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Been out there 5 times during March Madness. This article does a good job describing the March Madness Sports Book experience.
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/mar/18/how-winning-and-losing-a-bet-wasnt-decided-until-f/
Welcome to March Madness in Las Vegas.
In the South Point Ballroom Thursday afternoon, two friends jumped out of their seats and high-fived after Buffalo’s Lamonte Bearden made a layup at the first-half buzzer against Miami in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. They had the first half total over 69 points and the basket momentarily evened the score at 35-all at halftime to give them a winning wager.
One of the friends started dancing in excitement. It was short-lived.
Officials went to the review monitors and determined the shot occurred after time had expired. They waved off the points, making it 35-33 at halftime. The half stayed under by one point to give the friends a loser...
• In the final seconds of UConn’s 74-67 victory against Colorado, Xavier Talton’s 30-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer seemed harmless for Colorado. But it closed as a four-point betting underdog, and plus-4.5 at some houses, meaning the Talton heave could have given Colorado the point-spread cover. Instead, the shot badly missed, and UConn won twice — in the bracket to advance to Saturday, and at Nevada sports books.
• There were no points scored in the final three possessions of the first half in the Virginia-Hampton game, keeping the game under the first half total of 61.5 points by the slimmest of margins, 40-21.
• Vince Edwards’ 3-pointer at the first-half buzzer for Purdue pushed the first-half total of the Boilermakers’ game against Arkansas-Little Rock over the number of 58.5 by a half point, 31-28...
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/mar/18/how-winning-and-losing-a-bet-wasnt-decided-until-f/
Welcome to March Madness in Las Vegas.
In the South Point Ballroom Thursday afternoon, two friends jumped out of their seats and high-fived after Buffalo’s Lamonte Bearden made a layup at the first-half buzzer against Miami in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. They had the first half total over 69 points and the basket momentarily evened the score at 35-all at halftime to give them a winning wager.
One of the friends started dancing in excitement. It was short-lived.
Officials went to the review monitors and determined the shot occurred after time had expired. They waved off the points, making it 35-33 at halftime. The half stayed under by one point to give the friends a loser...
• In the final seconds of UConn’s 74-67 victory against Colorado, Xavier Talton’s 30-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer seemed harmless for Colorado. But it closed as a four-point betting underdog, and plus-4.5 at some houses, meaning the Talton heave could have given Colorado the point-spread cover. Instead, the shot badly missed, and UConn won twice — in the bracket to advance to Saturday, and at Nevada sports books.
• There were no points scored in the final three possessions of the first half in the Virginia-Hampton game, keeping the game under the first half total of 61.5 points by the slimmest of margins, 40-21.
• Vince Edwards’ 3-pointer at the first-half buzzer for Purdue pushed the first-half total of the Boilermakers’ game against Arkansas-Little Rock over the number of 58.5 by a half point, 31-28...