WildBill
2
I completely 1000% disagree. If books want action theyll get it. They have used cancelled games to their advantage for a entire year.
I was the move on Cincy +1 at Tulsa. 3 weeks later it was Tulsa +14.5. Hundreds of these examples.
There were 100s of games like this. If they wanna open 3 and close 12 and 9 at 3k a pop per number then let's gamble
What's fair in love and war. They dont give you your money back when you bet Stanford +13 and 2 minutes before kick 8 starters are ruled out.
Agree 100%. The problem for the books is the leaked information from all these alternative sources. NBA needs to get a tighter grip on this and be the source of these decisions. They need internal policies that tells all players and team staff that they are not to share any of this material information with other people. No one. If it gets out before the teams or the league announce it they can face penalties.
There is a current issue going on with a player for Spanish soccer team Atletico Madrid having told his buddies he was going to transfer to the team before it got announced. His friends went and bet a lot of money with the books and word got out. He was handed a 6-week suspension without pay by the English authorities since that's where the betting occurred but there is a controversy about it because he didn't bet nor profit directly from it. Still it was clearly a violation because he made comments to the friends that made it clear they could bet on it at that point, so clear insider information. All leagues if they are going to be in a world where they benefit from betting should take heed of these situations and put clear policies in place so players or staff know they will get dealt with if they do this, its not an excuse if you just tell a family member or some local media guy you like.