The house wins ties in contest

THEY call me "Casino Chuck." That's because I'm the house.

As far as you unlucky chumps are concerned, this is Las Vegas andI'm the casino. And the house always, always wins on ties.

So, whether I'm turning over a face card and matching you at 20 at"Blackjack" or Buffalo and Gilbert are tying 28-28 after threeovertimes, the result is the same.

I win.

Welcome to the gamble known as the "I Beat Chuck Landon" footballpredicting and craps throwing contest.

Which for you chumps means, no dice.

That was certainly the case last week. Counting the Buffalo-Gilbert game as a win, I compiled a 13-3 record, which beat all but164 of the 537 chumps who …