I love a good magic trick

Our neighbor is a professional magician and for the life of me, I can’t figure out how he does his tricks.

I can sit right next to him watching intently and somehow, he distracts me from seeing how he does his tricks.

Look at my right hand while the left hand does the trick.

There’s a proposition on the ballot in California to legalize sports betting.

Don’t get me started on the California propositions.

They are so confusing.

You think you are voting for one thing but in reality, the real issue is buried deep in the fine print.

Last year we thought we were voting to help gig workers, but the proposition did the exact opposite.

End rant.

I see a lot of sleight of hand in the promotion of Proposition 27.

Of course, Draft Kings, FanDuel, and other online betting platforms want Proposition 27 to pass because it will add Billions with a capital B in revenue to their bottom line.

We’ve been seeing television commercials for months, but we don’t vote until November.

This is a really big deal for sports betting platforms.

The interesting story to me is all of the commercials, for and against, never…