SIA calls Bowen "Bowman"

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From their front page:

Basketball - NBA Finals
James versus Bowman, Hughes versus Parker, Cavaliers versus the Spurs & the world waits for the new Kings to be crowned. Who will be NBA Champions 2007? Get your game in gear and get your money down today.

Also, I dont think the NBA champions wanna be crowned the new Kings, since that's another team. "kings," maybe

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is that the first time you have seen a typo with an offshore sportsbook?

 

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Typo? A typo would be if they called him bowem instead of bowen, not an entirely different name

I remember WSEX for the nba 3 point shootout had mike miller as mike killer and damon jones as damon james. those were funny too

But to answer your question, no, not the first time. Though SIA tends to do it much more often than other books

 

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Somebody tell SIA to give me 50K a year and a company car and I'll be the editor/proofreader.

 

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And when SIA does it, its not like they're accidentally hitting letters close in proximity to the intended letters. They regularly get names wrong, which is what makes it funny. They book sports bets but don't know the players' names. Granted, knowing the players' names isn't necessary to operate a SB, but one would still think they would know the names of players who are big enough to merit headlines on the site's front page. They're highlighting the key matchups of the Championship series of a major American sport for heaven's sake

 

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Not knowing players names is minor, some books don't know the cities names.
A top tier book regularly has the Tigers playing in Detriot.

 

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Woody0 said:

Not knowing players names is minor, some books don't know the cities names.
A top tier book regularly has the Tigers playing in Detriot.

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Did they move ?

 

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Doug said:

Did they move ?

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No the MLB Tigers are still in Detroit.

PS: Check the spelling.

OTOH, maybe Det-riot is a more apt spelling!