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Welcome back to the Michael K Show 6 p.m. tonight.

It's Monday Night Countdown on ESPN, hosted by the lovely and talented Scott Van Pelt, 815 Cowboys Raiders.

That'll be on ABC 7 here in New York and, of course, on ESPN.

And then 1130 following the game, SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt on ESPN.

And the aforementioned Scott Van Pelt joins us now right here on this show and we love having

them on. Hi, Scott. How are you doing? I'm well. It's been a long time since I've been in Vegas,

but it's just funny being back. I used to come here as a younger man and I laugh now as an older man

at the younger me, but making better decisions on this trip.

It's a work trip.

So I'm just kind of giggling to myself, looking out at the strip.

So I'm thinking, you know, you're still a living, breathing adult.

Do you go to the casino for a little bit in between prep for tonight's shows?

Yeah, well, not in between shows.

Last night, I have a dear friend from the University of Maryland who's done

very well for himself and is out here and we actually had a great steak dinner.

And then I, Steve, my colleague, Stanford, Steve is a proponent of Pye Gow Poker.

Now, let me be clear.

I watched him play. I don't understand what happened. I don't understand the rules. I really couldn't figure any of it out, but I was having such fun on the floor. I'm much more of a deal-me-two cards. I decide if I need to hit it or don't hit it, and that's blackjack. And sure, I'll play. I mean, when I'm out here, but it's, you know, it's, again, I'm, it's a very different time in my life than as a younger man when I was, you know, those that remember like turn of the millennium hard rock, there was just bad decisions made repeatedly. So what you're telling me is that you're not really throwing a lot of your vast wealth on the table. You just have some fun. No. No, no, no. As a man that had zero money, I was thinking I was going to win the casino. And now I'm not saying I'm some land baron, but it's just, you know, you got kids. You can't be out here, you know, rolling the dice and putting big cash in the table. I got to pay for braces in college and all that stuff, Michael. You know what I always think. I don't want this to sound the wrong way. Like when I was young, I love to play blackjack. I mean, I could play for seven hours. I just loved that. No doubt. I loved it. But now, like, I've done okay in life, there's nothing that I could win that's going to change my life in a casino. And if I lose stuff that I work so hard for, it just rankles me.

Do you feel like that at all?

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