Last night was full of sure fire bets in the sports gambling world... Tenn @ Missouri,Duke @ Wake,and
MSU over PU. All 3 of those favorites covered easily,and won by at least 16 pts...
But the easiest money of the night was the proposition bet that I just found out about a few hours ago. A site lost nearly $300,000 from people betting the over (at -145) on 3.5 as the total of lies Trump told in his speech. I mean I've heard of oddsmakers taking a bath, but someone really thought that a total of 3 1/2 would get action on the under?
They set the limit at $2000, and 92% of the action was on the over. It's one thing to believe Trump wouldn't lie 4+ times, but what kind of moron would actually put $$ on it? That number (3.5) is pathetically low- I mean it's not like he has a track record or anything...
"Odds consultant John Lester told BuzzFeed News, which first reported on the betting, that the website lost $276,424 as a result of the speech. All told, 92 per cent of those who put money down correctly predicted that Mr Trump would make a habit of lies in his speech.
“It’s a bad day for Truthiness and Bookmaker,” Mr Lester told the news website. “We knew we were in trouble early with this one”. Gee-ya think?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/betting-website-loses-276-424-222741619.html
MSU over PU. All 3 of those favorites covered easily,and won by at least 16 pts...
But the easiest money of the night was the proposition bet that I just found out about a few hours ago. A site lost nearly $300,000 from people betting the over (at -145) on 3.5 as the total of lies Trump told in his speech. I mean I've heard of oddsmakers taking a bath, but someone really thought that a total of 3 1/2 would get action on the under?
They set the limit at $2000, and 92% of the action was on the over. It's one thing to believe Trump wouldn't lie 4+ times, but what kind of moron would actually put $$ on it? That number (3.5) is pathetically low- I mean it's not like he has a track record or anything...
"Odds consultant John Lester told BuzzFeed News, which first reported on the betting, that the website lost $276,424 as a result of the speech. All told, 92 per cent of those who put money down correctly predicted that Mr Trump would make a habit of lies in his speech.
“It’s a bad day for Truthiness and Bookmaker,” Mr Lester told the news website. “We knew we were in trouble early with this one”. Gee-ya think?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/betting-website-loses-276-424-222741619.html
