The Las Vegas Hilton SuperBook sets the pace again by posting the first lines on top/bottom season win totals for all NBA teams.

The popular SuperBook proposition gives players the opportunity to bet on how many wins a particular team will have.

Defending champion San Antonio and Miami have the highest expectations at 58 1/2 wins each, followed by Indiana at 54 1/2 and Houston and Dallas at 53 1/2.

The second-year Charlotte Bobcats bring up the rear with 21 1/2 wins.

The Lakers, a popular team in Vegas Valley, are 42 1/2 with the Chicago Bulls and Minnesota Timberwolves, while their Los Angeles neighbors the Clippers are 40 1/2.

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Bourbon Street has closed its doors and rumors insist that the Tropicana is also up for auction and that this is the last season of football for the Imperial Palace.

Harrah’s is reportedly interested in the latter two to add to its growing realm of properties.

Look for a Leroy’s sports book to go to the Las Vegas Club, which employees keep open now that the Barrick Group has
gone bankrupt.

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The Clark County Commission recently approved plans for Olympia Gaming to enter the Las Vegas market.

Plans include Olympia’s $750 million Southern Highland’s Casino Casino-Resort at Las Vegas Blvd. South and St. Rose Parkway.

With final construction in the $2 billion range, it is the most ambitious property on the South Strip to date.

Eventually, it promises to be a mixed-use luxury resort destination that has the amenities and attractions of a major Strip resort.

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Caesars Palace racing and athletic director Chuck Esposito leads Gaming Today’s “Battle of the Bookies” NFL player competition with a record of 68-33 and appears to be winning the competition.

The closest chasers are Mike Hendrie of Paris Las Vegas and Jeff Sherman of the Las Vegas Hilton and Steve Harvey of Golden Nugget Laughlin at 59-42.

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Caesars Palace, Bally’s, Paris, Flamingo and Reno Hilton all have Vitali Klitschko the under-$4.30 favorite over over-$3.30 Hasim Rahman in their WBC heavyweight boxing match at Caesars Palace on November 12.

The full eight “go” rounds are minus $1.10 and the “no go” rounds are minus $1.20.

Klitschko is 8/5 to win by decision and Rahman is 8/1. Klitschko has minus $1.80 to win by knockout and Rahman is 5/1.

The draw proposal is 15/1.

Bernard Hopkins is a slight minus-$1.20 favorite over Jermain Taylor (minus-$1.10) in their WBC/IBF/WBO middleweight title fight in Las Vegas on Dec. 3.

The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds.

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Las Vegas bettors obviously consider the unique wonders of the Chicago White Sox.

The Las Vegas Hilton has them at 15/1 to repeat as World Series champions and the Caesars Palace family has them at 20/1.

The favorites are the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees. Current Hilton odds have the Cardinals at 5/1 and Caesars Palace at 3/1. The Yankees are 5/1 at the Hilton and 4/1 at Caesars.

There is a huge gap between properties when it comes to the Cleveland Indians. They are 15/1 at the independent Hilton and 5/1 at Caesars properties.

The Chicago Cubs, always drawn to the action, are 20/1 at the two properties and the Los Angeles Dodgers, the local favorites, are 30/1 at the Hilton and 40/1 in the group books at Caesars.

The Los Angeles Angels are 10/1 on the SuperBook and 8/1 at Caesars sportsbook.

Boston is 7-1 and 6-1 respectively.

The Atlanta Braves are 12/1 at the Hilton and 7/1 at Caesars properties.

Long shots are the Kansas City Royals at 500/1 and 300/1.