Online Sportsbook Issues Refund After Referees Blow Game-Winning Call

Despite the Penn State University soccer crew dropping 36-35 to Indiana University, a web based sportsbook will refund wagers to anybody who wager on the Penn State cash line.

The Nittany Lions misplaced in extra time to the Hoosiers Saturday when Indiana’s quarterback Michael Penix Jr. scored a two-point conversion to seal the deal. But a number of completely different angles of the play confirmed that the ball was out of bounds earlier than Penix crossed the purpose line.

Indiana tied the sport with simply 22 seconds to go within the sport and despatched the sport into an additional interval. Penn State scored a landing on its first drive and Indiana answered with a landing of its personal. Instead of tying the sport with an additional level, the Hoosiers went for 2 and received by a single level.

The play was reviewed, however because the ruling on the sphere was that it was a superb rating, there was not sufficient proof to overturn the decision.

According to a report from Sports Illustrated, DraftKings noticed these replays and determined to refund anybody who wager on the Penn State cash line. The Boston-based sportsbook and each day fantasy sports activities firm is not going to refund wagers on the unfold, which had Penn State as six-point favorites.

“We are refunding ML (money line) bets on Penn State from yesterday,” a DraftKings spokesman confirmed with SI in an e-mail on Sunday. “Bettors should see the money in their accounts at some point on Sunday.”

It’s not a very unprecedented transfer for a sportsbook to refund cash, however it’s an extremely uncommon incidence. Action Network’s Darren Rovell mentioned that that is getting used as a casual “unhealthy beat’ insurance coverage.

No different sportsbook has introduced it is going to situation a refund on this sport and it was not reported how a lot cash DraftKings can be returning.