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Of the scores of sports books around Nevada, not to mention the thousands of illegal bookmakers nationwide, only a handful actually make the betting lines. Kornegay leads, and the rest just follow.

And for Kornegay, one of those elite bookmakers whose opinions have exponential impact around the gaming world, the Super Bowl is the biggest annual test of his wits — whether his expertise can outsmart the legions of gamblers who make the Super Bowl the biggest single betting game of the year for Nevada’s $2.5 billion-a-year sports gaming industry.

Look around Kornegay’s office for a peek into how he determines the line, the over-under and the hundreds of proposition bets that make betting the Super Bowl fun. There are 14 televisions playing every imaginable sports show, so Kornegay, the vice president of race and sports book operations here,...

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