On Gambling podcast (Money)

Mike has given up on the entire concept of fantasy football. Based on that statement how did you think he did this year? Yeah even worse. Guest Jeff Gerttula, who runs the fantasy sports division on the Sporting News, tries to talk Mike off the ledge. (contains bonus material for people who never cared in the first place)

Mike analyzes (nitpicks) the Texas hold 'em scenes in the new James Bond movie: Casino Royal.

Sorry about that last podcast of this same title, sans the word CORRECTED in front. Please delete the old one.

Odds aren't just a factor in sports and blackjack. 35 year old pregnant women are told they have a 1 in 400 chance of having a baby with down syndrome. One test has a 90% accuracy rate, another is 100% accurate, but carries a risk of miscarriage. Mike examines the difficulty in calculating exact odds, but more importantly of trying to put those odds in terms the human brain can comprehend.

The University of Iowa's Iowa Electronics Market is modeled after a commodities market. But instead of trading natural gas it trades the naturally gaseous - politicians. Mike Pesca divulges the latest on what on line traders, betting real money, are saying about which party will control congress after the mid term elections next Tuesday.