Was just watching an episode of the Sopranos....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Points_shavingwiki can be your friend ;)

Just another phrase for throwing a game - or making sure that a team loses the spread.

Wiki doesnt really explain it....Im curious to know exactly what it was, am i right in saying A v B and A are minus 10pts and throw it by winning by 8pts?

Spot on.

hmm never thought about that till now...i mean those college spreads can be so big sometimes that a time could win cosily but still not cover the spread....

Viagra Man, would the B then not win with +10? I thought it was usually 10/11 each of two and bookie gets the vig?

In organized sports, point shaving is a type of match fixing where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread. Unlike other forms of match fixing, sports betting invariably motivates point shaving. A point shaving s

exciting stuff this...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_College_basketball_point_shaving_scandal_of_1978-79

If A v B and both teams are 10/11 but team B are +10. Someone from team A will get nobbled and make sure that his team (A) don't win by 10pts or over. They can still win the game but lose the spread.

So the scammers wanted or made sure team A were punted off the boards? sorry for the stupidity....

Oops I just got it

I was thinking the scammers were laying and not backing!!!

np mate.

Yep nice to read something a bit diffrent.

did the sopranos point shave zaarito yesterday.

did the sopranos point shave zaarito yesterday.

best programme i have ever watched, FACT