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Bellagio error may be biggest sport betting mistake

Posted on 7/4/20 at 10:47 pm
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
44214 posts
Posted on 7/4/20 at 10:47 pm
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The nearly quarter-million dollars in winning wagers reportedly placed at MGM Resorts last Sunday might be the largest sportsbook loss in Las Vegas history on bets made after an event has started



The end of the article deals with a LSU fan placing a bet he couldn't lose


quote:

I got lit up on some halftimes before. If you don’t manually close out the halftime line, they keep betting it and that’s what they did.”

Walker said a college football bettor once placed a $3,000 halftime wager on Louisiana State late in the fourth quarter, when the bet couldn’t lose.

“Once I saw that bet come across the ticker in the fourth quarter, I was mortified,” he said.

The sportsbook locked out the ticket from cashing while Walker went to the MGM Grand to explain his mistake to the bettor.

“He gave me the story that they didn’t know and they were LSU fans. But yet you’re watching the game,” he said. “But it was 100% my fault. They were guests of the casino, so at that point I sided with them and it was a mistake we had to eat.”
Posted by Honkus
Member since Aug 2005
56587 posts
Posted on 7/4/20 at 10:57 pm to
here's the actual interesting part re: your thread title-
quote:


Nearly all of the approximately 50 wagers were placed on self-serve kiosks at the Bellagio between 1:30 a.m. and 3 a.m. when the games in question started at 1 a.m. and 2 a.m.

Among the bets was a $250, 10-leg parlay that paid more than $137,100.



niiiice
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
82029 posts
Posted on 7/4/20 at 11:00 pm to
Good bet. Wish it worked like that with offshore books. 5dimes will threaten to cancel your account if u bet games after they have started
Posted by Buckeye Jeaux
Member since May 2018
17756 posts
Posted on 7/5/20 at 5:10 am to
quote:

Good bet. Wish it worked like that with offshore books. 5dimes will threaten to cancel your account if u bet games after they have started

I haven't bet with any of those offshore books in over 10 years - since they made it next to impossible to get paid on a number of wins.
Posted by Dlab2013
Pineville, Luzianna
Member since Jun 2013
9310 posts
Posted on 7/5/20 at 5:27 am to
quote:

so at that point I sided with them and it was a mistake we had to eat.”


frickk else could he do about it?
Posted by 2geaux
Georgia
Member since Feb 2008
2738 posts
Posted on 7/5/20 at 7:44 am to
He'll be sleeping with the fishes!
Posted by cheeser
downtown Fishville
Member since Feb 2007
2543 posts
Posted on 7/5/20 at 8:03 am to
I was told by a pit boss in Vegas that one of the things that finally got NBA ref Pat Donaghy busted was back to back games with 7 figure bets that cashed in games he called. I asked who booked the bets , and he wouldn't say, just that it wasn't The Aria , which is where i was gambling.
Posted by Funktopus
Member since Jun 2020
6 posts
Posted on 7/5/20 at 2:32 pm to
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ack to back games with 7 figure bets that cashed in games he called.


What an idiot.
Posted by cheeser
downtown Fishville
Member since Feb 2007
2543 posts
Posted on 7/5/20 at 3:03 pm to
well, just take it for what it's worth. i did.
Posted by PrimetimeDaBoss
Swag City, USA
Member since Oct 2008
7144 posts
Posted on 7/5/20 at 3:18 pm to
LSU stay winning
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