WWE opening up talks with state regulators for betting on matches

[the elastic]

WWE in talks with state gambling regulators to legalize betting on scripted match results

WWE is in talks with state gambling regulators in Michigan and Colorado to legalize betting on high-profile matches.

www.cnbc.com

• WWE has held discussions with state gambling regulators in Colorado and Michigan to legalize betting on scripted match results, sources said.
• WWE is working with EY, commonly known as Ernst & Young, to secure match results so they won’t leak to the public.
• WWE creative executives don’t plan to inform wrestlers who will win until hours before a match.
• WWE aims to have major sports betting companies offer bets on high-profile matches.

 

[jadillac]

Aren't they already doing this tho?

I've seen lines on wrestling matches.

 

[KateFabersBoyfriend]

Who is the first wrestler that's going to get caught betting on matches?

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

So no one going to be cutting promos after their matches since they won’t know until hours before?

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

Allowing gambling on certain WWE matches would alter how matches are produced – and how storylines are created. In discussions about how gambling on wrestling could work, WWE executives have proposed that scripted results of matches be locked in months ahead of time, according to people familiar with the matter. The wrestlers themselves wouldn’t know whether they were winning or losing until shortly before a match takes place, said the people.

So what are they going to do when plans have to change because of injury or someone does some stupid shyt to get fired or suspended?

 

[VegetasHairline]

With how predictable matches are, this should be easy money for TSC!

 

[Reality Check]

Aren't they already doing this tho?

I've seen lines on wrestling matches.

Are they offshore betting sites or US based ones?

 

[FunkDoc1112]

If you bet on wrestling you need to call 1-800-GAMBLER

 

[mattw1313]

imagine thinking this won't be abused

there's nobody stupid enough in the world. just assume any state regulators that sign off on this are getting bribes you can't even imagine

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

How do you even set odds and not lose money when nearly every match is predictable?

Like all but the idiots fantasy booking knew Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn weren’t beating Roman at the last two PLEs. How do you set the odds to get people betting on KO and Zayn?

Feel like this would force WWE to book things a whole lot more ambiguously to prevent predictable endings, and it’s pretty hard to tell a good story while being ambiguous.

We're not exactly talking world class writers who are producing content that's going to be part of the Criterion Collection by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[TL15]

 

[jwinfield]

So what are they going to do when plans have to change because of injury or someone does some stupid shyt to get fired or suspended?

 

[Legal]

Can't wait for the completely non ironic "WWE is rigged!" tweets and posts across the internet.

 

[The_Sheff]

I guess they really don’t give a shyt about the product at all anymore. How are wrestlers supposed to script good matches if they don’t know who is supposed to win.

 

[ORDER_66]

Wrestling is ALREADY rigged... how you gonna bet on something which is already controlled, its fukking redundant!!!