The College Football Game That Mystified Vegas

[Poke in New England]

Pretty interesting article (not sure if the link will work below if you don't have a Wall Street Journal subscription)

https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/unlv-new-mexico-wagering-4d909445?st=hfb81mx2roqcq4a&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Not sure if people saw the headline a few weeks back about gambling regulators looking into suspicious betting activity on the UNLV-UNM game last month. Turns out they wrapped the investigation up with no conclusive findings. The handle (amount bet) was 35-40% more than a normal MWC game, and much of it came from brand new accounts across several different sportsbooks.

 

[McPeachy]

Pretty interesting article (not sure if the link will work below if you don't have a Wall Street Journal subscription)

https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/unlv-new-mexico-wagering-4d909445?st=hfb81mx2roqcq4a&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Not sure if people saw the headline a few weeks back about gambling regulators looking into suspicious betting activity on the UNLV-UNM game last month. Turns out they wrapped the investigation up with no conclusive findings. The handle (amount bet) was 35-40% more than a normal MWC game, and much of it came from brand new accounts across several different sportsbooks.

Interesting read. Wonder what the $$$ swing was. NM players likely cashed in, or their friends & family did.

 

[LanderPoke]

I can't read the article

 

[Itsux2beaewe]

I couldn’t read the article and don’t plan to subscribe to do so, but this timeline was kind of stupid “ A surge of suspicious bets came in for UNLV to defeat New Mexico last month. Nobody knows why.”. Wouldn’t most everyone have bet on UNLV to beat NM beforehand. What am I missing?

 

[OrediggerPoke]

I couldn’t read the article and don’t plan to subscribe to do so, but this timeline was kind of stupid “ A surge of suspicious bets came in for UNLV to defeat New Mexico last month. Nobody knows why.”. Wouldn’t most everyone have bet on UNLV to beat NM beforehand. What am I missing?

The bets were on the line which was already in UNLV’s favor. Lines typically are set in theory to draw roughly equal bets on both sides.

 

[Poke in New England]

I couldn’t read the article and don’t plan to subscribe to do so, but this timeline was kind of stupid “ A surge of suspicious bets came in for UNLV to defeat New Mexico last month. Nobody knows why.”. Wouldn’t most everyone have bet on UNLV to beat NM beforehand. What am I missing?

The surge was also driven by brand new accounts, and the total amount bet was significantly higher than a normal MWC game.