No More Alternate Lines on NBA Games at ESPNBet WTF? Plus Refs Approached to Fix Games
What's going on with ESPN Bet's alterative NBA lines? And were NFL refs really approached about fixing games?
Players Angry Over ESPN Bet After Removing NBA Alternative Lines
MIAMI BEACH, FL (Gambling911.com) - ESPN Bet players are mad as Hell and they're not taking it any more.
"@ESPNBet where did the alternate lines go for NBA player props? Looks like im moving all my money to FanDuel if they are going away."
That was a question posed by one Twitter user, Vend3ttaV2.
Another chimed in: "If this is the case I’m fucking done!!!!"
Sure it's not the end of the world and perhaps ESPN Bet didn't do this intentionally. ESPN Help seemed to know nothing about the removal.
"Hey. Appreciate you reaching out. Can you send us a DM so we can look into this?," ESPN Help asked of Vend3ttaV2.
Customers weren't having any of it.
"ESPN Bet just removed every Alt line for NBA. They really only want losers using their sportsbook huh?"
"ESPN Bets is fucking ass ! Scary asses literally took every james harden line off the app .."
"@ESPNBet bring the alt lines back you bitches."
Hey, we're just the messengers here. We'll continue to monitor to see if the trend continues. Seems like just a momentary hiccup on their app.
NFL Refs Have Been 'Approached' About Influencing Games for Gambling
MIAMI BEACH, FL (Gambling911.com) - A shock report released Thursday suggests that some NFL referees have been approached about influencing games in schemes to help gamblers.
The damning allegations come from none other than NFL rules analyst and former vice president of officiating Dean Blandino.
"We've had situations where people were approached," he said to Brandon Contes on the Awful Announcing Podcast. "We've always told our game officials because they're in hotels—they're traveling around during the season—we didn't want them wearing NFL-branded gear. We didn't want them to be inconspicuous because someone sees them and 'Oh, those are the NFL officials,' and then you never know.
"You don't know who you're gonna come across. And they know that they're supposed to go to NFL security if something like that happens. And that has happened in the past."
Blandino did point out that refs are subject to regular financial audits to reveal any irregularities. Referees are also forbidden from entering sportsbooks.
- Nagesh Rath, Gambling911.com
