州清除超級碗硬幣拋棄

專員希爾（Hill）而不是體育博彩（Sports Books）發起了變更，後者以3-2獲勝

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday voted 3-2 to allow sports betting companies to offer wagers on one of the very first actions to take place at this Sunday's Super Bowl, the opening coin toss.

馬薩諸塞州遊戲委員會周四以3-2投票，允許體育博彩公司為在本週日的超級碗比賽（開幕式硬幣拋棄）舉行的首批行動之一提供賭注。

Though commissioners said none of the sportsbooks operating in Massachusetts has asked for the ability to offer coin toss bets, the split vote gives operators the authority to let bettors wager on the result of the coin toss (heads or tails), the coin toss winner (Kansas City Chiefs or Philadelphia Eagles), whether the coin toss winner will win the game, and whether the visiting team correctly calls the coin toss.

儘管專員表示，在馬薩諸塞州運營的所有體育書都沒有要求提供硬幣投注的能力，但分裂投票使運營商有權讓Bettors Wager以硬幣折騰（頭或尾巴）為結果，這是硬幣折騰的冠軍（堪薩斯城酋長還是費城老鷹隊），無論硬幣折騰的獲勝者是否都會贏得比賽，以及來訪的團隊是否正確地擊敗了硬幣。

At around 1:30 p.m., Boston-based DraftKings was already accepting wagers on three of the four coin toss-related situations that the commission authorized. A $1 bet on the coin flip outcome could return $2 for bettors who pick correctly.

在下午1:30左右，總部位於波士頓的Draftkings已經接受了委員會授權的四個與硬幣折騰相關情況中的三個情況下的賭注。對於正確選擇的投注者，售價1美元的賭注可能會返回2美元。

"This was an issue that we actually took up a year ago, and on a 3-2 vote it was decided that we would not allow these Super Bowl prop wagers. I think after witnessing last year's coin toss, and to my knowledge -- and please correct me if I'm wrong -- there was no problem with betting integrity that took place. I looked in all the jurisdictions and I Googled as many news articles as I could to see if any betting integrity [issues] took place," Commissioner Brad Hill, who made the motion Thursday, said. "There are other prop bets, like the Gatorade color over the coach, the national anthem length, and we, of course, decided we didn't want to go that far. But I think the coin toss is something we should be revisiting."

“這是我們一年前實際遇到的一個問題，在3-2票的投票中，我們決定不允許這些超級碗道具的賭注。我認為，在見證了去年的硬幣折騰之後，據我所知- 據我所知- 如果我錯了，請糾正我 - 我在所有司法管轄區都沒有賭注的完整性。 “週四提出動議的專員布拉德·希爾（Brad Hill）說。 “還有其他道具投注，例如教練的佳得樂顏色，國歌的長度，我們當然決定我們不想走那麼遠。但是我認為，拋售硬幣是我們應該重新審視的東西。 “

Commissioners Eileen O'Brien and Nakisha Skinner, both of whom were opposed to allowing coin flip betting a year ago, dissented again Thursday. Skinner raised issues with the process by which Hill brought the idea forward to be added to the catalog of events that can be bet on absent a request from a sportsbook. O'Brien voiced more policy-focused objections, including that no operator had made the request.

專員艾琳·奧布萊恩（Eileen O'Brien）和納基沙·斯金納（Nakisha Skinner）都反對一年前允許硬幣翻轉賭注，並在周四再次反對。斯金納（Skinner）提出了希爾（Hill）將這個想法前進的過程添加到事件目錄中的過程中，這些事件可能會押注，而這些事件缺乏體育書的請求。奧布萊恩（O'Brien）提出了更多以政策為中心的反對意見，包括沒有運營商提出要求。

"The other part of the reason is we've had a number of non-compliance events where they're not even sure what's properly in the catalog or not. I'm not exactly for adding more, especially when they haven't asked for it. Nor am I particularly convinced it's going to drive up revenue, or am I concerned it's going to go into the black market, or people crossing the [state] line. When you talk to people in [responsible gambling] circles, most of the people going back into illegal markets are people being limited, not people on a small bet like this."

“另一部分原因是我們有許多違規事件，他們甚至不確定目錄中的內容是否正確。我並不是為了添加更多內容為此。回到非法市場的人們中，人們有限，而不是這樣的小賭注。”

Commissioner Paul Brodeur, who has joined the commission since last year's vote on the topic, said he was in favor of allowing bets on the coin toss because "I think it is something that that a certain segment of the market is looking for."

自去年對該主題的投票以來，他一直在委員會加入該委員會的專員說，他贊成允許投注硬幣，因為“我認為這是市場的某些部分正在尋找的東西。”

"My sense is that it is very safe, not something that can be gamed," he said.

他說：“我的感覺是，這是非常安全的，而不是可以參加的事情。”

Chairman Jordan Maynard was also supportive of the idea "because I do think people are betting on that coin toss."

喬丹·梅納德（Jordan Maynard）董事長也支持這個想法：“因為我確實認為人們正在賭注。”

Hill said he was compelled to bring the idea up at Thursday's commission meeting after being heckled while working his weekend job as a basketball referee.

希爾說，他在周末擔任籃球裁判的周末工作時被heck亂後，被迫在周四的委員會會議上提出這個想法。

"Usually when you're running up and down the court, you're getting yelled at because you made a bad call. Well, a couple of weeks ago, I was running up and down the court and someone yelled from the stands, 'Are we going to be able to bet on the coin flip at the Super Bowl?' So I stopped immediately, looked right at him, and he was as serious as serious could be," Hill said. "I couldn't believe that I would be in my referee clothes and they would recognize me as a commissioner. And then only a few days later, I went to a local watering hole down in Ipswich, and I wasn't even in there five minutes, and another patron came and asked the very same question, if they would be able to bet on the coin toss."

“通常，當你在球場上上下跑來跑去時，你會大喊大叫，因為你打了一個不好的電話。好吧，幾週前，我在球場上上下跑來跑去，有人從看台上大喊大叫，'我們是否可以在超級碗上賭硬幣翻轉？因此，我立即停下來，直視他，他就像認真的那樣認真。”希爾說。 “我簡直不敢相信我會穿上裁判的衣服，他們會認出我是一名專員。五分鐘，另一位贊助人來問一個同樣的問題，他們是否可以押注硬幣。”