The NCCA Basketball Tournament – Attracts Big Wagers

The NCCA’s annual get together of more than 64 teams attracts an incredible scale of betting. Those in the tournament will never admit to this. Twenty bucks is what the accepted wager is, across the US. Betting spreads across such things as whether Southern will have a lead ever, in its game against Duke, to the chances of a no. 13 seed winning a game! One can make a few clicks with the mouse, from the privacy of one’s home and get 6-5 on the bet. The NCCA is fretting and fuming about this scenario as it wants to protect the integrity of its game. However the fact remains unchanged that it makes millions of dollars in profits from this large scale betting. Simon Noble, who runs an offshore betting site – Pinnacle Sports, calls this March Madness. From students, to housewives, to senior citizens to professionals – everyone gets into the Betting Mania! Times argus reports:

Call it hypocritical, but that didn’t stop the NCAA from dragging out it’s doom-and-gloom lines last week about how sports betting must be stopped to protect the game. Surely, though, the organization must secretly hope it doesn’t get what it wants.