Last Updated on 08/06/2023 by てんしょく飯
For the second time since 2021, Shohei Ohtani is the most likely candidate to win the MVP award. Even though it was three months before the announcement, they announced, “We are paying a dividend today to everyone who bet on this GOAT (best ever).
U.S. sports bookmakers announce special measures.
EARLY PAYOUT 🚨
We already know Shohei Ohtani has the MVP in the bag…
So we are paying out everyone that bet on the GOAT to win AL MVP today pic.twitter.com/tvfaJFIme0
— PointsBet Sportsbook (@PointsBetUSA) August 3, 2023
With about two months until the end of the regular season, it seems that an upset was deemed unlikely, and before the August 3 game against the Mariners, the official Twitter page of U.S. sports bookmaker PointsBet Sportsbook announced a special measure by posting, “Early Payout.
We already know that Shohei Otani is as good as MVP …… so we are paying out a payout today to everyone who bet that this GOAT will win the A-League MVP.”
Ariel Epstein, who hosts and provides commentary on the bookmaker’s show, also announced the action on Twitter. In an accompanying video, he said, “Major announcement! Enough is Enough, It’s Over! Shohei Otani is the A-League MVP,” he declared. Congratulations to everyone who bet on him at any point during the season! You got your dividends early,” he congratulated.
In Epstein’s video, he also introduced the evolution of the bookmaker’s odds. Ohtani’s MVP odds, which were +175 before the season started, rose sharply in popularity to -125 on May 1, to -700 during the ballgame, and now to -10,000. It seems that his success in not only winning nine games as a pitcher and reaching 40 home runs, the fastest in both leagues, but also being in contention to win the Triple Crown has raised expectations.
USA Today’s sports and entertainment website, For the Win, also reported, “Points bet pays dividends for Shohei Ohtani’s MVP bet three months early. According to the article, the company has attracted criticism in the past when it paid dividends early and the results were different. However, in this case, he stressed that there would be no “upset” and explained the unusual decision by saying, “It must be nothing to worry about.
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