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‘Bookie from Brooklyn’ reflects on Sports Gambling Hall of Fame career

Former Caesars Palace sportsbook VP Vinny Magliulo will be inducted into the Sports Gambling Hall of Fame at Circa on Friday during a dinner to cap off the four-day BetBash. When Wynn Las Vegas was under development in the early 2000s, Vinny Magliulo was a consultant for the sportsbook design. A chance encounter with casino mogul Steve Wynn on the current site of the Wynn Golf Club turned into an impromptu job interview.

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Scoop News DeskBrooklyn, New York · Published Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 4:33 PM UTCUpdated Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 8:50 PM UTC

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But I still got detention for gambling on campus.” Magliulo saw his future two years later, when he visited his uncle Dominic, his godfather, in Las Vegas. “That was my introduction to Las Vegas,” he said. “He introduced me to (South Point owner) Michael Gaughan at the El Cortez on my 14th birthday.

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