Marty McFly burnt the real one!) As the dustcover notes, the almanac famously offers the results of every sporting event in competitions as far-reaching as polo, Ping-Pong, and slamball from 1950 through 2000. (The movie had several copies of the almanac as props, obviously, and one of those resides here. Grays Sports Almanac, of Back to the Future fame, sits trapped inside a coffee table and alongside other mementos in Planet Hollywood’s Back to the Future suite. And even if you did end up grabbing it, you would need a DeLorean and Doc Brown to make much use of it.
It’s tucked away on the 39th floor of the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. The most famous item in sports betting history, as you might suspect, is located in Las Vegas. Maybe organizers would throw in a seat from the Hilton, the whiteboards from the Stratosphere, or a mound of cigarette butts from just about any casino in town. It would want a betting slip from when Donerail won the 1913 Kentucky Derby as a 91-to-1 underdog - the longest shot to win in the race’s history. If there was ever going to be a Sports Betting Hall of Fame, there are a few pieces of memorabilia that would serve as the facility’s cornerstones.
