got a better "local" story for ya...got a guy that comes in my work, does parlay cards and works for a book...i dont play the cards cuz i know how bad odds they are, and i play online.....one of the guys i work with was listening to me hype Auburn for 2 weeks, decides he wants to play them....asked me would i bet them online for him if he gives me themoney....i explain the moving money in and out thing, and that's its not feasible to move 50.00 if u are just making one bet....he decides to bet it with this guy's bookie...makes a straight wager on auburn (-3) for 55.00.....
thinks he has a push, guy comes in today and he's looking for his 55.00 back, guy says " oh no, we dont do pushes, never have", and begins to brag how they are glad they held all their wagers rather than lay some off, cuz they won on all sides.....i stepped in, said i know you dont do pushes on the parlay cards, u said that, but how can u not have a push on a straight wager, guy just bet 55.00 on auburn, no over/under, no parlay , no nothing....he says. " oh thats the way we've always done it"...
I told him not to bring his cards into our restaurant anymore.......i think he really screwed this guy out of his money.....my dad and uncle were both bookies, have known a million bookies in my day, never knew one who called a push on a straight side wager a loss......knew " a few " who called a push on an over/under a loss, cuz you played OVER 40 and it didnt go OVER 40...even though i thought that was bogus....so i never played with those books...but this was a joke, geez......