Everything that occurred in a Nov. 4 college football game between UNLV and New Mexico is suddenly under a microscope a month later, and some funky bets are at the root of it.
Gaming officials in multiple states are investigating the game because of suspicious and/or abnormal betting activity, Action Network’s Brett McMurphy reported Wednesday.
According to McMurphy, UNLV opened as 10.5-point road favorites, but the spread grew to 16.5 points by kickoff. The Rebels cruised to a cover in a 56-14 win. There was nothing particularly suspicious about the game or its result — UNLV was good this season, and New Mexico was not — but those bets are making people double-back.
Here’s everything we know about the situation: