South Point paying off bets on NHL division winners
South Point bettors who wagered on the Golden Knights and any other NHL team to win their division can cash their tickets.
South Point sportsbook director Chris Andrews posted on his Twitter account (@andrewssports) that the book not only is paying the Bruins, Blues, Capitals and Knights as winners but that all other division bets will be refunded.
“If you had those division winners and didn’t get paid, you’d have a pretty legitimate beef,” Andrews said. “And if you had action on other teams, you’d have a pretty legitimate beef there. It’s not the perfect way to do it, but we think it was fair.
“It cost us a little money, but the goodwill is probably worth more than whatever it cost us.”
Vegas led Edmonton by three points in the Pacific Division with 11 games remaining when the season was paused March 12 because of the coronavirus pandemic, and Boston, St. Louis and Washington led their divisions. The 2019-20 regular season was declared over May 26 by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman.
Andrews said bettors wanting to cash tickets on any of the four division winners should bring them to the book from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“We have some accounting stuff to do to cash those tickets,” he said.
Contact reporter Todd Dewey at tdewey@reviewjournal.com. Follow @tdewey33 on Twitter.
