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Doug Moe: 2002 Vegas blackout ‘chicanery’ revisited

WISCONSIN FOOTBALL fans found out the hard way five years ago that the reality of Las Vegas’s racy slogan — what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas — is that what generally stays in Vegas is your money.

Bet on it. All those glittering palaces didn’t get built by the casinos losing.

This weekend will be the first time the football Badgers have traveled to Vegas in five years, when a bizarre episode hit many Wisconsin fans squarely in their wallets.