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drop out wrote: The NFL is a mess. I can no longer watch and i quit betting $ this week. Anybody betting real money is a fool.
These refs. are awful and change the flow of the game.
It's the definition of "penny wise pound foolish". Bets are way down in Vegas for a good reason.

Good call to stop betting on NFL games this week. Still plenty of fools out there, though.

$150M-$250M in MNF bets shifted
September 25, 2012 By Darren Rovell | ESPN.com

"Most of the customers in the sportsbook were not happy with the final call," said John Avello, director of the race and sportsbook at the Wynn in Las Vegas. "The shift was 100 percent. After the (Seahawks) score, all bets were reversed."

Avello's best guess as to how much money was shifted worldwide on the call? $150 million in total bets worldwide.

Jeff Sherman, assistant director of the race and sportsbook at the Las Vegas Hotel, says he estimates that the game shifted $15 million in Nevada alone and also concurs with Avello that the worldwide number, including offshore sportsbooks and in Europe, is worth about 10 times more.

Those who take bets online estimated the shift in money was even greater.

Mike Perry, spokesman for betting site Sportsbook.ag, told ESPN.com his estimate in the money swing on the call at the end of the game is closer to between $200 million and $250 million.

Argyle wrote:

drop out wrote: The NFL is a mess. I can no longer watch and i quit betting $ this week. Anybody betting real money is a fool.
These refs. are awful and change the flow of the game.
It's the definition of "penny wise pound foolish". Bets are way down in Vegas for a good reason.

Good call to stop betting on NFL games this week. Still plenty of fools out there, though.

$150M-$250M in MNF bets shifted
September 25, 2012 By Darren Rovell | ESPN.com

"Most of the customers in the sportsbook were not happy with the final call," said John Avello, director of the race and sportsbook at the Wynn in Las Vegas. "The shift was 100 percent. After the (Seahawks) score, all bets were reversed."

Avello's best guess as to how much money was shifted worldwide on the call? $150 million in total bets worldwide.

Jeff Sherman, assistant director of the race and sportsbook at the Las Vegas Hotel, says he estimates that the game shifted $15 million in Nevada alone and also concurs with Avello that the worldwide number, including offshore sportsbooks and in Europe, is worth about 10 times more.

Those who take bets online estimated the shift in money was even greater.

Mike Perry, spokesman for betting site Sportsbook.ag, told ESPN.com his estimate in the money swing on the call at the end of the game is closer to between $200 million and $250 million.

Talk about killing the golden goose. The NFL could settle this for a couple mil. peanuts.
I will not watch til the integrity is back.
If they settle I will watch again, betting ? not sure.

One thing I noticed is picking underdogs with large points spreads this year may be a good strategy???

WEEK 4
ATLANTA
DALLAS
NEW ENGLAND

TPP wrote: OK, Screw the donkeys They should win, just bearly...

Week 4
NY JETS
San Diego
Chicago

terbear wrote: WEEK 4
ATLANTA
DALLAS
NEW ENGLAND

week 4
New England
NY Giants
San Francisco

Darn, I won't be able to blame the refs this week, I better study this some more.

You can still blame the refs. It's never the players fault.

Hoot Owl wrote: week 4
New England
NY Giants
San Francisco

I stick so my daughter is picking this week.

Baltimore
Atlanta
Houston