{"id":146325,"date":"2020-08-27T07:16:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T14:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=146325"},"modified":"2020-08-27T11:01:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T18:01:20","slug":"sportsbooks-in-wait-and-see-mode-after-nba-boycotts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sportsbooks-in-wait-and-see-mode-after-nba-boycotts\/","title":{"rendered":"Sportsbooks in \u2018Wait-and-See Mode\u2019 After NBA Boycotts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NBA playoffs came to an abrupt halt on Wednesday night, as the Milwaukee Bucks boycotted their game against the Orlando Magic. The rest of the teams scheduled to play followed suit. Now, Thursday\u2019s games are in jeopardy, and there\u2019s a possibility a champion won\u2019t be crowned for the first time in the league\u2019s 74-year existence.<\/p>\n

\"LeBron
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers reportedly voted not to finish the season in the wake of the shooting of a black man by Kenosha, Wis., police. (Image: Kim Klement\/USA TODAY Sports<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Thursday morning, PointsBet had taken the day\u2019s games off the board.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally just in a wait-and-see mode. Need some clarity before opening,\u201d <\/strong>PointsBet\u2019s director of communications, Patrick Eichner, told Casino.org<\/em> via e-mail.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What\u2019s Next?<\/h2>\n

Three games are scheduled for Thursday in the NBA\u2019s Orlando, Fla., bubble: Denver Nuggets against the Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics against the Toronto Raptors, and Los Angeles Clippers against the Dallas Mavericks. As of Thursday morning, BetMGM, DraftKings, and other sportsbooks were accepting bets on those games.<\/p>\n

Nothing is changing at the moment,\u201d <\/strong>Kevin Hennessy, FanDuel\u2019s director of publicity, told Casino.org<\/em> via e-mail.<\/em>\u00a0\u201cWe don\u2019t do anything until things are official from the leagues.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With Wednesday\u2019s games postponed, players gathered to discuss what comes next following the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by police in Kenosha, Wis. \u2013 an incident coming three months after a Minneapolis police officer killed another Black man, George Floyd. Both incidents sparked outrage, violence, and intense conversations.<\/p>\n

NBA teams reportedly voted whether or not to continue the season. According to The Athletic<\/em>, players from the Lakers and Clippers \u2013 two of the betting favorites to win the championship \u2013 voted to end the season. When asked how the season could go on without those powerhouses, Lakers megastar LeBron James left the meeting and the rest of the Lakers and Clippers followed.<\/p>\n

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Asked what would happen to those who bet on the Lakers or Clippers to win the championship if those teams dropped out of the playoffs but the postseason continued, Eichner said, \u201cHonestly, am not sure \u2013 a lot for the team to work through \u2013 sure they are making contingency plans now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In the latest odds from the Westgate SuperBook, the three teams central to Wednesday\u2019s news \u2013 the Bucks, Lakers and Clippers \u2013 are the favorites to win the championship at 3\/1. The Lakers entered the playoffs as the outright favorite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Impact on Sportsbooks<\/h2>\n

The Bucks\u2019 decision trickled into other sports. Milwaukee\u2019s other professional team, baseball\u2019s Brewers, didn\u2019t play their game against the Cincinnati Reds. The teams agreed to not play on Wednesday and to make it up with a Thursday doubleheader. Two other Major League Baseball games, as well as the full slates of WNBA and MLS games, were postponed.<\/p>\n

As reported by Casino.org<\/em><\/a>, Wednesday\u2019s postponements had an immediate impact on sportsbooks that took action on the games.<\/p>\n

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BetRivers, DraftKings, FanDuel, and PointsBet announced online they would void all bets made on the NBA games. However, not all sportsbooks voided the bets because of the postponements. USBookmaking, which operates sportsbooks for the Isleta Resort Casino in New Mexico, and Sky Ute Casino Resort in Colorado will honor the bets regardless of the day the games are played.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWe fully support our players and the decision they made,\u201d the Bucks\u00a0said in a statement signed by owners Marc Lasry, Wes Edens, and Jamie Dinan.<\/a> “Although we did not know beforehand, we would have wholeheartedly agreed with them. The only way to bring about change is to shine a light on the racial injustices that are happening in front of us. Our players have done that, and we will continue to stand alongside them and demand accountability and change.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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