A thousand dollars for a Maryland centre to keep it under the spread, a Super Bowl bet that ends in three .22 shots, a football-pool winner shot beside his truck, an eBay power seller with no Super Bowl tickets and a Shreveport pool-hall owner who phoned a Baton Rouge bookie 223 times: five real football gambling and fraud cases decided by judges, juries and appeals courts.
5 real cases in this docket. Each one is a real U.S. court case: read the facts the court had, then call it with your friends in the game.
A Thousand Dollars for the CentreGlickfield v. State · 1953 · Attempted bribery of an athlete - a man offers a University of Maryland centre $1,000 to keep the Terrapins from covering the spread against LSU
Pay Up on the DolphinsHarris v. State · 1988 · Murder - a Super Bowl bet nobody can agree on ends with three .22 shots outside a Vicksburg cafe
The Football Pool WinnerState v. Bright · 2004 · First-degree murder - a man who has just collected $1,000 from a bar's Super Bowl pool is shot three times beside his truck
Power Seller, No TicketsUnited States v. Deppe · 2007 · Wire and mail fraud - an eBay 'power seller' takes nearly $263,000 for Super Bowl tickets his company never had, while already on release for a Rolex scam
Red Box and the Baton Rouge LineUnited States v. Box · 1976 · Illegal gambling business - a Shreveport billiard-parlour owner is swept up in raids on the city's football bookmakers after 223 phone calls to a Baton Rouge bookie