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Ohio gambling regulators on Monday instructed the state's licensed sportsbooks to halt betting on college baseball games involving Alabama after suspicious wagering activity was detected on the Crimson Tide's game against top-ranked LSU on Friday.

The directive, issued by Ohio Casino Control Commission executive director Matthew T. Schuler and obtained by ESPN, prohibits "the acceptance of any wagers on University of Alabama baseball effective immediately."

Schuler wrote that the emergency order was in response to a report from an independent integrity monitor. On Friday, U.S. Integrity, a Las Vegas-based firm that monitors the betting markets, issued an alert to its sportsbook clients regarding "suspicious wagering activity" involving the Alabama-LSU game.

Because there is no national gaming regulator, a halt on wagering typically happens on a state-by-state basis.

ESPN has reached out to the Ohio Casino Control Commission for comment.

LSU led Alabama 8-1 after seven innings and held off a late rally by the Crimson Tide for an 8-6 victory on Friday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Tigers were around -245 favorites over the Crimson Tide in the game in question.

Alabama plays Vanderbilt on Thursday.
 
Lance and I were talking about this last night. That’s about the only thing on the surface that makes sense. The story lacks details and context so hard to know exactly what it is. This kind of betting stuff is out of my wheelhouse, so I could be WAY off base here… but makes me wonder if red flags went up because of where the bets were placed from (or who possibly placed them).
 
(or who possibly placed them).

A little off topic here, but I have always wondered if insiders share information with family and friends on making prop bets. Like "which head will Corso pick" or "bryce young being #1 pick". People bet hundreds of thousands on regular season games and props, daily, so I've always thought someone on the inside could make some good side money for a buddy by giving that information.
 
A little off topic here, but I have always wondered if insiders share information with family and friends on making prop bets. Like "which head will Corso pick" or "bryce young being #1 pick". People bet hundreds of thousands on regular season games and props, daily, so I've always thought someone on the inside could make some good side money for a buddy by giving that information.

I think it happens for sure on those silly prop bets, which is a big reason I think they limit the amount wagered. But I guess that’s also why everything is watched so closely, so they can pull it off the board if they think they are getting burned.
 
This kind of betting stuff is out of my wheelhouse, so I could be WAY off base here… but makes me wonder if red flags went up because of where the bets were placed from (or who possibly placed them).
A little off topic here, but I have always wondered if insiders share information with family and friends on making prop bets. Like "which head will Corso pick" or "bryce young being #1 pick". People bet hundreds of thousands on regular season games and props, daily, so I've always thought someone on the inside could make some good side money for a buddy by giving that information.
One of the first places I went was the roster looking for Ohio connections: one, a frosh RHP.

IF this were inside info about the Holman scratch, why would bets be going to Bama? LSU has Skenes (?) on the mound and their lineup is putting close to 10 runs on the board each game. That's a moneyline bet on LSU.

Just weird...
 
Read this yesterday and my first thought was, who the heck from Ohio would bet on Bama baseball. Who would bet on Bama’s baseball team from any state, this year? The Ohio gambling Regulators had to have noticed at least two things: a good volume of bets on Alabama baseball games (that would set off alarms, right? 🤣), and something amiss with those bets, whether high dollars, timing, who know what. There had to be something they noticed that triggered this.

I want to know who’s casting all those bets on Bama baseball…
 
Read this yesterday and my first thought was, who the heck from Ohio would bet on Bama baseball. Who would bet on Bama’s baseball team from any state, this year? The Ohio gambling Regulators had to have noticed at least two things: a good volume of bets on Alabama baseball games (that would set off alarms, right? 🤣), and something amiss with those bets, whether high dollars, timing, who know what. There had to be something they noticed that triggered this.

I want to know who’s casting all those bets on Bama baseball…
I live here, have for almost 33 years.
 
One of the first places I went was the roster looking for Ohio connections: one, a frosh RHP.

IF this were inside info about the Holman scratch, why would bets be going to Bama? LSU has Skenes (?) on the mound and their lineup is putting close to 10 runs on the board each game. That's a moneyline bet on LSU.

Just weird...

I wasn't able to follow this either. Everything would have made you think Alabama was throwing the game and bettors knew, because the #1 team, Alabama pitcher scratch, and a team that is already showing signs of falling off in a series. I was lost at where the potential fix was.
 
One of the first places I went was the roster looking for Ohio connections: one, a frosh RHP.

IF this were inside info about the Holman scratch, why would bets be going to Bama? LSU has Skenes (?) on the mound and their lineup is putting close to 10 runs on the board each game. That's a moneyline bet on LSU.

Just weird...

Yeah, LSU wins that game 9 our of 10 times no matter who on UA's roster is starting, so it seems weird for sure. I was just sort of wondering about the possibility of one (or more) person(s) throwing down a significant amount of money on LSU just before the game and before the public knew that Holeman was scratched (which was basically warmups).

My conclusion last night reamins the same today, it is nothing.
 
Based on that, and the fact that this was the most heavily scouted game of the year involving Bama… there’s a chance that a Reds scout in attendance could hold the answers.
It's a ML and a parlay; still doesn't make sense to suspend "Alabama betting." There's no win I can see before the game, or after.

The only conclusion I can come up with is the amount wagered on the parlay and the book doesn't want to pay. Notice it starts with FanDuel?
 

New Jersey sportsbooks have been told to stop bets on Alabama baseball the same week Ohio issued an emergency order banning wagers on the Crimson Tide, according to a report from ESPN on Wednesday.

The Tuscaloosa News has reached out to New Jersey's division of gaming enforcement for comment and more information but has not received a reply as of Wednesday afternoon.

Colorado has not issued a directive specific to Alabama but is "closely monitoring the situation," a spokesperson emailed The Tuscaloosa News. Connecticut has not formally stopped betting on Alabama baseball, but it's three licensed wagering operators, FanDuel, DraftKings and PlaySugarHouse, appear to have proactively removed the option to bet on games involving the Crimson Tide, according to an email from a Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection spokesperson.
 
What was the line on the Bama vs LSU game? I am sure the Whos were favored so it seems like if it was 8-1 and Bama scored like 5 runs to get the game close it points to the who's doing something that is not above board.
 
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