Federal Presidential Pardon» jimmy the greek snyder http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com A Study of Noteworthy Presidential Pardons Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:35:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Jimmy “the Greek” Snyder http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com/2009/11/10/jimmy-%e2%80%9cthe-greek%e2%80%9d-snyder/ http://www.federalpresidentialpardon.com/2009/11/10/jimmy-%e2%80%9cthe-greek%e2%80%9d-snyder/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:58:19 +0000 Brian J. Zeiger http://federalpresidentialpardon.com/?p=76 Jimmy “the Greek” Snyder, was convicted of interstate gambling by giving a tip on a college football game while in Nevada to someone in other state about a game in Utah. He was convicted of a type of illegal interstate gambling. Imagine if he had FullTilt.

Unable to work in the mainstream of gambling in Las Vegas, if you can believe it, he opened a public relations firm in Vegas and made a living. Eventually, he was pardoned by Ford. That allowed him to go to CBS Sports and be the first true gambler to make gambling mainstream. He never talked about point spreads on television. Instead he would respond to Brent Musburger, and say that he thought one team would win by 3, then look at the camera with a knowing look.

His ultimate demise came not from his conviction, but from racist comments he made about African Americans. No one could commute that sentence.

Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder

Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder

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