re: WAFB: Kayshon Boutte charged in illegal sports gaming scheme

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You have to be winning to shave points.

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Not if you either took the Under or are trying to move a score in the direction of the spread that your bet is on. I'm not saying that he did this, but there are definitely bets where shaving points don't require your team to up in a game.

Also, with all of the Same Game Parlays with prop bets on stats, you could definitely bet against yourself and make sure that you win the bet. The easiest way would be for them to start the game but then fake an injury like pulling a hamstring or something, so that they don't go back in the game but the bet counts because they took a snap.