马萨诸塞州游戏委员会启用超级碗硬币折腾相关的道具投注

尽管体育博彩在马萨诸塞州合法了两年，但根据州规则，某些类型的赌注仍然是非法的。

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

马萨诸塞州游戏委员会周四以3比2投票，以允许超级碗硬币投掷道具投注。

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.

硬币折腾预订以前是根据州规则禁止的，但专员布拉德·希尔（Brad Hill）的动议使该问题重新考虑。专员艾琳·奥布莱恩（Eileen O'Brien）和中田·斯金纳（Nakisha Skinner）投票反对这一措施，而希尔（Hill）和委员会主席乔丹·梅纳德（Jordan Maynard）则投票赞成。决定投票是由前梅尔罗斯市长保罗·布罗德（Paul Brodeur）进行的，后者自从上次就此事投票以来就加入了委员会。

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.

奥布莱恩（O'Brien）表示怀疑，新的博彩方案将大大提高收入，但几位专员指出，抛售硬币投注涉及的低赌注。 Brodeur还指出，硬币折腾的偶数将使操纵博彩市场很难。

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

布罗德尔说：“我的感觉是它是非常安全的，而不是可以出现的东西。”

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.

希尔在允许赌注的推理中提供了一个更有趣的轶事，并解释说，他在周末担任篮球裁判的兼职工作中对这个话题感到沮丧。

“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.”

希尔说：“通常，当您在球场上上下跑来跑去时，您会大喊大叫，因为您打了一个不好的电话。” “好吧，几周前，我在球场上上下跑来跑去，有人从看台上大喊，'我们是否可以在超级碗上赌硬币翻转？”所以我立即停了下来，看着他，他就像认真的那样认真。”

“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.”

希尔承认：“我简直不敢相信我会穿上裁判的衣服，他们会认出我是一名专员。” “然后几天后，我去了伊普斯维奇的一个当地水坑，我什至没有在那儿五分钟，另一个顾客来问一个同样的问题，他们是否可以押注硬币扔。”

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.

该决定是在委员会以3-2投票反对2024年允许硬币折腾的道具下注的情况下提出的。当时，斯金纳（Skinner）专员，奥布莱恩（O'Brien）和贾德斯坦（Judd-Stein）对该措施投了反对票，而专员梅纳德（Maynard）和希尔（Hill）则投票赞成。

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.

根据MGC Stats的数据，仅在2024年12月，马萨诸塞州的体育博彩仍在继续是一个有利可图的行业，而Bettors在2024年12月下注了788,340,996美元。