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thenepatsrule · 09-25-2012, 11:45 AM

Maybe some Mafia/Mob gentleman will put Goodells address in mapquest drive to his location and rough him up a little bit

Seattle-Green Bay touchdown call could have altered $250 million in bets | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports

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What drives gamblers insane is the possibility that what happened on the field doesn't show up in the final score, and that's apparently the case from Monday night's game. When Russell Wilson lofted his final pass, Green Bay was ahead by five, covering a spread of 3 1/2. When Golden Tate got at least a hand on the ball, apparently enough to consider it a touchdown in the eyes of a referee, that gave Seattle the win both on the field and against the spread. Boom: instant reversal.

So how much money are we talking here? ESPN.com quotes John Avello, director of The Wynn Las Vegas' sports book, as saying the total in play could have been $150 million. Online gambling officials pegged the number at a staggering quarter-billion dollars.

At least one sports book has apparently decided to sidestep the controversy by refunding the losers their money in the form of a free play, according to NESN. Sportsbook.com took the unusual step because, as one company official put it, "I can't stand winning unfairly so I am going to give the punters their money back."

yukon cornelius · 09-25-2012, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by thenepatsrule

Maybe some Mafia/Mob gentleman will put Goodells address in mapquest drive to his location and rough him up a little bit

Seattle-Green Bay touchdown call could have altered $250 million in bets | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports

this is what will force the owners to actually spend .11% of the TV revenue alone on the ref pension plan

money talks......between this and too many 1 oclock games going long, into the start of the 4 oclock games, the NFL has got to listen.....

owners have proven they don't care about the game, the players, the fans.....but money talks

Claremonster · 09-25-2012, 11:53 AM

I'll get Guido after it.

***PATSNUTme*** · 09-25-2012, 12:48 PM

Actually I mentioned something on the same subject yesterday,before the game.

I don't know why these replacement refs want ot continue. They were clearly intimidated by the Baltimore crowd during the 4th quarter of Sundays game.

Their idenity is not a secret. I think that it's not far fetched that some nut, who just lost a big bet on a game, might be driven by rage and look one of the ref's up.

Is it really worth the extra $ when they could be back in DIV III any time the real refs reach agreement?

***Brady_to_Moss*** · 09-25-2012, 12:52 PM

i do sports betting. ( have a bookie with the FB cards) but i am done for a few weeks. This NFL season is crazy..i can barley pick i right game let alone the 4 i need to win $100

signbabybrady · 09-25-2012, 01:41 PM

One has to wonder if something shady may have been going on here. I think the ref may have been scared to wind up like Luca Brasi.

Patradomous · 09-25-2012, 01:54 PM

i had the under

Bill B. · 09-25-2012, 01:59 PM

Vegas and gambling has too much influence over the game. Point spreads and injury reports are only in place because of gambling. Instead of caring about what the average fan thinks, the NFL caters to Vegas and bookies.

Patradomous · 09-25-2012, 03:28 PM

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/sp...oc.semityn.www

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While it remains to be seen what, if anything, Commissioner Roger Goodell and the N.F.L. are going to do about the controversial ending to the game Monday night between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers, the gambling world — which was boosted by the replacement referees’ decision on the game’s final play, as significant money was bet on the Packers — appears to be showing at least a little compassion.

Some relief for bettors!

PatriotSeven · 09-25-2012, 04:53 PM

I haven't posted on here since the Super Bowl when it seems some people thought my suggestion of a different playoff format and the fact that I believed the NFL stinks with fixing rubbed some people the wrong way.

But it doesn't take a genius to figure out, "incompetency" is simply a scapegoat for what's really going on.

Per First Take, some sources are reporting estimates close to 1 billion including off shore accounts. And that's just a monday night regular season game.

I can only imagine how much money is made off of a playoff or Super Bowl game, and the ratings increase that the NFL just received thanks to this fiasco. Bookies win, NFL wins, ratings are high, and we all lose.

It's amazing to me this article is getting so little attention, when it really is the smoking gun. "Incompetence" doesn't just begin the final minutes of the game which just happens to express itself as 4 consecutive penalty plays for the home team and underdog, that just happen to help them move the entire length of the field and result in an interception for a win!

That is some very decisive and determined "incompetence" by any standard.

In the end there may be little anyone can do about this thing. The only advice I have is stop putting your heart into this so much. It's out of our team's hands a lot of times.