BetMGM bettor who missed on 16-team parlay still won big
I did not know Nevada prohibited buyouts. By the numbers it looks like the buyout was fair in relation to if he had tried to do a straight hedge. It is doubtful he could have gotten enough money down in time assuming he had the cash.
MGM will get their money out many times over in people making large parlay bets. Every penny they gave the guy will come back to them dressed up as a nickel.
So when App State has the ball at their own 30 with under three minutes left, leading 31-30, a score wins both for me. App State breaks a run. At first I couldn't tell if guys were going to allow him to score, but a safety pushes the back out of bounds after a 40-yard run to the Marshall 30. After looking at the replay once, I decided they really weren't trying to let him score; it was just well-blocked. I could be wrong and the safety didn't get the message.
Marshall takes their final timeout. Under two minutes. App State runs a similar play. This time the Marshall guys are trying to let him score. The back breaks it from the Marshall 30, is in the clear with nobody around, and takes a sliding knee at the four-yard-line. LOL. Oh well.
I call it the "Penn State Rule." I am a PSU grad, and PSU blew the Indiana game last year when the back was told to not score from the two and halfway forgot to take a knee and defenders pulled him into the end zone for a TD with a minute left. Indiana then went the length of the field, scored a TD, and went on to win the game.
So no middle for me.
I guess I ain't MDawg. Go ahead, call it "trolling." I dare you.
Quote: billryanIn the first forty-five years that I watched football, I think saw one team intentionally allow the other team to score. In that case, it had nothing to do with the game score, but trying to get a running back a chance at 1,000 yards. and the coach was taken over the coals for it. Then it became an accepted practice and players are chastised for actually scoring. I can only imagine Dick Butkus, Alex Karras, or even Lawrence Taylor reaction to letting a team score.
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You and I must be the same age or thereabouts. I remember that. Coach got hell for it. Announcers were taken aback, or so they said.
I lost a college wager about 20 years ago when I had a +6 and the defending team was down one and allowed about a 20-yard gimme TD run with under a minute left and no timeouts, so they could get the ball back and try to tie it with a TD and two-point conversion. It was BYU and Air Force, and I don't remember which side I had or who got the run, but I lost, and it was a big wager for me.
He was so excited. I give up quickly trying to explain to him he'd lost. Why should I be the bad guy?
Man...was he whizzed off when they wouldn''t cash him out. 😔
Quote: mosesMy 89 year young friend had won 5 out of 6 on a parlay.
If I ran a sportsbook I would consider "parlay insurance" where you could get 5/6 and get paid but a lesser payout. The math would need to work but the marketing I think would sell.
Quote: AZDuffmanIf I ran a sportsbook I would consider "parlay insurance" where you could get 5/6 and get paid but a lesser payout. The math would need to work but the marketing I think would sell.
Isn't this already available almost everywhere? Just put six bets on a ticket and round robin them by 5s. Small payout if five winners and much bigger payout if there are six.
Quote: TomGIsn't this already available almost everywhere? Just put six bets on a ticket and round robin them by 5s. Small payout if five winners and much bigger payout if there are six.
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I do not know that play, can you explain, por favor?