They were already lined up, the legal-sized sheets of paper with today's odds in their greedy hands, when Gov. Phil Murphy finally turned toward the betting windows at Monmouth Park.
He was here to place the first legal sports bet in New Jersey history, but the way the crowd of gamblers made a mad rush to get in behind him to make their own wagers, I wondered: Would the governor get crushed before he could put his $20 on Germany to win the World Cup?
And, more importantly, could I get odds on that?