The fact that bookmakers leave such a loophole is either deliberate fraud or sheer stupidity on the part of those who build the bookmaker’s lines—followed by shifting the responsibility onto the players.

You’ve raised a really important point, but I fear this thread will now attract a crowd of not-so-smart people trying to argue that “those are the rules” and “you just have to play by them.”

You’ve raised a really important point, but I fear this thread will now attract a crowd of not-so-smart people trying to argue that “those are the rules” and “you just have to play by them.”