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Vegas doesn't like the Jazz offseason

YB85

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I just walked by the sports book in Mandalay and was shocked to see the odds to win the championship for the Jazz at 75:1. The usual suspects are at the top. Lakers 2:1, Heat 9:2, Celtics, Magic 10:1. But the Jazz at 75:1? What's even less understandable is some of the other teams with better odds. Nets are 40:1, Clippers 50:1, and the Hornets are 60:1.

Am I missing something? I am putting some on that just for the odds alone. C'mon Big Al, pay for my trip.
 
That has to be an error of some sort. That is bizarre. I think I saw some more reasonable odds with the Jazz on bodog.com awhile back, but they aren't listed right now for some reason.
 
YB85 said:
I just walked by the sports book in Mandalay and was shocked to see the odds to win the championship for the Jazz at 75:1. The usual suspects are at the top. Lakers 2:1, Heat 9:2, Celtics, Magic 10:1. But the Jazz at 75:1? What's even less understandable is some of the other teams with better odds. Nets are 40:1, Clippers 50:1, and the Hornets are 60:1.

Am I missing something? I am putting some on that just for the odds alone. C'mon Big Al, pay for my trip.
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Are you staying at the Mandalay? How's the pool? Man, that's a great pool. So much to look at.
 
prodigal punk said:
Are you staying at the Mandalay? How's the pool? Man, that's a great pool. So much to look at.
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We are at Mandalay. Spent four hours at the pool yesterday and heading out for more right now. The scenery was spectacular. The only bad thing is there are so many kids here. Why would anyone bring their kids?
 
YB85 said:
We are at Mandalay. Spent four hours at the pool yesterday and heading out for more right now. The scenery was spectacular. The only bad thing is there are so many kids here. Why would anyone bring their kids?
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I always thought that I would loan mine out to those nice people on the sidewalk giving away the free young lady trading cards.
 
YB85 said:
We are at Mandalay. Spent four hours at the pool yesterday and heading out for more right now. The scenery was spectacular. The only bad thing is there are so many kids here. Why would anyone bring their kids?
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So the scenery is spectacular, then in the next sentence you complain about it?
 
KM32MVP said:
So the scenery is spectacular, then in the next sentence you complain about it?
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He's wondering why anyone would take their kids with them for recreation and travel. This is truly unheard of. I mean KIDS?? At a pool????? Wow.
 
siromar said:
He's wondering why anyone would take their kids with them for recreation and travel. This is truly unheard of. I mean KIDS?? At a pool????? Wow.
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Try and keep track of the context of the conversation, Donnie. He's not talking about "a pool". He's talking about Mandalay Bay Beach. There is no shortage of skin at this particular pool and there are bars every ten feet. He's not talking about the local rec center pool.
 
prodigal punk said:
Try and keep track of the context of the conversation, Donnie. He's not talking about "a pool". He's talking about Mandalay Bay Beach. There is no shortage of skin at this particular pool and there are bars every ten feet. He's not talking about the local rec center pool.
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The fact there are bars, or skin, is irrelevant. The purpose of a pool is to swim, which people tend to do in very little clothing. When did this become controversial exactly?

But to be fair, I'm not familiar with Mandalay Bay Beach. For all I know, they could be performing satanic blood rituals over there. In which case, I apologize for my ignorance.
 
The only reason to even remotely consider bringing a kid or kids to a pool like this is because they can be a ***** ****ing magnet. But even then, you better be a single father. 'Cause that augmentation will slither on over quick as hell.
 
They know that not many fans of Utah are the betting type. So in order to get some action they are making the odds more appealing in order to get some more action. They still know that the odds are against utah , but not as bad as it looks. Plus they dont loose much if the 10 utah fans that actually play the books win. Vegas is about making money and not about picking the winner. They hedge bets on the likely winner or the teams that will get a lot of betting action and make others look more attractive in order to get a better draw.
 
I think YB may have misread the board. I was in Vegas a couple of weeks ago, before the Al Jefferson trade, and the Jazz odds were 25:1. With a nice buzz on, and simply walking by, I can see that 25 looking like a 75 on those boards in the sports books.
 
Sirkickyass said:
I think YB may have misread the board. I was in Vegas a couple of weeks ago, before the Al Jefferson trade, and the Jazz odds were 25:1. With a nice buzz on, and simply walking by, I can see that 25 looking like a 75 on those boards in the sports books.
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Not a misread. I put some of my poker winnings down and got 75:1. I can't pass up those odds. A trade here or a Kobe ACL and the west opens up. 75:1. Wow.
 
I don't know a thing about how Vegas sets its books, but my sense is this: Utah is a low volume bet. Vegas wants maximum volume on all their bets, not just the ones everyone wants to bet. They'll always get volume on the big market teams whether they suck or not because those teams have lots of fans willing to kick in a twenty for the hell of it. But Utah? Small state, a culture that frowns on gambling, and a team that isn't highly visible nationally. So if they set the odds too realistically, nobody bets it. Give extra "points," and they get more bets. The odds of Utah winning are still astronomically low, so it winds up being a very well leveraged play for Vegas if they bump the odds to the breaking point and beyond.
 
billyshelby said:
I don't know a thing about how Vegas sets its books, but my sense is this: Utah is a low volume bet. Vegas wants maximum volume on all their bets, not just the ones everyone wants to bet. They'll always get volume on the big market teams whether they suck or not because those teams have lots of fans willing to kick in a twenty for the hell of it. But Utah? Small state, a culture that frowns on gambling, and a team that isn't highly visible nationally. So if they set the odds too realistically, nobody bets it. Give extra "points," and they get more bets. The odds of Utah winning are still astronomically low, so it winds up being a very well leveraged play for Vegas if they bump the odds to the breaking point and beyond.
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Good points.
 
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