Not many things piss me off, but ESPN getting scores wrong really gets to me

Illini · Jan 30, 2007

I hate when ESPN screws up the scores. Had Illinois St first half, and believed for an hour that I had won the bet. ESPN had 37-32 ISU, and posted it at least two times on their board. Then I turned on the radio, and the announcer said "this is the first lead for the Redbirds since the 7:00 minute mark of the first half." I thought, WTF? Nothing worse in gambling than thinking you won, only to see that you lost.

Illini · Jan 30, 2007

The second worst thing in gambling is getting 4 for the game and pushing the bet, when you knew you wanted to bet it at 3 the night before, but because of the DOJ, you only have 1 funded book that does not have overnights.

Brock Landers · Jan 30, 2007

Illini said:
The second worst thing in gambling is getting 4 for the game and pushing the bet, when you knew you wanted to bet it at 3 the night before, but because of the DOJ, you only have 1 funded book that does not have overnights.

How about buying points?!

Illini · Jan 30, 2007

Brock Landers said:
How about buying points?!

I wouldn't lay -130 if I had tomorrow's newspaper in my hands.

WVU · Jan 31, 2007

Illini said:
I wouldn't lay -130 if I had tomorrow's newspaper in my hands.

tomorrows newspaper has retired. Why would you want him in your hand?

:hump:

beenlosing4ever · Jan 31, 2007

Illini said:
I hate when ESPN screws up the scores. Had Illinois St first half, and believed for an hour that I had won the bet. ESPN had 37-32 ISU, and posted it at least two times on their board. Then I turned on the radio, and the announcer said "this is the first lead for the Redbirds since the 7:00 minute mark of the first half." I thought, WTF? Nothing worse in gambling than thinking you won, only to see that you lost.

Hehe, I actually had the exact opposite happen to me once. I had a large bet on the under 92.5 for the 1st half of a Nets game and I looked at the score at half time at ESPN and it said 93. I get home at the beginning of the 3rd and the score is still 92. Nothing is better in gambling than thinking you lost, only to see that you won.

Journeyman · Jan 31, 2007

beenlosing4ever said:
Hehe, I actually had the exact opposite happen to me once. I had a large bet on the under 92.5 for the 1st half of a Nets game and I looked at the score at half time at ESPN and it said 93. I get home at the beginning of the 3rd and the score is still 92. Nothing is better in gambling than thinking you lost, only to see that you won.

I won a game once or twice thjat I thought I lost at the half...one time ESPN just put the wrong score up...another time after time expired technical free throws were shot, this was after I walked away from the scoreboard thinking I lost....funny how often we all have had this happen...IT will make you sick though when it happens and it's a negative hit...Back in November I made two large bets right before the start of the second half (quickly) and I bet them opposite by mistake....game ends ai loook at my acct and saw the odd balance with all games graded and I knew what I did before een looking...sick feeling.

bdgear · Jan 31, 2007

why dont you use donbest for scores? very few incorrect scores at donbest and sites like yahoo, espn,cbs are incorrect all the time what site do you think books use to grade plays?

PercocetThreat · Jan 31, 2007

Bodog is actually pretty good at posting scores. I've never seen them post a score which was incorrect. The problem is that they do not have scores for every game, but they do have them for most of em.