UCLA/NWSTN - Can a Total be a Push?

sd2 · Dec 30, 2005

I bet totals only during bowls and nfl playoffs.

I had the Ucla Over 74. It's academic now, because two tds were scored with 35 seconds to go, but to that point the total sat at exactly 74. If it had ended that way, would my Over 74 bet have been a push or loss?

WorldNumberOne · Dec 30, 2005

are you kidding ???

ofcourse it would be a push..

HPark1 · Dec 30, 2005

push. What would lead you to believe otherwise?

sd2 · Dec 30, 2005

Like I said, I rarely bet totals. And never had a situation where I landed right on a total I had bet. I have a journalistic background, and "Over 74", semantically, tells me the score has to go over that number to win. Just hitting it would not be over.It would be right on it, which would look like a push. (The "under" would obviously have lost, no? Or would that have also been a push?)

In any case the bet was won, as was my side with da Bruins.

Hey, I'm not afraid to show selected ignorance. And, I used to work for a sports book. Not, natch, in taking bets, just in marketing! Just don't go near too many totals, except I loved this one and two others in the bowls.

Many thanx!

sd2 · Dec 30, 2005

Oh sorry.

An early start on NY eves celebration had me thinking the replies said "win."

Push, right. And under would be a loss.

LLXC13 · Dec 30, 2005

If the number lands on the Over/Under in a game, both are pushes.

There are sometimes flaky terms with Props though.

Santo · Dec 30, 2005

Under would have been a push too

TTinCO · Dec 30, 2005

Has anyone ever had a local where all ties on totals were losers?

I actually did-CROOK!

nimue77 · Dec 30, 2005

If over 74 meant you lose on 74 that would mean under 74 would also lose. That would sure be a boon to the books!

sd2 said:
Like I said, I rarely bet totals. And never had a situation where I landed right on a total I had bet. I have a journalistic background, and "Over 74", semantically, tells me the score has to go over that number to win. Just hitting it would not be over.It would be right on it, which would look like a push. (The "under" would obviously have lost, no? Or would that have also been a push?)

In any case the bet was won, as was my side with da Bruins.

Hey, I'm not afraid to show selected ignorance. And, I used to work for a sports book. Not, natch, in taking bets, just in marketing! Just don't go near too many totals, except I loved this one and two others in the bowls.

Many thanx!

-Slim- · Dec 30, 2005

come on guys, give the guy a break, not everyone spends all day going throgh sheets, bets, games, touchdowns, running back ratios, weather advisories etc etc etc...

thats the way I try to look at it every time someone asks me a basic question.

Journeyman · Dec 30, 2005

Locals pull all kinds of BS with ties, pick -1 BS, yeah I remember those days.

Doug · Dec 30, 2005

TTinCO said:
Has anyone ever had a local where all ties on totals were losers?

I actually did-CROOK!

Might be OK if everything paid +100.

TTinCO · Dec 30, 2005

DougJ said:
Might be OK if everything paid +100.

Screw that-it's still theft. Wins both sides if it lands on the #? LOL...F that

beetman · Dec 30, 2005

I've heard of locals who do that. If you bet "over 41" and it doesn't go over, you have a loser.

OMNIVOROUS FROG · Dec 30, 2005

Hate to say how many Nevada books have ties lose parlay cards. And people stand in line to bet them. Talk about being led to slaughter.

Best Wishes...OF :howdy:

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