Phillies won World Series on Monday - but only in Las Vegas

If you wanted to place a bet on the outcome of the 2008 World Series you were out of luck Tuesday -- in Las Vegas anyway.

A report at the link below says:

The Philadelphia Phillies have already won the World Series -- at least in Las Vegas.

Bets placed on the Phillies to beat the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5 were paid out even though the game was suspended because of rain two nights ago with the score tied at 2-2. The game was postponed until tonight.

According to Nevada Gaming Commission rules, if a Major League Baseball game is rained out, sports books use the score from the last completed inning, John Harper, senior oddsmaker at Las Vegas Sports Consultants, said in an interview.

The Rays tied the game in the top of the sixth and umpires stopped play before the Phillies had their turn to bat. Most Las Vegas sports books are erasing that run and using the 2-1 score at the end of the fifth inning to determine that Philadelphia won.

Will the 2008 World Series turn out to be one of the most bizarre on record?

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