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From: mykes@3comvax.UUCP (Mike Schwartz)
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: Re: Super Bowl point spread
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Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 13:45:38 EST
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You overlook one point:

Are there any New England fans out there willing to take fewer than
10 points?  If there are, I have a couple of bridges for sale...

The bookies also have to entice people to bet on a team that is not
favored.  They do this by making the spread high enough!