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USA Today Sports Media Group
USA Today Sports Media Group
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Prince J. Grimes

Raiders’ game-winning lateral return dealt a massive blow to Vegas sportsbooks

In less than a minute of game time between the Las Vegas Raiders and New England Patriots, sportsbooks in Vegas went from huge winners to big losers thanks to what might be the most boneheaded play in NFL history.

By now, you’ve surely seen it. The one where the Pats inexplicably lateralled the ball to the Raiders for a game-winning touchdown as time expired. That play caused a seven-figure swing for the hometown sportsbooks, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, bailing out a bunch of locals who surely had their money riding on the Raiders.

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