Originally Posted by The Boz View Post

As for MDawg, he has run out of readers to follow his nonsense and it has to be killing him. So the claims get larger and larger with little reaction. As he was never selling anything that we know of, it never made sense other than from the “look at me” standpoint. And Shack fell right for it and by reports it appears they hang out regularly now. Assuming everything is on MDawg’s dime in the classic example of a rich guy buying friends. And Shack was never one to pass up a free meal.
There is no doubt that as fewer people believed him, Mdawg began "escalating" his claims to get the attention and reaction he craves. As far as "look at me". Spot on! The self lable "Pope of Las Vegas" tells you all you need to know.

Regarding Shackleford, I think you have some of it right and some wrong. I communicate with and have been critical of Mike both publicly and privately. I don't think they are the buddy's that Mdawg wants you to believe. A year ago, fairly early in the Mdawg debacle, they agree to talk and phone numbers were exchanged however that worked. That provided Mdawg an avenue of communication that most don't have.

Anyway, NOT revealing anything Mike has said to me privately but from things said both publicly and privately, I am pretty convinced....stronger than that really, lets say "certain' that Mike doesn't believe Mdawgs claims at all and is not really a fan of this whole thing. As a matter of fact he pretty much said that in the post (public so not revealing anything) that Mike made that Mdawg made him retract because of the NDA.

Now that NDA is a problem. I think we all know why Mdawg wanted it, just so Mike couldn't say what he said that one time. the question is why in the hell would Wizard agree to it. That I simply can't answer. Being who he is, people were depending on him for his honest opinion of what he witnessed.

One of the things I have argued strongly with Mike, both publicly and privately is it is his responsibility to call this shit out. He absolutely doesn't see it that way, which is inexplicable to me. The mission statement of the forum was something along the lines of "helping people be better gamblers and make better bets based on the math". To that and based on the forum still having his name and likeness (characture) attached, he ABSOLUTLY has to call out the BS claims that defy math or are extremely unlikely. And if he can't do so, he must allow other members to do so, even if some of that "calling out" gets heated and crosses some forum rules and lines.

He is recognized as THE gambling math expert and to allow that shit on his forum is IMO the same as him endorsing that voodoo crap.