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Re: SuperBowl 2012

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Well, how many outcomes are their for that? Touchdown, field goal, safety right? 2 teams - 6 possible outcomes. Wonder what the odds were? Maybe this person covered them all and hit the jackpot.

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The Third Man wrote:Yeah 50/1 is ridiculous. Should've been at least 200/1, which are generally the worst odds for any team to win the Super Bowl at the start of the season. Realistically, probably like 1000/1. Casino got off easy.

On the other hand, anybody that has a grand to blow on that bet has too much money in the first place, so...
My thoughts exactly

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With his 2nd Super Bowl win, Eli Manning has equaled the number of SB rings Belichick earned while with the NY Giants.

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jim wrote:
stlouie_lipp wrote:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwvTPNME ... r_embedded][/youtube]
No it's not all right.
She's just saying she likes a Dirty Sanchez. What's the problem?

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I found an article pegging the odds of any safety happening in a game at 1 in 20 but I don't know if it's accurate. There was six safeties in Super Bowls before this one, or 1 in 7.5ish. Either way it would then need to be the first score of the game *and* you would have to pick the right team. So yeah, 50-1 is pretty low.
Joe Shlabotnik wrote:Well, how many outcomes are their for that? Touchdown, field goal, safety right? 2 teams - 6 possible outcomes. Wonder what the odds were? Maybe this person covered them all and hit the jackpot.
The odds are usually structured to where this isn't a profitable strategy unless the longshot comes in, in which case you're better off just betting the longshot by itself and saving your money on the others.

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It's really, really hard to find profitable sports bets.

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Eli Manning Asks Dad If He Can Stop Playing Football Now

http://www.theonion.com/video/eli-manni ... tba,27279/

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