LAS VEGAS — Stroll into this fourth-story abode, and a narrow kitchen to the left soon gives way to a field of fudge-colored carpet that might typically feature a dining table and massive sectional.

Instead, straight ahead, a wide desk faces the two-story wall to the left that rises, à la a chalet, even higher via a vaulted ceiling. Against that wall, nine large flat screens show different college football games.

The wings of that desk spread left and right with monitors, computers and keyboards, with stacks of folders, manuscripts, team guides and stat sheets a reach away.

For any sports fan who might like to risk a buck or two on the outcome of a game, this is utopia, a private sportsbook Shangri-La at the southern end of Las Vegas Boulevard.

Outside the sliding glass doors, the Spri

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