Make certain every bets is off - 2004-03-08
Normally what takes place in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas, but Brendan Gaughan's implication "to betting on himself" in the Daytona 500 made things hotter than the Nevada desert for him.
In reality, the firestorm of media attention engulfing Gaughan was nothing more than a tempest in a teapot. Gaughan's offhand comment wasn't about an actual bet. Gaughan, 28, is the son of Coast Casinos chairman Michael Gaughan.
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