AUGUST 18, 2007:
The dallas news
All bets are off for Carroll football game
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[SIZE=-1]By DAVID HINOJOSA / The Dallas Morning News
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An Internet gambling Web site is no longer accepting wagers for the Southlake Carroll/Miami Northwestern high school football game because of backlash it has received since a SportsDay article was published Thursday.
SportsDay reported that Costa Rica-based 5dimes.com had listed Carroll as an 8-point favorite for the Sept. 15 from SMU's Ford Stadium that will be televised nationally by ESPNU.Officials from Carroll and Florida were outraged when it found out Wednesday that the Web site was offering the game for wagering. The company also accepted wagers for Wednesday's Little League Softball World Series (for 12-year-old girls) championship between Elgin, Texas, and Morristown, Tenn.
"We have decided not to enter into this moral debate, and we've decided to take the game off the board," said Rommel Johnson, the Web site's customer service director.
Johnson said the company will no longer offer betting lines for high school football and Little League baseball and softball.
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The dallas news
All bets are off for Carroll football game
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[SIZE=-1]By DAVID HINOJOSA / The Dallas Morning News
dhinojosa@dallasnews.com[/SIZE]
An Internet gambling Web site is no longer accepting wagers for the Southlake Carroll/Miami Northwestern high school football game because of backlash it has received since a SportsDay article was published Thursday.
SportsDay reported that Costa Rica-based 5dimes.com had listed Carroll as an 8-point favorite for the Sept. 15 from SMU's Ford Stadium that will be televised nationally by ESPNU.Officials from Carroll and Florida were outraged when it found out Wednesday that the Web site was offering the game for wagering. The company also accepted wagers for Wednesday's Little League Softball World Series (for 12-year-old girls) championship between Elgin, Texas, and Morristown, Tenn.
"We have decided not to enter into this moral debate, and we've decided to take the game off the board," said Rommel Johnson, the Web site's customer service director.
Johnson said the company will no longer offer betting lines for high school football and Little League baseball and softball.
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