March Madness: Despite recent history and a major flaw, bettors still love Kentucky
Kentucky has flaws, but bettors don't care.
Bettors bet is Kentucky
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Well that pretty much does it for our chances. Money talks and Vegas will do what they can to make sure they grease some Higgins’ esque palms
People have to be naive to think gambling does not impact College sports.
This kind of language in reference to UK from that article is worrisome:
The biggest liability BetMGM has to win the tournament
The biggest liability BetMGM has to win the tournament
They’re betting the roster and not the coach.
I‘d take our roster all day long but CAL will choke this great opportunity away as well.
I‘d take our roster all day long but CAL will choke this great opportunity away as well.
Sadly I agree. With Cal on the bench we are always just a St. Pete game away from having our hopes crushed.
This. If money is even on all the other favorites and super heavy on UK with +500 or greater payouts…. And the only way sports books lose money on March madness is if KY wins…. Then you can bank on it that one of the teams that has balanced betting wins and we catch a “bad whistle” in the E8 or F4. Vegas will not take a loss on one of the biggest money making/gambling months of the year. Just hope they take all the juice from our odds so ppl start balancing the money on other teams
Nothing against you, but I see this kind of comment on here quite a bit and it makes me bristle because it just comes off as preachy. If you're betting the mortgage or depending on gambling to make a living, then yes that's a bad choice. I, like a lot of others here like to make small wagers for sport, particularly on games I wouldn't be otherwise interested in. If you're going to admonish about this why not warn people about drinking beer or eating too much fast food?
Doesn’t this just mean we have the largest fanbase? Which we already knew was the case the moment Coach K retired.
Yea I don't like this at all,
I'm on the side of what FiveStarCat and EliteBlue said.
If most books take a loss if UK wins it all because the majority of bets are on UK, why would they not influence a 1 point game to get that off the table.
UK has had a really bad whistle in the tournament in particular games that seemed to obvious to me... the multiple Higgins games and there was no way 2015 was going undefeated, many of those undefeated bets were crazy odds and big cash ins if it happened.
I'm on the side of what FiveStarCat and EliteBlue said.
If most books take a loss if UK wins it all because the majority of bets are on UK, why would they not influence a 1 point game to get that off the table.
UK has had a really bad whistle in the tournament in particular games that seemed to obvious to me... the multiple Higgins games and there was no way 2015 was going undefeated, many of those undefeated bets were crazy odds and big cash ins if it happened.
I used to think bad whistles were bad luck and they evened out. No more. I think there is blatant cheating going on.
