Betting on sports

[Mike 1017]

There is a baseball scandal involving two pitchers who threw pitches into the dirt to let certain gamblers who bet on pitches win about $600 thousand dollars.

Last week during the Bears vs Vikings there was a non-call on a facemask which the referee was looking straight on at the foul. My question is can you bet on penalties?

Mike

Edited Sunday at 03:13 PM by Mike 1017
wrong word

[1930fordpickup]

Best thing ever. I wonder if they blamed it on his interpator like the last guy that is still playing.  

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 hour ago, 1930fordpickup said:

Best thing ever. I wonder if they blamed it on his interpator like the last guy that is still playing.  

His dog's fault.

[Mark]

It's gambling only for you, not for anyone in control of any of it.  Years ago, one mobster said he'd bet on anything except the weather...because he couldn't get the "fix" in on it.

[bobss396]

I saw one meme... 2 sports betting junkies were betting on how many rings it took before Gamblers Anonymous picked up their phone call...

[Jim N]

If the sports book supports penalties in their prop betting arrangements, you can.

These baseball players are in trouble, and there is a big scandal involving the NBA.  When all is said and done, I have a feeling these sports leagues and the NCAA are going to rue the day they got involved with organized gambling.  The NCAA had problems with gambling with some players trying to rig the outcome of the games in the 1970's.  We seem to be re-living those times only in the realm of legalized betting.

The officiating in sports has always been inconsistent.  Now with legalized gambling, there is serious grumbling about whether the games are now fixed when something unusual happens.  As a sports fan, these are not good times.  Unfortunately, this was all so obvious, but the greed of everybody involved blinded them.