So last night I take TB to score UNDER 20.5 points for the entire game.
Needless to say, a big fat loser...in fact, as I'm sure most of you call, the game was a loser before halftime.
Nonetheless, I was surprised to see that the bet was actually GRADED as a loser at HALFTIME in my account history in a certain book. Even though they had indeed score 21 points by that point, I was surprised that they would grade a "full-game" prop before the full game had ended.
What made the grading even more odd is that upon looking at their official rules for NFL games, I noted that it said (as it does at several books) that NFL results are official only after 55 minutes!
Now, I don't know if football games ever end early (has a game ever been 'called' before 60 minutes have been played?), but I assume they must from time to time, or else this 55 minute rule would be moot. But if that's the case, then technically, the bet on TB to score less than 20.5 didn't lose until 55 minutes had been played, no? Technically, if the game had been called early because of a power failure, or earthquake, or other freakish reason, the bet would have pushed...or would it? Perhaps the 55 minute rule applies to sides and totals, but not to props on total points for a single team to score...and thus, if the game had been called before 55 mins, I still would've lost the bet. But on the other hand, I would assume that if the game were called before 55 minutes, and a bet on the under total scored by one team prop was winning at the time, it would NOT be graded as a win.
I don't know.
Or does it operate like baseball; where if a game is played over 5 but fewer than 9 innings, sides count but runlines and totals push...unless the game ends in a tie, in which case, everything pushes. (Maybe not player vs. player props?)
Anyone have any insight on this?
Needless to say, a big fat loser...in fact, as I'm sure most of you call, the game was a loser before halftime.
Nonetheless, I was surprised to see that the bet was actually GRADED as a loser at HALFTIME in my account history in a certain book. Even though they had indeed score 21 points by that point, I was surprised that they would grade a "full-game" prop before the full game had ended.
What made the grading even more odd is that upon looking at their official rules for NFL games, I noted that it said (as it does at several books) that NFL results are official only after 55 minutes!
Now, I don't know if football games ever end early (has a game ever been 'called' before 60 minutes have been played?), but I assume they must from time to time, or else this 55 minute rule would be moot. But if that's the case, then technically, the bet on TB to score less than 20.5 didn't lose until 55 minutes had been played, no? Technically, if the game had been called early because of a power failure, or earthquake, or other freakish reason, the bet would have pushed...or would it? Perhaps the 55 minute rule applies to sides and totals, but not to props on total points for a single team to score...and thus, if the game had been called before 55 mins, I still would've lost the bet. But on the other hand, I would assume that if the game were called before 55 minutes, and a bet on the under total scored by one team prop was winning at the time, it would NOT be graded as a win.
I don't know.
Or does it operate like baseball; where if a game is played over 5 but fewer than 9 innings, sides count but runlines and totals push...unless the game ends in a tie, in which case, everything pushes. (Maybe not player vs. player props?)
Anyone have any insight on this?
