A Numbers Game | August 28, 2026 | Hour 2

**Jason Lisk** (0:01)
This is VSiN, the SportsBetting Network. The numbers told the story, they always do.

**Chris Fallica** (0:11)
It's one of those idiots who believe in analytics.

**Jason Lisk** (0:13)
This is a numbers game with Gill Alexander on VSiN.

**Gill Alexander** (0:17)
Our number two on a numbers game at VSiN, the SportsBetting Network, vsin.com, Game Plus, iHeart, Radio, YouTube, TV, SiriusXM Channel 158 However you're taking us in, we appreciate it. It's Gill Alexander. That right there is Kelley Bydlon, everybody. He spells it Kalei Bydlon. I don't know why, misspells his own name.
What he leaned into, he stuck with. You can follow him on Twitter at Kalei Bydlon as well.

**Kelley Bydlon** (0:39)
You got SEC Survivor? Oh, I got to get in there. Yeah, he's still cracking me up.
Chris, why it's poor little Survivor League is going to have to battle Chris Fallica, really, this SEC Survivor? This is my favorite thing today.

**Gill Alexander** (0:54)
To read some of the book, Three Jacques, H3131, Gill, the book would write itself chapters on unpaid internships, late night slow jams, at least 10 chapters about A&G producers, unnamed sushi spots, living with delicious, the Vegas F1 experience and of course, an all about EGA chapter. Man, the book does write itself.
Why haven't I read this?

**Kelley Bydlon** (1:14)
Why haven't I written this?

**Gill Alexander** (1:15)
Yeah, thank you, Three Jock, it's a good idea. Oh, and JKL4Vegas asking, are these awards deserve thoughts? Las Vegas, Michelin Distinctions, 2026
Okay, let me just say that the left column, which is the Michelin stars, Dad, you can have those. The ones in the middle column, Esther's Kitchen definitely belongs there. I don't know about Chino Poblano being in there though.

**Kelley Bydlon** (1:39)
I didn't, okay, I wasn't on that tweet, so I'm not seeing exactly what you are. I saw the new restaurants that got added.

**Gill Alexander** (1:45)
The recommended is where the jams are.

**Kelley Bydlon** (1:48)
So Esther's, yeah.

**Gill Alexander** (1:50)
Esther's is under the Big Gourmand category. The recommended category, for those who see the Las Vegas, New Michelin Distinctions for 2026 for restaurants, the recommended category, which is the one on the right, there are a lot of bangers in there.
Animo by Edo, which is out west, is great, western part of the valley. Milos, obviously, Venetian is great. Kabuto, which was my number two sushi spot, awesome. Well, cost you a little bit. By the way, Kame is the one, next one, that's the one that's like $500 a pop. Yeah, I wouldn't go there. MOT32.

**Kelley Bydlon** (2:25)
Yeah, who would ever do that?

**Gill Alexander** (2:28)
No, the one we went to last night was phenomenal. That's a different one. Can we talk about that one? Yeah.

**Kelley Bydlon** (2:34)
All right.

**Gill Alexander** (2:35)
So last night, last night, Kelley and I meet Drew Dinsick and Andy Molitor, the wonderful co-hosts of the Deep Dive podcast. You should really listen to that podcast.
It's Drew got a scent, right? Drew, you go to Fountain Blue, you go to the Poodle Room. I'm not making these names up. You go to the Poodle Room and up at top of the building, right?

**Kelley Bydlon** (2:54)
Which is a private member bar.

**Gill Alexander** (2:56)
Correct. Top floor of the building. Beautiful bar. And in the back there is a sushi spot called Ito, I-T-O, that is the good name, correct?
Oh, yeah. That was worth every penny.

**Kelley Bydlon** (3:08)
That was really good.

**Gill Alexander** (3:10)
Really. Oh, my God. It's fantastic. Of course, the reservations were like at 1145 p.m., but that's a different story.

**Kelley Bydlon** (3:16)
Yeah, Gill and I, if we're taking a nap later during the show, that's why.

**Gill Alexander** (3:20)
But if I fall asleep in the middle of a sentence, you'll know why.
Colin Murphy, assuming it doesn't violate any recent rules. Chris, could you promote your Splash Sports Contest? Chris Fallica joins us now, once again. Kind enough to do so for two segments. Chris, what of that?

**Chris Fallica** (3:34)
I would love to. Thanks for reaching out, Colin.
Got a couple of contests there on Splash Sports. One kind of echoing what's available on Las Vegas, the Westgate Superbook powered by Caesars, I believe is the appropriate name now. Seven games a week against the spread. Desigate one is your best bet for double points.
Season long total, three quarterly prizes or third prizes, whatever you want to call them, for weekly segments throughout there. It's up there, $1,000 in entry for the year, so it's a little bit more than the Superbook one. But if you're not able to get to Vegas, you can't play in Vegas throughout the country. You can certainly register in whatever state you want and you're able to register in and then put your picks in your home state. So we got that. That's a pretty good, hardcore one. I remember I had put a poll up asking if people would be for it. And I said the entry fee and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people responded. Right now, there's a little light on the entries, but we still got a week to go. And I know they said if you enter by September 1st, you'll get a chance to win a free entry into their big survivor one. So there's that. And then I have a weekly one. It's $50 for the season you enter. A weekly top 25 survivor, where it's just straight up win college football, all the top 25 games, pick a team to win, and you move on. So we got a couple of fun things going on throughout the year. So thanks, Collin. And by the way, Andy Maldor, is there any more naturally just deadpan funny guy out there than Andy Maldor? How crazy is he?