Carl Johnson AKA/ JicJic / JicJacJohnson

Born and raised in the swamps of South Louisiana to an Italian Mother and a French Irish Father.

Carl was exposed to the outdoors, great food, and sports from an early age.

“There were plenty of days as a kid I would play a full day of Little League Baseball or Golf and then that night be laying on the front of a bateau dodging snakes and alligators, shining and grabbing frogs in the Bayou Pigeon area of South Louisiana”.

Carl’s childhood shaped his life as an adult. Determined to remain athletic, he focused his attention to golf. It was his commitment to the game of golf that paid off for him and continues to pay today in the way of a pension. Carl played in over 200 professional golf mini-tour events from 1983-1987. After 4 years of trying to play professionally, Carl transitioned to learning the business side of golf. In the end, Carl ground out a career in golf course management and eventually retired in 2009 from the city of Baton Rouge Recreation Department where he managed their 7 golf courses 3 grills and 3 driving ranges. After retiring, Carl moved to Las Vegas and took a off a year while playing poker everyday to help support himself and his family.

Married with children and grandchildren, “I was too young to stop working and didn’t have enough saved, so I decided to take a friend up on an offer that I had received years earlier it was then that I began to learn the operations of Las Vegas Sports books. I had the honor of learning and working at the Mirage”.

“Some of the best times of my life were spent behind that counter and those rock walls of the Mirage Race and Sports Book”. The relationships built with some of the greatest odds makers and handicappers in the WORLD is one of the “Greatest Gifts” Carl says he has received and maintains today. “My little phone book is filled with iconic industry names that I can and do reach out to all the time”.

With Carl feeling like he is on the back 9 of his working career, his website, JicJacJohnson.Com will be the final chapter of a life that has been spent exactly the way he wanted to spend it. Here you will find solid sports betting information,where the sharp money is going… and of course… My Food Court. I hope you enjoy!