Oddsmakers: Controversial call moved $300 million in wagers

By The Associated Press

CREATED Sep. 25, 2012 - UPDATED: Sep. 25, 2012

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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Las Vegas oddsmakers say $300 million or more changed hands worldwide on a controversial referee call that decided the Monday Night Football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks.
  
Sports book chief Jay Kornegay said Tuesday that bettors at The LVH casino registered shock, some celebration, then anger when the outcome of the Packers game against the Seahawks was decided due to what he called "a blatant bad call."
  
The Seahawks won 14-12 after referees ruled that a Seattle receiver came down with the ball in a pile of bodies in the end zone.
  
Gambling expert RJ Bell of Las Vegas-based Pregame.com says he thinks two-thirds of bets worldwide were on the Packers, and that sports books took in at least $150 million because of the call.

Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that the sports betting web site Sportsbook.ag refunded people who bet on the Packers from overseas in the form of a free play on the website.