We all know Bovada sucks. From square-odds to visitor-throttling, they are the epitome for a terrible betting site. And don’t even get me started on their new user interface.
Every sportsbook is entitled to make a mistake every so often with an incorrect line. It happens, no one is perfect. But whoever has been in charge of Bovada’s MLB prop lines for the past two days needs to be fired. Yesterday, they set Indians’ strike-out pitcher Carlos Carrasco’s K-total at 3. Thats a serious problem. Even though he was facing the Yankees, this was at least half of what it should have opened at.
A few people tried to jump on to take advantage, hoping that Bovada would not catch on. Their plans were foiled when popular gambling Twitter personality (and thats probably where his credentials should end) Johnny Detroit tweeted about it.
That screenshot is hilarious. KellyInVegas, another so-called “Vegas Expert” who sells picks without a real record (and provides terrible gambling advice to prove that she has no clue what she is ever talking about) claiming that this would be a good middle opportunity. Are you fucking kidding me? First of all, even if Johnny Detroit does not tweet about it, there is a fairly high chance that Bovada realizes their error and voids the bet all together (I would say this scenario occurs at least 80% of the time). Then you would be stuck with a random bet on the under 6.5. But thats not even the start of all the stupidity, if you are given a 3.5 advantage on something as low as a strike-out total, WHY THE HELL ARE YOU MIDDLING IT? Take the damn money and run, for fucks sake.
With football season approaching, we will have plenty more opportunities to see Kelly’s lack of betting knowledge. But lets get back to the story. Bovada ended up pulling the line and voiding all bets.
They ended up re-opening it at 6. Carlos Carrasco ended the game with 11 strike-outs in his victory over the Yankees.
A lot of people were furious over Johnny Detroit’s tweet. It takes a very special situation for me to defend someone like that due to the documented evidence of him constantly selling picks with a losing record, but he did not do anything wrong here. Like I said, there is a very small chance that this would have gone through anyways. But for the fun of it, lets see some of the anger.
Snitches get stitches. Delete the fucking tweet!
Please sir, I want s’more.
This next guy must have been relying on the line-error to break even on the week. This kitty has claws.
If you ask nicely he will do it.
Heavy threats.
The money was finally refunded after Johnny kept the tweet up. The last guy still has not had enough.
Lol.
Like I said earlier, I am not one to defend Johnny Detroit for anything. I really cannot stand losing sports-bettors who sell picks, it bothers me. But he did not do anything wrong here. I do find it funny how the last guy was making fun of him for selling picks, yet he is losing his mind over a line-error. The only reason you would be that desperate for a guaranteed winner was if you dug yourself a hole so deep you would be better off heading to China. Pot meet kettle, I suppose.
Now Bovada did not just stop with the Carrasco mistake. Today they came back with two home-run props that had the lines severely messed up. Justin Upton was +195 to not hit one out of the part, and Jason Heyward was +185. On any night, these would likely be at least -325 or so. Here is a screenshot of it happening, sponsored by Bovada’s disgusting new interface.
Every time you cry yourself to sleep because of Bovada’s new interface, they murder three kittens in Africa. Its a lose-lose situation.
As with the strike-out prop, these will likely get voided as well (with or without a snitch). It is a problem that this has happened two days in a row. Clearly whoever is in charge of entering these lines onto the website is not paying enough attention. It prevents people who actually wanted to bet on these props from getting a fair line that will not get cancelled. Just another reason why you should not use Bovada.
But I guarantee no one will listen, and they will sign-on to fund their accounts right after closing this window. Bovada opened the line at +5000.