Football Prop Wager
I placed a prop wager on last weeks IND at TEN Monday night football game on 10/27. I bet Indianapolis would be penalized first.
The sportsbook graded it as a loss and I think the wager should have been graded a win.
There was only one accepted penalty in the first quarter and it was on IND. There was a penalty called on TEN before the penalty was called on IND. But the penalty on TEN was declined so TEN was not penalized.
Declined penalties do not count in the official game stats so I do not think the declined penalty should be counted for the prop wager. In addition, the exact wording of the wager was “IND Penalized First”. Since the penalty on TEN was declined, I do not think it is correct to consider TEN to be the first team penalized. TEN did not lose any yards from the declined penalty so I do not think they were penalized in any way.
I see other sportsbooks have a similar wager but use the words “Team to have first penalty of game called on them”. I could understand if these were the words of my wager and it was graded a loss. But I did not wager on the “Team to have the first penalty called on them”. I wagered on the team to actually be penalized first.
Are there any Las Vegas rules stating how this wager should be graded?
Did anyone else bet on this prop wager? If so, how was your wager graded.
Actual wager as shown in my account history below:
Lost Short Description
345.00 Football - 4079 IND Penalized First -115 for Game
The sportsbook graded it as a loss and I think the wager should have been graded a win.
There was only one accepted penalty in the first quarter and it was on IND. There was a penalty called on TEN before the penalty was called on IND. But the penalty on TEN was declined so TEN was not penalized.
Declined penalties do not count in the official game stats so I do not think the declined penalty should be counted for the prop wager. In addition, the exact wording of the wager was “IND Penalized First”. Since the penalty on TEN was declined, I do not think it is correct to consider TEN to be the first team penalized. TEN did not lose any yards from the declined penalty so I do not think they were penalized in any way.
I see other sportsbooks have a similar wager but use the words “Team to have first penalty of game called on them”. I could understand if these were the words of my wager and it was graded a loss. But I did not wager on the “Team to have the first penalty called on them”. I wagered on the team to actually be penalized first.
Are there any Las Vegas rules stating how this wager should be graded?
Did anyone else bet on this prop wager? If so, how was your wager graded.
Actual wager as shown in my account history below:
Lost Short Description
345.00 Football - 4079 IND Penalized First -115 for Game