At 8:30 am (PT) on Wednesday morning Cantor Gaming sports outlets in Las Vegas became the first books in the state to offer NFL season win totals. 

News & Notes | Time to break down three surprise teams from the first quarter of the 2012 baseball season – the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers.

Ice Cubes | Give credit to Phoenix Coyotes goalie Mike Smith. While defenseman Shane Doan is the prime reason Phoenix wins games, Smith is the reason the Coyotes don’t lose in claiming the Pacific Division race. 

Finish Line |  If you get up early enough, you can start your day by watching the Grand Prix of Monaco live from Monte Carlo. A few hours later, it’s the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500 and then the triple feature concludes with NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600

UFC | The UFC returns to Las Vegas for its annual Memorial Day Weekend fight card. This year it has been stacked with five heavyweight fights on Pay-Per-View.

Vegas Sports Books |  MGM Resorts race and sports director Jay Rood picked I’ll Have Another for the second straight race and for the second straight time got bettors to the window with his selection.

Feist Facts | April and May means many novice sports bettors may look at the matchups and lean toward ace pro baseball pitchers and lay the big price. Three words of advice: Don’t do it.

VIP: Getting Rich with Saber | As they turned for home my buddy Syl, who was sitting next to me in the race book, says Bodemeister is gone. As they were midway down the stretch, I had to agree.

VIP: Horses to Watch | Horse race handicapper Richard Saber selects the best bets at Hollywood Park and Golden Gate. Maybe your next big winner is here.

On the Mark | Today the Daytona 500 is considered “The Great American Race,” but the motorsport’s traditionalists will never concede that any event tops the Indianapolis 500.

Inside the Ring | That all changes this Saturday night on Showtime when Bute crosses the Atlantic to defend his title against Froch in the challenger’s hometown of Nottingham, England.

Bettin' on B-Ball | The NBA playoffs are nearing the halfway point with the conference semifinals reaching the late stages and the conference finals slated to start in about a week. The hottest team remaining continues to be San Antonio Spurs.

When looking at the chances of all the baseball teams to win this year’s baseball World Series, the Dodgers look the best. They lead the NL West by seven games. It’s still not June and they’re 10-to-1 odds.

The 3-2 Pitch |  The Los Angeles Dodgers lead the National League and all of baseball with a 28-13 record and just completed a three game sweep of defending World Series champion St. Louis this past weekend.

Pro basketball's San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat win on the road in the NBA playoffs, Phoenix Coyotes avoid elimination in pro hockey and Bodemeister will skip the Belmont.

I’ll Have Another catches Bodemeister at the wire in the Preakness, both the Lakers and Clippers blow big leads at home and “Five Time” Jimmie Johnson wins $1 million.

With the major talk and betting on No. 7 Bodemeister and No. 9 I’ll Have Another the one two finishers in the Kentucky Derby I will be keying No. 5 Went The Day Well the fourth place finisher who closed the most ground down the lane losing by just 2½ lengths

Vic Vivio from Palace Station gave out the trifecta in the Kentucky Derby has released his Preakness selections

News and Notes | The opening round of the NBA Playoffs is already in the history books, and we’ve got some compelling matchups as Round 2 begins. Miami Heat LeBron and D-Wade certainly stepped up to the challenge in the second half of Game 1 without Bosh.

Around Town | Last week, while talking with John Salerno and Bob Smith of Leroy’s we mentioned we had been thinking about downloading their iPhone app so Ron could try it out. “It’s very easy to do,” said Salerno.