Business Lessons From a Bookmaking Front
There was one factor that made the dry cleaners a smart business decision. In its back room there was a bookmaking operation and an ongoing card game.
There was one factor that made the dry cleaners a smart business decision. In its back room there was a bookmaking operation and an ongoing card game.
Don McNay | Posted 04.09.2012
Bubba's wife and son couldn't make the Masters ceremony. Instead they get the rest of their lives to have Bubba in his role as an adoptive dad. It's not as exclusive as being a Masters winner but in making any impact on the world, it's more important.
Don McNay | Posted 11.17.2011
"I believe the key to happiness is someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to." -Elvis Presley The King had it right. If...
Don McNay | Posted 07.05.2011
When making your Derby bet, forget all the high powered systems and strategies and give it your best guess.
Don McNay | Posted 06.23.2011
Ashley Judd appears to have a perfect life, and being the sibling of a perfect child can be tough. Just like Wynonna, I have a problem with food.
Don McNay | Posted 06.09.2011
I've spent nearly 30 years around the financial business. I've known a lot of "paper gurus" who can talk a decent game but really don't practice what they preach.
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
Just give me one more crack at the ol' race track -The Mills Brothers As the son of a professional gambler, I spent a lot of my childhood at race t...
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
Boston University could not have produced two more different journalists than my friends Joe Nocera and Samantha Swindler.
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
A recent battle in my home state of Kentucky gives a good preview of how the national battle to implement health care reform is going to go -- kicking and screaming.
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
You would think that after having overcome trillion-to-one odds, the idea of running through the money would seem silly to most lottery winners. But 90 percent of people do just that within five years of winning the jackpot.
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
The Wall Street Journal posted a story about Portfolio Recovery Associates, one of the nation's largest debt collectors, using the signature of a woman named Martha Kunkle, who died in 1995.
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
Corbin, Kentucky's Bob Terrell is a man rooted in small-town wisdom.
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
Crawford's new book, Kentucky Footnotes, appears to be anthology of some his most interesting columns from his 29 years as an award-winning columnist. It's more than that.
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
Most of us want to be physically fit, but very few of us are. The same holds true with financial security. As my father (and many others) used to say, "A lot of people want to go to heaven but no one wants to die to get there."
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me. John Newton Before he played in his first major league baseball game in 2007, I ...
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
The New York Times recently had a fascinating article about a car that Google is working on that can drive itself. I want one.
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
Liz Gilbert said of Italy, "In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, only artistic excellence is incorruptible." I have pondered her insight for weeks. I keep asking myself the essential question. Is the US headed the way of Italy?
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
You can see why bailouts fail. Wall Street and lottery winners have a common bond. They have access to easy money without restraints.
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
For a decade, Wall Street was playing funny money games, and many Americans also felt like they were invited to the celebration. We were living in fantasy land, but the fantasy is over and we woke up to a nightmare.
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
I've been reading Maria Bartiromo's new book, The Weekend That Changed Wall Street. A better title might have been "The Weekend that Changed the World." It was America's chance to bottom out. We didn't.
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
If there was ever a shining example of why you should Move Your Money from Wall Street, legalized loan sharking is a good one.
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
"Financial Reform" will be a boom for people in the payday loan business. There will be many new customers who need bank-like services. It's almost like Congress implemented a plan of "Reverse Robin Hood."
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
My father was a professional gambler and used to carry a roll of money that he called "walking around" money. Walking around money is what the SEC settled for in the Goldman Sachs case today.
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
Houston was able to find a stadium sponsor to replace Enron. A city as big as New York should be able to find a sponsor for the Mets' field that is not funded by the American taxpayers.
Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011
Don McNay has been on a book tour, promoting his book, Son of a Son of a Gambler: Winners, Losers, and What to Do When You Win the Lottery. In a ...
Don McNay | Posted 04.12.2012