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Carlson drills a 47-yard FG to send the Raiders to the playoffs.
The Raiders won the game in overtime when Daniel Carlson hit a 47-yard field goal. (0:32)
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The Las Vegas Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson kicked a 47-yard field goal on the final play of overtime to give the team a 35-32 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.
It would've been the most expensive tie in sports betting history.
If the Raiders and Bolts ended in a tie, the bookmakers would be on the hook for millions. The books had to endure a lot of sweat but were mostly unscathed.
The Jacksonville and Pittsburgh games on Sunday created a scenario in which the Raiders and Bolts would both get into the playoffs with a tie, but the Raiders would lose their playoff hopes. The incentive to play for a tie had gone up.
27 regular-season games have ended in a tie since overtime was implemented. The odds of a tie are typically 60-1 or higher. At The Borgata in Atlantic City, the odds of the game ending in a tie went from 50-1 to 11-1 this week.
The most popular two-team bet Sunday was the Jaguars on the money line and the Raiders on the line. PointsBet's liability on a tie had reached seven figures before the game started, according to a spokesman for the book. The situation was similar for DraftKings.
Johnny Avello is the sportsbook director for DraftKings.
Bettors posted pictures of betting slips with long odds and big payouts, all built around the game ending in a tie.
The Jacksonville and Pittsburgh teams were both placed on the money-line along with the San Diego and Oakland teams ending in a tie. At some shops, the odds were 600-1 for Jacksonville to beat the Indianapolis Colts and Pittsburgh to beat the Baltimore Ravens.
Other bettors were more creative in their building of same-game parlays. A $1,000 four-teamer with 100-1 odds was placed by a bettor in New Jersey.
The Raiders are +4.5.
The CHARGERS are +4.5.
Yes on overtime.
The total points were scored.
If the game ended in a tie, all four legs were guaranteed. The conspiracy theory was that the teams could exchange kneel downs and the game would end in a stalemate.
"I saw someone propose the idea that they could just kneel for 70 minutes and end in a tie and both go to the playoffs," said Sam Hoppen, a 28-year-old sports bettor from Chicago, who had placed a $5 two-leg wager with FanDuel.
On Sunday afternoon, he admitted that a game full of kneel-down was not realistic, but he wouldn't give up on his bet.
"If the Raiders or the Bolts have it, fourth-and- 10 at the 50-yard line and there's two minutes left in overtime, what's the risk of going for it?" He said that.
He was correct. The Raiders could've kicked the winning field goal in overtime, instead of letting the clock run out, which would've sent the Raiders and the Bolts into the playoffs with a tie.
Bookmakers were happy that Bisaccia chose not to.
Avello said that Steven Spielberg couldn't have written and directed a better script.
The majority of those backing the tie ended up disappointed, but it was a storybook ending for a New Jersey bettor. A $1,000 bet was placed on the Jaguars upsetting the Colts and the Bolts-Raiders being tied at the end of regulation. The bettor won a lot of money.
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