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Robert Zeglinski

Early NFL bettors tragically hammered the under on the Bills’ snowpocalypse game that will now be played in a dome

All week the NFL world has waited to hear what the league planned to do about the massive snowstorm threatening Bills-Browns in Buffalo on Sunday with reportedly six feet of snow. In anticipation of the calamitous weather, many bettors hammered the under, expecting both offenses to struggle to move the ball in the Western New York conditions.

Uh, about that.

Given the potentially dangerous situation the Buffalo snow presented to anyone trying to travel to the game (both teams, stadium workers, fans in attendance, etc.), in addition to the chaotic on-field conditions for players — the NFL officially announced Bills-Browns will now be played at the domed Ford Field on Sunday in Detroit. It probably isn’t the best news for many submitting early bets on this affair:

According to Action Network, 77 percent of all bets and 79 percent of the money wagered on the point total backed the under with the expectation the game would be held in Buffalo.

Oof, let’s unpack the ramifications and how some of the major sportsbooks are reacting.

Here are FanDuel’s rules for a situation like this:

Here's how bettors reacted to the news of Bills-Browns being moved to a dome in Detroit.

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