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    Millions swing in Vegas on late Duke FT

    A foul that almost wasn't called resulted in a last-second free throw that caused millions of dollars to change hands in Las Vegas. And this time the sportsbooks took the worst of it.

    Duke guard Quinn Cook made one of two free throws with 0.7 seconds remaining, capping the Blue Devils' 63-57 victory over Utah on Friday in Sweet 16 action in Houston. Duke closed as a 5-point favorite at the majority of sportsbooks, which were rooting for the underdog Utes.

    "It caused a million-dollar swing with parlay liability, to the bad," MGM vice president of race and sports Jay Rood told ESPN.

    With Duke leading 62-57, Cook rebounded a missed 3-pointer from Utah forward Jordan Loveridge with 10 seconds to play. Utah defenders tried to tie up Cook to force a jump ball, but nothing was called, and it appeared time was going to run out. The Utes started walking off the court. The Blue Devils began celebrating. But officials whistled a foul on Utah guard Brandon Taylor as the horn sounded. The refs went to the monitor and put 0.7 seconds back on the clock, before calling players back onto the floor for Cook's free throws. The senior missed the first one but made the second to give Duke a six-point win.
    The favored Blue Devils were a popular public bet. Two hours before tipoff, 82 percent of all bets and 77 percent of the money wagered was on Duke at the William Hill sportsbook. Other books reported similar heavy action on the Blue Devils.

    "Huge, six figures," William Hill director of trading Nick Bogdanovich said of the swing at his shop. "Public had a very good day."

    Las Vegas sportsbook operator CG Technology reported a mid-six-figure swing against the house on Cook's free throw.

    John Avello, executive director of the Wynn race and sportsbook and a 20-plus-year veteran bookmaker, said he has become numb to wild endings that affect the spread.

    "It's crazy when it happens, but this is like a common occurrence to me now," Avello said. "Whether it's being on the 1-yard line at the Super Bowl or this, it happens so many times, that I'm kind of hardened to it."
    All four favorites covered the spread in Friday's action, leading to the sportsbooks' worst night of the tournament. Earlier in the week, the MGM reported taking $100,000 bets on Duke and Louisville, the biggest bets the shop had taken on the tournament to this point. Louisville covered the spread in a 75-65 win over North Carolina State on Friday.

    Michigan State's 62-58 win over Oklahoma was particularly ugly for the Westgate SuperBook. Four times more money was wagered on the Spartans than the Sooners at the SuperBook. The Spartans were 1.5-point favorites. Gonzaga also covered the spread in a 74-62 win over UCLA on Friday.

    Don't feel too bad for the books, though. Rood said the opening Thursday, when underdogs covered 12 of 16 games, was the greatest start to the NCAA tournament he had experienced.

    Favorites are now 27-29 against the spread in the NCAA tournament.

    In the two Elite Eight games Sunday, Duke opened as a 2.5-point favorite over Gonzaga, and Michigan State opened as a 2-point favorite over Louisville.

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    Not only that, I was on the over 70.5 2H wager.
    I was sunk, dead as a hammer, the 2H would have wound up 36-34 if that call wasn't made, as a result it wound up 36-35.
    Unreal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stevenash View Post
    Not only that, I was on the over 70.5 2H wager.
    I was sunk, dead as a hammer, the 2H would have wound up 36-34 if that call wasn't made, as a result it wound up 36-35.
    Unreal.
    Same here my man.. my number was at 70 though. Was screaming at the tv because they kept trying to foul if you ask me and the refs werent blowing the whistle! got lucky

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    i had utah +1.5 2h. a 90% FT shooter missed one. I don't think i can bitch for at least a month

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    Books got hurt bad. Public all over Duke.

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    ^
    I think I just heard on CNN that one of the zebra's that worked the game last night just wound up on the bottom of the Hudson River, fish food.
    Police are looking for a crooked nosed Italian looking man that goes by the name of Guido.

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    I had duke -1 2nd half and pushed

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    thanks for sharing

    do you have any winners for us tonight ?

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    Funny how they didn't want to blow that whistle at the end. Utah kid had to basically attempt a hip toss on the Duke kid to get a foul. Missed the jump ball call prior to that when the ball was CLEARLY tied up (which would have gone back to Duke anyway) but they really wanted that game over. I am truly shocked they went back and made them shoot those FT's.

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    Had Duke -4.5. Didn't matter either way.

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    books never get hurt. They post these stories and they make their money back easily for shmucks who think its easy
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    My worst loss ever

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    Wish such such a crazy call happening right on the spread and the second half total, you cannot tell me this shit is not rigged to an extent. Cannot even tell me.

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    For the 179th time

    It's all random

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    Quote Originally Posted by RavensFan2k3 View Post
    Wish such such a crazy call happening right on the spread and the second half total, you cannot tell me this shit is not rigged to an extent. Cannot even tell me.
    It wasn't rigged. Utah trailed 35-30 and then 62-57 with 15 seconds left. They where never closer than 5 points the whole 2nd half. So Duke is covering the whole 2nd half and the refs decide to fix it with 1 second left?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pavyracer View Post
    It wasn't rigged. Utah trailed 35-30 and then 62-57 with 15 seconds left. They where never closer than 5 points the whole 2nd half. So Duke is covering the whole 2nd half and the refs decide to fix it with 1 second left?
    Duke is covering the whole 2nd half but didnt cover. Why did Duke end up covering?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RavensFan2k3 View Post
    Duke is covering the whole 2nd half but didnt cover. Why did Duke end up covering?
    I'm just saying if the game was rigged the refs wouldn't let Utah even come close to covering.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pavyracer View Post
    I'm just saying if the game was rigged the refs wouldn't let Utah even come close to covering.
    Why not? Isnt that what makes it exciting? There are alot of games that if the refs don't intervene, one team would slaughter the other. Refs keep it close with all those stupid fouls to make it interesting. Teams go on runs and all of a sudden get all the calls, etc

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    Sure someone told the refs to keep the game close for excitement but make sure Duke wins by 6 with 1 second left so that his -5.5 bet would cash.

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