And mike kray this week on press here. Good morning, im scott mcgrew. My first guess this morning is a fellow named bob hammond. Now, bob is, no kidding, one of the best bridge players in the world, but thats not why hes here. Bob has also made more money off halfcourt basketball contests than anyone in the world. Now, i know youre wondering how does a 77 man hold that record, and i am going to explain that to you, but first lets take a look at one of those contests. One shot. One car. A bmwi3. Lets hear it. Come on for jason. Here it is. One shot. Brand new beamer. Does he get it . Yes. Oh, yes. Yes. Yes. He gets a bmw i3, jason from san jose. These are just the sorts of things that make everybody but bob hammond stand up and cheer because bob and his company sca promotions which pays for the car or free pizza or in one case a Million Dollars worth of furniture. Bob hammond is ceo of sca promotions joined by mike cray and lura mondaro of usa today. So you are the guy who pays for the
Thirty years ago, Don Calhoun got picked to try a three-quarter-court shot during a Bulls game. He made it, sending Michael Jordan and the Bulls into an all-out frenzy because he had won $1 million. Or so everybody thought.
Our guest this week is legendary bridge player Bob Hamman. Bob also runs a company called SCA that basically insures large unlikely events. One example would be the Pepsi promotion where someone could win a billion dollars.[00:00] Introduction bridge player and businessman, Bob Hamman[00:30] Bob’s background in bridge[01:43] The Italian