馬薩諸塞州遊戲委員會啟用超級碗硬幣折騰相關的道具投注

儘管體育博彩在馬薩諸塞州合法了兩年，但根據州規則，某些類型的賭注仍然是非法的。

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted 3-2 on Thursday to allow prop bets on the Super Bowl coin toss.

馬薩諸塞州遊戲委員會周四以3比2投票，以允許超級碗硬幣投擲道具投注。

Coin toss prop bets were previously banned under state rules, but a motion by commissioner Brad Hill brought the issue back up for consideration. Commissioners Eileen O’Brien and Nakisha Skinner voted against the measure, while Hill and commission chair Jordan Maynard voted in favor. The deciding vote was cast by ex-Melrose mayor Paul Brodeur, who joined the commission since the last vote on the matter.

硬幣折騰預訂以前是根據州規則禁止的，但專員布拉德·希爾（Brad Hill）的動議使該問題重新考慮。專員艾琳·奧布萊恩（Eileen O'Brien）和中田·斯金納（Nakisha Skinner）投票反對這一措施，而希爾（Hill）和委員會主席喬丹·梅納德（Jordan Maynard）則投票贊成。決定投票是由前梅爾羅斯市長保羅·布羅德（Paul Brodeur）進行的，後者自從上次就此事投票以來就加入了委員會。

While O’Brien expressed skepticism that the new betting option would significantly boost revenue, several commissioners noted the low stakes involved in the coin toss bet. Brodeur also pointed out that the even odds on the coin toss would make it difficult to manipulate the betting market.

奧布萊恩（O'Brien）表示懷疑，新的博彩方案將大大提高收入，但幾位專員指出，拋售硬幣投注涉及的低賭注。 Brodeur還指出，硬幣折騰的偶數將使操縱博彩市場很難。

“My sense is that it is very safe, not something that can be gamed,” Brodeur said.

布羅德爾說：“我的感覺是它是非常安全的，而不是可以出現的東西。”

Hill offered a more amusing anecdote in his reasoning for allowing the bets, explaining that he had been heckled on the subject during his part-time work as a basketball referee on the weekends.

希爾在允許賭注的推理中提供了一個更有趣的軼事，並解釋說，他在周末擔任籃球裁判的兼職工作中對這個話題感到沮喪。

“Usually when you’re running up and down the court, you’re getting yelled at because you made a bad call,” Hill said, according to a transcription from Colin A. Young of State House News Service. “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.”

希爾說：“通常，當您在球場上上下跑來跑去時，您會大喊大叫，因為您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，'我們是否可以在超級碗上賭硬幣翻轉？”所以我立即停了下來，看著他，他就像認真的那樣認真。”

“I couldn’t believe that I would be in my referee clothes and they would recognize me as a commissioner,” Hill admitted. “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.”

希爾承認：“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。” “然後幾天后，我去了伊普斯維奇的一個當地水坑，我什至沒有在那兒五分鐘，另一個顧客來問一個同樣的問題，他們是否可以押注硬幣扔。”

The decision comes after the commission voted 3-2 against allowing coin toss-related prop bets in 2024. At the time, commissioners Skinner, O’Brien, and Judd-Stein voted against the measure, while commissioners Maynard and Hill voted in favor.

該決定是在委員會以3-2投票反對2024年允許硬幣折騰的道具下注的情況下提出的。當時，斯金納（Skinner）專員，奧布萊恩（O'Brien）和賈德斯坦（Judd -Stein）對該措施投了反對票，而專員梅納德（Maynard）和希爾（Hill）則投票贊成。

Sports betting in Massachusetts has continued to be a lucrative industry, with bettors wagering $788,340,996 in December of 2024 alone, according to MGC stats.

根據MGC Stats的數據，僅在2024年12月，馬薩諸塞州的體育博彩仍在繼續是一個有利可圖的行業，而Bettors在2024年12月下注了788,340,996美元。