Texas Longhorns' Failure Help Online Casino Sites
24 Jan 2007
The saying 'One man's trash is another man's treasure' can be applied to the recent Texas Longhorns' failure to cover a 9 ½ spread. Sure that the Texas Longhorns won after a huge comeback from a 14 point deficit, they failed to cover the aforementioned spread, which meant that online casino sites were in the money. A leading online casino sports betting site reported 76 percent of the betting action fell on Texas in this Alamo Bowl showdown. Surely many online casinos fans who bet with the online casinos also won big!'Only a lucky quarter of the betting population had the Hawkeyes to cover a 9 1/2 point spread. This one actually opened at Texas -11 1/2 so there could have been larger numbers of bettors on Iowa with that early line, though probably 'sharp' action,' said Carrie Stroup of one of the winning online casino sites. This was the single most bet on game at that online casino gambling site on Saturday.
Expecting an easy win over Iowa, Texas fans flocked to the Alamo Bowl. The game, which was a close one, showed yet another gritty performance by Colt McCoy. After suffering a severely pinched nerve in his neck, McCoy had been cleared to play. He also ran 8 yards on fourth down to set up a 2-yard scoring run by Selvin Young early in the fourth quarter. The Longhorns were heavy favorites in front of an Alamo Bowl record crowd of 65,875. Online casino fans definitely enjoyed the close game, and the online casino sites enjoyed the money that rolled in.
