{"id":117117,"date":"2021-03-16T17:59:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T17:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=117117"},"modified":"2021-03-16T17:59:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T17:59:47","slug":"playing-ncaa-tournaments-amid-covid-19-offers-bettors-chances-to-beat-oddsmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/playing-ncaa-tournaments-amid-covid-19-offers-bettors-chances-to-beat-oddsmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing NCAA tournaments amid COVID-19 offers bettors chances to beat oddsmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"
March Madness played during the pandemic could provide sports bettors with an unique opportunity: beat the oddsmakers to COVID-19 information that could impact a game.<\/p>\n
More specifically, inside information that a player in the men's or women's NCAA tournaments will miss a game after testing positive for COVID-19 or possibly being exposed to COVID-19, said Nick Bogdanovich, Director of Trading at William Hill, a leading sports betting company.<\/p>\n
“It’s just a battle to get the news first,’’ Bogdanovich said. “It happens all the time, non-COVID stuff.<\/p>\n
“I would say (top professional gamblers) definitely beat us to the punch more than we beat them. They beat the bushes pretty hard to get that information.’’<\/p>\n
Max Bichsel, vice president at Gambling.com Group, said the hunt is on.<\/p>\n
“There’s teams of guys that are just scouring Twitter, scouring social media, trying to understand what’s happening and the potential implications, especially for COVID,’’ Bichsel said. “It’s a lot easier than it was 20 year ago, when information was not transferred as quickly.<\/p>\n