Not as bad as Ben Dreith giving the Raiders the playoff win over the Pats in 76.

It’s like last night’s game, selective memory from the last drive has completely skewed the fact that Seahawks still had more penalties and penalty yardage, and less first downs gained from Packers penalties or that Packers TD was in fact aided by a phantom PI.

I thought point spreads are used to get half the bettors to bet on one team, the other half on the second team. When that happens, the bookie does not care who wins. He gives the looser’s money to the winners and keeps a 10% commission of the loosing bets for himself.

The old saying goes: The one person in sports betting that does not gamble is the bookie.

Any odds make that sets the line such that 80% is bet on one team deserves to take a bath every now and then.

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Since when did Vegas sportsbooks or other sportsbooks get a commission? That may be the way that bookies work(bookies are also illegal), but Vegas(and other legit sportsbooks) dont have a commission. Say the spread is -110. You bet $110 to win a $100. You win the bet you get the $110 you bet back + the $100 you won. You dont get $189 back because they take 10%.

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For every winner there is a loser or two. This is how the commission is collected. We both walk in and bet $1100 to win a $1000. That’s $2200. I lose and you win. I lost $1100 and you won $1000. Where is the the other $100? Now multiply that times several hundred or thousand betters. That’s their commission.

NFL historical home-field advantage: 57.3%

2012 home-field advantage: 64.6% (31-17)

Close, controversial, game-deciding call on SNF: goes in favor of the home team (Baltimore)

(Not that) close, controversial, game-deciding call on call MNF: goes in favor of the home team (Seattle)

48 games played is not a big enough sample size to completely confirm this trend, but it has been theorized that a large portion of HFA in pro sports is the result of officials being influenced by crowd noise. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if these amateur, overwhelmed, rookie replacement refs are much more susceptible than the old pros.

that statement is incorrect, not all bets were reversed. what if you had teased the Packers or Seahawks with another game/bet ? same result

In the end, the Packers are still to blame for allowing all those sacks. Seattle still had more penalties, more penalty yardage. Packers got more first downs from penalties, so it’s not like the refs were on Seattle’s side. Packers should definitely have taken a safety on purpose rather than punting with 50 seconds left.

Is this a good way to end the game? No. But sadly, this ending is probably one of the best things that could happen to the NFL. Look at all the free publicity and advertising they get. Count how many times, you read, hear, talk about the NFL today. I also wouldn’t follow the media blindly. They make money with all the controversy. Without watching the replay, listen to the last call by Tirico, even he thought it was simultaneous catch at first. No one is going to say otherwise for fear of getting blackballed in the industry.

If you want to make some dough, bet the storyline not the moneyline.

The best bet right now is to stay away from the NFL.

Sorry, you may have gone to Vegas, you just aren’t good at math. You bet $110 to win $100. That is the commission. When everyone bets $110 to win $100, it means everyone is giving up $10 (roughly 9%) to the house. If you bet football, both sides of the spread pay -110. If you bet other sports, you will notice that the spreads do not match up. You will not see a -110 on one team and 90 on the other. You’ll see -110 and 100, which means that Vegas is not risking money as long as they get 50/50. Though in the second case they would be possibly not making money if the -110 wins since they’d just be breaking even. The only risk they have is when a team is a huge underdog (Stanford over USC a few years ago when they were -42 spread). In those cases, betting straight up on the underdog puts Vegas at risk, but since the huge underdogs almost never win, betting on them is usually a big win for Vegas.

Wilson, though greatly hyped by Gruden per usual, threw for a whopping 65 yards outside of his first td pass to Tate (nice pass) and the lying Tate second pass complete with interference as well.

Truth of the matter was that when Green Bay started running it on Seattle, they were dominating.

Seattle has Zero offense outside of the beast Lynch.

Really pathetic when you think about it.

What he was really saying was ” After confirming with Nevada and Online Sportsbooks, the call on the field stands!”

The NFL better be careful because Vince McMahon might try and steal these refs for up coming WWE PPV!

Several Bills claimed one said “just give it to them” (referring to first down yardage) in the huddle. Television instant replays showed that he was short of first down yardage, but the NFL had discontinued use of instant replay the previous season. This was followed by a questionable pass interference call made in the end zone on what would have been the game’s final play. Bledsoe hit Ben Coates for a touchdown on the final untimed play of the game. In protest, the Bills left the field and let the Patriots kicker Adam Vinateri walk in for a meaningless two-point conversion. Doug Flutie, then the Bills’ quarterback, later quipped “They gave them the game, we figured we might as well give them the extra point.”

The Regular Refs need term limits. It is exactly the big money in Vegas that has bought them already. Obviously, from the article the Replacement Refs don’t care the impact in Vegas.

This is really the issue with the Regular Refs. It is the corruption with Gambling and the Unions that Roger is trying to rid.

The old saying goes: The one person in sports betting that does not gamble is the bookie.

Any odds make that sets the line such that 80% is bet on one team deserves to take a bath every now and then.

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Since when did Vegas sportsbooks or other sportsbooks get a commision? That may be the way that bookies work(bookies are also illegal), but Vegas(and other legit sportsbooks) dont have a commission. Say the spread is -110. You bet $110 to win a $100. You win the bet you get the $110 you bet back + the $100 you won. You dont get $189 back because they take 10%.