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Is the NFL in cahoots with Vegas?
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:10 pm
How many of you believe the game is influenced by betting $ in Vegas/betting sites?
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:13 pm to JoeyBiscuits
I think it is.
To what level, I don’t know.
Is it systematic? I have no idea.
To what level, I don’t know.
Is it systematic? I have no idea.
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:23 pm to JoeyBiscuits
How can it possibly not be? Pete Rozelle did everything he could to keep the gamblers away from the NFL, now Godell has sold it to them. If you want to know where to look first, start at the bottom of the compensation ladder, the refs.
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:27 pm to JoeyBiscuits
No. This is what simpletons think when they have a bad beat or dont understand statistical anomalies and regression to the mean nor the fallibility of refs, coaches and players.
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:29 pm to JoeyBiscuits
I think it would require the same amount of people to keep quiet that a moon landing or 9/11 conspiracy would require.
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:31 pm to JoeyBiscuits
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:31 pm to Jake88
quote:the irony
This is what simpletons think
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:35 pm to JoeyBiscuits
If you think this then you don't understand how casinos make money. They don't care who wins games. As long as the amount bet on either team in any given game is roughly equal, which they ensure it will be by manipulating the spread, the casinos make money no matter who wins.
The only people with a vested interest in the actual outcomes of games are those who have actually placed bets on them.
The only people with a vested interest in the actual outcomes of games are those who have actually placed bets on them.
Posted on 11/1/26 at 3:42 pm to UnluckyTiger
Keep trying. Im one of the most cynical posters on this site.
This post was edited on 11/1/26 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 11/1/26 at 4:51 pm to TheTideMustRoll
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They don't care who wins games.
That's the conventional wisdom, but they ban or throttle consistent winners. If they actually didn't care, it wouldn't matter to them if you won 60% against the spread week after week. But doing that well will get you banned from every sportsbook in the known world.
Posted on 11/1/26 at 4:53 pm to JoeyBiscuits
No shite.
CFB is to a lesser extent. I think the conferences are blatantly tipping the scales on games when it comes to officiating more though.
CFB is to a lesser extent. I think the conferences are blatantly tipping the scales on games when it comes to officiating more though.
Posted on 11/1/26 at 5:00 pm to TheTideMustRoll
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If you think this then you don't understand how casinos make money. They don't care who wins games. As long as the amount bet on either team in any given game is roughly equal, which they ensure it will be by manipulating the spread, the casinos make money no matter who wins.
Posted on 11/1/26 at 5:01 pm to JoeyBiscuits
Posted on 11/1/26 at 5:06 pm to JoeyBiscuits
100%
Posted on 11/1/26 at 5:09 pm to Jake88
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No. This is what simpletons think when they have a bad beat or dont understand statistical anomalies and regression to the mean nor the fallibility of refs, coaches and players.
It’s obvious when they refer to “Vegas” like it’s some shadowy cabal, instead of dozens of casinos and betting sites world wide.
Posted on 11/1/26 at 5:11 pm to Madking
I’m not much a conspiracy theorist. But it would seem a little surprising (and contrary to human nature) if an industry that gives so much money to another would not expect something beyond face time with viewers in return and/or expect to be able to wield a certain amount of power and influence with that organization.
Posted on 11/1/26 at 5:14 pm to Jake88
I don’t gamble at all and it’s pretty obvious to see..
Posted on 11/1/26 at 5:36 pm to dirtsandwich
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I’m not much a conspiracy theorist. But it would seem a little surprising (and contrary to human nature) if an industry that gives so much money to another would not expect something beyond face time with viewers in return and/or expect to be able to wield a certain amount of power and influence with that organization.
They sounds pretty much like a conspiracy theorist
Actually I’m not even sure what you mean by give money or expect beyond face time. Assuming you are referring o to advertising, what do car companies, beer distributors and makers of boner pills get beside “face time”. Casinos don’t need to “fix” sports to make money, they make money because most people are stupid
Slot machines are a much bigger money maker for casinos than sports, they use sports books to lure people to the slot machines
Posted on 11/1/26 at 6:02 pm to JoeyBiscuits
It's been influenced for decades.
Posted on 11/1/26 at 6:08 pm to JoeyBiscuits
There are some prop bets like carries or receptions that are easy to manipulate.
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