They lost and bigtime, I have sources pretty much back Nover's word. Thing is that BW and one of his bigger financial partners are getting involved more in their other ventures. Business speculation, especially in land, makes more money than anything in Vegas these days and just one bad season could convince you to diversify out the other way. Also word has it that the group basically is under the belief that football is probably half as beatable as it was just 2 or 3 years ago, that there is a lot of tough competition out there. Even though there will always be squares quietly a lot of investment type money has come into sports betting, maybe as a result of the crappy stock market big money investors are looking to find new ways to earn money. If just 0.001% of the money out there in hedge funds came out and backed some sports betting groups the business would be awash with money, much of it in the hands that bet quality moves. Just a possibility...