New Nevada Rules Will Allow You to Bet on the Oscars

In Las Vegas you can bet on cards, dice, slots, horses, football, baseball, hockey ... but you can't bet on the Oscars. You can't bet on who will be the last survivor on Survivor. You can't bet which pooch will take first place at the Westminster Dog Show. Thanks to a change in the local regulations, though, pretty soon you just might be able to make these and many other bets.

In late January, the Las Vegas Gaming Commission approved new rules allowing bookmakers to take bets on events other than sports. The events must be supervised, the results verifiable. They must also operate independently of the odds wagered on them.