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Hammock Parties
10-06-2020, 01:33 PM
ROFL

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING:<br><br>Despite being only four weeks into the NFL season, BetOnline has decided to pay out all AFC West division futures wagers on the Kansas City Chiefs. <a href="https://t.co/tcteZj0yk5">pic.twitter.com/tcteZj0yk5</a></p>&mdash; Odds Shark (@OddsShark) <a href="https://twitter.com/OddsShark/status/1313562452991389696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
MagicHef
10-06-2020, 01:36 PM
My first reaction was "of course they will", but then I read through the text. What does happen if Mahomes gets injured and the Chiefs end up not winning the west? How do they get the money back?
Chargem
10-06-2020, 02:08 PM
My first reaction was "of course they will", but then I read through the text. What does happen if Mahomes gets injured and the Chiefs end up not winning the west? How do they get the money back?

Nope, if somehow the Raiders won the West then they would have paid out on both the Chiefs and the Raiders in the "to win the AFC West" market.

They know what their liability is, and the % chance that the Chiefs don't win. If they had to double pay out, they would just call it a marketing expense.
wazu
10-06-2020, 02:12 PM
Nope, if somehow the Raiders won the West then they would have paid out on both the Chiefs and the Raiders in the "to win the AFC West" market.

They know what their liability is, and the % chance that the Chiefs don't win. If they had to double pay out, they would just call it a marketing expense.

Yeah, the marketing expense thing is probably spot on. What's the payout for betting something as ridiculously obvious as the Chiefs winning the division? Probably not too bad.
Megatron96
10-06-2020, 06:22 PM
Seems kind of strange considering that the Chiefs have only played one AFC-W team thru 4 weeks.
backinblack
10-06-2020, 06:25 PM
no kidding
TribalElder
10-06-2020, 06:36 PM
currently up 2 or 3 games on everyone with the raiders being the closest

we should mop their sorry asses on sunday stretching our lead to 3 full games along with division tie breakers

probably safe to pay that out
htismaqe
10-06-2020, 06:40 PM
Seems kind of strange considering that the Chiefs have only played one AFC-W team thru 4 weeks.

They've seen enough of the other teams to know they can't hang.
Megatron96
10-06-2020, 06:42 PM
Sure, but never heard of the books just giving away money before.

Wait. So they closed the book on the AFC-W champion, so no one can bet on it anymore. Now I get it. Never mind.
NWTF
10-06-2020, 06:45 PM
currently up 2 or 3 games on everyone with the raiders being the closest

we should mop their sorry asses on sunday stretching our lead to 3 full games along with division tie breakers

probably safe to pay that out

turning out to be a weak division Chiefs excluded.
Raiders are toast... but probably 2nd in AFCW, whatever thats worth 7-9, 8-8. Chargers are a close 3rd and then poor Denver.
Skyy God
10-06-2020, 06:48 PM
Tinder chick calls it: Cancelling on Clay for Friday/Saturday
cdcox
10-06-2020, 10:49 PM
Fivethirtyeight gives the odds of them winning the division at 95%.
Rain Man
10-06-2020, 11:00 PM
Fivethirtyeight gives the odds of them winning the division at 95%.

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Rasputin
10-06-2020, 11:09 PM
They should probably should just pay out the next 12 years Patrick Mahomes II is under contract with the Chiefs
Chargem
10-07-2020, 12:12 AM
Sure, but never heard of the books just giving away money before.

Wait. So they closed the book on the AFC-W champion, so no one can bet on it anymore. Now I get it. Never mind.

There's a well known Irish bookie who does this relatively regularly, as a promotion/advertisement, it makes a splash every time they do it and gets them attention.

No idea if the book is closed but this will only apply to bets already placed, Did you think you could bet now and instantly be paid out a winner?
CupidStunt
10-07-2020, 07:10 AM
1) Attention in itself
2) Gives NFL bettors another 4 months to lose their money on NFL games, versus taking it in January and maybe withdrawing
Reerun_KC
10-07-2020, 07:55 AM
AFC championships and super bowls are what’s important. This isn’t your 90s chiefs football where the franchise only goal was AFCW trophies.
wazu
10-07-2020, 08:01 AM
1) Attention in itself
2) Gives NFL bettors another 4 months to lose their money on NFL games, versus taking it in January and maybe withdrawing

Ha, point 2 is really good.