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To: Dr. Sivana

Remember betting is way more complicated than we generally put it. You can take the points, you can not, there’s the over under, prop bets. I guarantee Vegas made money.


77 posted on 02/01/2023 11:41:28 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: discostu
Remember betting is way more complicated than we generally put it. You can take the points, you can not, there’s the over under, prop bets. I guarantee Vegas made money.

I didn't mean to say that Vegas didn't make any money on any Super Bowl bets. At the time of Super Bowl XIII, MOST Super Bowl bets were point spreads. There's not as many props, few teasers and parlays when there is only one game scheduled.

The point spread was -4, though it might have varied in Pittsburgh and Dallas (of course, that's not Vegas, but gambling happens). PUSHES are TIES. On that particular Super Bowl, MOST of the money bet was refunded, and Vegas made less money than they would have on the vig with any other outcome.
88 posted on 02/01/2023 12:49:05 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? (Luke 18:8))
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