A last-second Carson Wentz Hail Mary pass and an ensuing two-point conversion didn’t enable the Philadelphia Eagles to catch the Seattle Seahawks but it ruined the evening for 91% of bettors, who expected Seattle to cover the 6.5-point spread. Instead it eked out a six-point win, great for Seattle but disastrous for those for whom it’s not whether you win or lose but did you cover the spread? This so-called “backdoor cover” was a bonanza for sports books, although we’ve yet to see a dollar amount for the epochal bad beat. As Sports Illustrated‘s Jimmy Traina put it, “A completely unwatchable game still had millions of people hanging around at the end because of one thing and one thing only: the point spread.”
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Nitrous Oxide is highly addictive and extremely dangerous, whomever was providing Mr Hsieh needs to be held accountable, only medical professionals should posses cannisters of this dangerous drug. Hospitals keep their nitrous locked up, the government should step in and and keep tabs on these cannisters, If the government can closely regulate Sudafed because its used to make meth, it seems to me that they can keep tabs on nitrous cannisters. Obviously Mr Hsieh had someone in the medical field who was willing to break the law to make money, I bet that person is racked with guilt and petrified of the likely arrest he/she is facing. Dentists will likely complain if nitrous distribution becomes more regulated, but lives will be saved. Nitrous abuse is limited because its both expensive and difficult to obtain, but as we all can see here it robbed us of this benevolent well loved young man… Addiction is just dangerous, be it gambling or drug abuse, which are only two examples…