At Pinnacle the money line on Ga Tech tonite is -1000. There must be some people who would actually bet a grand to win a c-note.
Why? You'd have to be right on such games 10 times out of 11 to win a small amount.
It's a lot like "bridge jumping" in horse racing. This is where someone gets the bright idea to bet their inheritance to show on a 1-2 shot in a stakes race. Can't fail to at least get third -- they think.
Every season at the big tracks seems to bring out the bridge jumpers. I know at Del Mar, almost every season, there are one or two jumpers in attendance. Once I saw something like $50k go into the show pool at one flash, on a overwhelming favorite in a stakes race.
Tracks suffer minus pools when this happens, so to limit thier losses they only pay off a nickle to the dollar. IE, $2.10 to show. But the jumpers feel it's a bargain, as they make a fast and easy 5% on their money.
In the case cited above, the hot Del Mar fave stumbled badly coming out of the gate, and finished out of the money.
Crazy shit. A jumper would have to cash 20 out of 21 tickets to show a profit.
It looks like the same with those who bet the heavy college foots faves on the money line. Why do they do it?
Why? You'd have to be right on such games 10 times out of 11 to win a small amount.
It's a lot like "bridge jumping" in horse racing. This is where someone gets the bright idea to bet their inheritance to show on a 1-2 shot in a stakes race. Can't fail to at least get third -- they think.
Every season at the big tracks seems to bring out the bridge jumpers. I know at Del Mar, almost every season, there are one or two jumpers in attendance. Once I saw something like $50k go into the show pool at one flash, on a overwhelming favorite in a stakes race.
Tracks suffer minus pools when this happens, so to limit thier losses they only pay off a nickle to the dollar. IE, $2.10 to show. But the jumpers feel it's a bargain, as they make a fast and easy 5% on their money.
In the case cited above, the hot Del Mar fave stumbled badly coming out of the gate, and finished out of the money.
Crazy shit. A jumper would have to cash 20 out of 21 tickets to show a profit.
It looks like the same with those who bet the heavy college foots faves on the money line. Why do they do it?
