning and the Colts was their bid for a perfect season. The visiting Chargers were desperate for a win to bolster their NFL playoff (wildcard) contention. San Diego were 7.5 away underdogs [...]

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So, this is a legitimate farewell. I’d like to take this opportunity to let those with gambling problems and shoddy credit that there are plenty of other places out there to get your daily fixins of picks and lines and arbitrage and all that other garbage you so very much enjoy. However, most of these places do not curse as eloquently as I do. You won’t find the word "goose twat" over at Covers, but you will find the best resource for gambling news on the web. The boys at Sedge Court Journal provide hilarious rundowns on football picks, but they do not know the meaning of the word "taint farm." Of course there is also Gambling 911

There’s an old saying about shitting where you eat that comes to mind when examining this whole Nick Lachey/Jessica Simpson collapse. We have to think that ape-faced Nick wil come to his senses about his bubble-headed wifey being the only thing keeping his pommeade-ass relevant. That’s why we’re kind of humping this +215 bet on Dogbo on whether or not there will be a reconciliation between the delightfully dim duo before Dec. 31st 2005. It’s expensive to cash in on the -330 number saying they won’t reconcile

G’morning. It’s Thursday. Apologies for the late posting, but we’d like to point out that our West Coast readership is just getting up right now. And happy casual Friday to our readers in Vladivostok, Russia. As this is our last Thursday here at the old Oddjack, we’ll do our best to keep our focus on things at hand and promise only limited pictures of dead animals. Unless, of course, a wild zebra is killed at the Taj then you’ll be forced to suffer. However, be forewarned that any poker posts today and Friday will most likely not help improve your game AT ALL. BG bid farewell yesterday and he was the only one who understood all that stuff.We just think poker players are fucking dorks who like to count. Sorry. We do. And also, we’d also like to formally rid ourselves of this annoying royal "we" crap. It’s retarded and it makes me sound so much more pretentious then I actually am.

Is there any such thing as a free ride? At the online casinos there is. While nearly every site offers some sort of deposit bonus, is there anyone out there that will just give you cash without a deposit? Duggle Bogey has a line on a good deal called "Instant Bankroll":