Ohio gambling regulators on Monday instructed the state's licensed sportsbooks to halt betting on college baseball games involving Alabama after suspicious wagering activity was detected on the Crimson Tide's game against top-ranked LSU on Friday.
The directive, issued by Ohio Casino Control Commission executive director Matthew T. Schuler and obtained by ESPN, prohibits "the acceptance of any wagers on University of Alabama baseball effective immediately."
Hooo boy.
Damn...I mean this is the shady thing with allowing betting on college games or even pro of course.
I like gambling, the benefits outweigh the risks.
The thing is, I bet it is so hard to get away with now that I can't imagine it's worth it for a player or coach. I'd imagine they have some algorithms to very easily sniff out suspicious activity.
The players that got suspended in the NFL were turned in by Fan Duel. Sportsbooks throughout the country monitor any unusual betting. Spreading it out amongst many casinos doesn't work anymore. They all work together to spot shady betting.
In Wisconsin you can't bet on any state college games in any sports. I get why but on the other hand it's kind of dumb since there are so many other states you can bet on WI sports.
Netflix has a great documentary on the AZ State basketball point shaving scandal.
I'm against picketing but I don't know how to show it.
Ohio gambling regulators on Monday instructed the state's licensed sportsbooks to halt betting on college baseball games involving Alabama after suspicious wagering activity was detected on the Crimson Tide's game against top-ranked LSU on Friday.
The directive, issued by Ohio Casino Control Commission executive director Matthew T. Schuler and obtained by ESPN, prohibits "the acceptance of any wagers on University of Alabama baseball effective immediately."
Hooo boy.
Damn...I mean this is the shady thing with allowing betting on college games or even pro of course.
I like gambling, the benefits outweigh the risks.
The thing is, I bet it is so hard to get away with now that I can't imagine it's worth it for a player or coach. I'd imagine they have some algorithms to very easily sniff out suspicious activity.
Tim Murray (Bob and Brian's Sports/Gambling guy) said this morning that the rumor is the coach was betting on LSU.
Damn...I mean this is the shady thing with allowing betting on college games or even pro of course.
I like gambling, the benefits outweigh the risks.
The thing is, I bet it is so hard to get away with now that I can't imagine it's worth it for a player or coach. I'd imagine they have some algorithms to very easily sniff out suspicious activity.
Tim Murray (Bob and Brian's Sports/Gambling guy) said this morning that the rumor is the coach was betting on LSU.
Yes. From ESPN:
Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon was fired Thursday amid a widespread investigation into suspicious betting activity on the Crimson Tide's game against LSU six days ago.
Sportsbook surveillance video indicated that the person who placed the bets was communicating with Bohannon at the time, multiple sources with direct information about the investigation told ESPN.
The alleged suspicious activity took place Friday at the sportsbook at the Great American Ball Park, according to the Ohio Casino Control Commission.
The OCCC's investigation is centered on two bets on the Tigers to win from the same unidentified customer, multiple industry sources told ESPN. A source familiar with the investigation told ESPN's Pete Thamel that there's "no reason to believe any student-athletes are involved."
Alabama's scheduled starting pitcher, ace Luke Holman, was scratched before the LSU game because of back tightness and was replaced by sophomore Hagan Banks, who hadn't started since March 16. LSU won the game 8-6.
The OCCC was alerted to the alleged activity Friday by independent Las Vegas-based integrity firm U.S. Integrity, which works with the OCCC and the SEC to monitor the betting market. U.S. Integrity alerted to its clients Friday, and the OCCC halted betting on college baseball games involving Alabama. The SEC has contracted with U.S. Integrity since 2018 and has used the firm to monitor all conference events, including baseball.
Indiana gaming regulators also were alerted to suspicious bets on the Alabama-LSU game that were placed with sportsbooks in the Hoosier State. Indiana has halted betting on Alabama baseball and instructed sportsbooks to refund any futures wagers on the Crimson Tide.
I'm against picketing but I don't know how to show it.
Kerb Hohl wrote: Damn...I mean this is the shady thing with allowing betting on college games or even pro of course.
I like gambling, the benefits outweigh the risks.
The thing is, I bet it is so hard to get away with now that I can't imagine it's worth it for a player or coach. I'd imagine they have some algorithms to very easily sniff out suspicious activity.
Tim Murray (Bob and Brian's Sports/Gambling guy) said this morning that the rumor is the coach was betting on LSU.
Yes. From ESPN:
Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon was fired Thursday amid a widespread investigation into suspicious betting activity on the Crimson Tide's game against LSU six days ago.
Sportsbook surveillance video indicated that the person who placed the bets was communicating with Bohannon at the time, multiple sources with direct information about the investigation told ESPN.
The alleged suspicious activity took place Friday at the sportsbook at the Great American Ball Park, according to the Ohio Casino Control Commission.
The OCCC's investigation is centered on two bets on the Tigers to win from the same unidentified customer, multiple industry sources told ESPN. A source familiar with the investigation told ESPN's Pete Thamel that there's "no reason to believe any student-athletes are involved."
Alabama's scheduled starting pitcher, ace Luke Holman, was scratched before the LSU game because of back tightness and was replaced by sophomore Hagan Banks, who hadn't started since March 16. LSU won the game 8-6.
The OCCC was alerted to the alleged activity Friday by independent Las Vegas-based integrity firm U.S. Integrity, which works with the OCCC and the SEC to monitor the betting market. U.S. Integrity alerted to its clients Friday, and the OCCC halted betting on college baseball games involving Alabama. The SEC has contracted with U.S. Integrity since 2018 and has used the firm to monitor all conference events, including baseball.
Indiana gaming regulators also were alerted to suspicious bets on the Alabama-LSU game that were placed with sportsbooks in the Hoosier State. Indiana has halted betting on Alabama baseball and instructed sportsbooks to refund any futures wagers on the Crimson Tide.
Does it actually say he was betting? It seems more like insider betting which I guess is illegal? 1. I'm not sure I care enough if athletes are tanking games from a tax payer perspective. Let the leagues/sportsbook investigate and deal with it (cancelled bets, more juice, banning players and coaches. I really don't want significant federal resources investigating a LSU/Bama college baseball game that no one cared about all for the integrity of degenerate gamblers can feel safer betting on it in the future. ETA: Im an idiot - SEC is the conference..... 2. How the hell did they know he was communicating with him? My guess is it was more incompetence then some mastermind scheme. Like the bettor was probably friends with the coach and gave kickbacks, got too drunk at the sportsbook and said the quiet part out loud?
Saw this recipe pop in the timeline this week and it looked like a nice, tasty, health meal. I don't like licorice so I've always assumed I would hate fennel, but dude in the video swears this is gonna be okay for fennel haters.
My fellow Australians, a public service announcement: if you like slightly tart juice, like pineapple, there's currently a Nudie branded juice pretty widely available that is Pear, Pineapple, Lemon and Lime and it is absolutely wonderful. I think it's a limited run/seasonal thing that'll probably disappear heading into winter but can't recommend it highly enough if that sort of thing is your thing (admittedly a bit pricey, about $8 for 2 litres).
I don't buy soda really, but having a party tomorrow so I went to grab some 12 packs of diet Coke and some others. $8.49 for a 12 pack. What. The. ****? Last time I bought soda I swear a 12 pack was $4 and a 24 pack was $7...
jschligs wrote:I don't buy soda really, but having a party tomorrow so I went to grab some 12 packs of diet Coke and some others. $8.49 for a 12 pack. What. The. ****? Last time I bought soda I swear a 12 pack was $4 and a 24 pack was $7...
I stopped drinking soda recently, but when I did buy it I would usually just get whatever group of brands was on sale that week. It usually rotates between the Coke brands, Pepsi brands, and the Dr. Pepper brands.
Or just go to Costco and get a case of whatever they're stocking.
ReasonablySober wrote:I didn't even know there were people who actually drank Pepsi.
Surprisingly Pepsi is big in Europe. Especially Pepsi max. They drink that stuff like water over there. But I've always been a coke products kind of guy.
1. With all the money that goes into breeding and training, how the hell are there not faster horses? 2. Race was actually pretty damn close and you can't tell which one was Secretariat until the final stretch.
jschligs wrote:I don't buy soda really, but having a party tomorrow so I went to grab some 12 packs of diet Coke and some others. $8.49 for a 12 pack. What. The. ****? Last time I bought soda I swear a 12 pack was $4 and a 24 pack was $7...
Thats part of why I hopped on the caffeine pill train last year. Coffee stains my teeth, soda gives you cavities and is too expensive.
It was difficult to get out of the morning coffee routine but my new one is to wake up, pee, take a pill, and lay in bed scrolling news sites until it starts to hit.
Inadequate perception I reckon it's from the Valium
ReasonablySober wrote:I didn't even know there were people who actually drank Pepsi.
Surprisingly Pepsi is big in Europe. Especially Pepsi max. They drink that stuff like water over there. But I've always been a coke products kind of guy.
I have been at pretty much everywhere in Europe, and I didn't see a place where Pepsi was a comparable thing with Coca-Cola. They had extremely cool advertisements at the turn of the millenium though
