1.   Bookies establish the number and players bet either over or under the total.

2.   A fiasco at Boston College, where players bet against their own team.

3.   But players can effectively bet whatever they like by simply filling out more than one card.

4.   But some heavyweight players are betting on the concept.

5.   Clubs differ from casinos in that players bet against each other, rather than the house, and pay a fee per hand.

6.   If BC players bet on Pitt, he said, they must have bet small amounts that would not have affected the spread.

7.   Ironically, that was the day BC players allegedly bet on their game against Syracuse, some allegedly against their own team.

8.   Players bet, raised or folded as each card was turned over.

9.   Some players bet on their games.

10.   That same day, BC was playing Syracuse, and two other, unidentified Eagle players bet against their own team, according to law enforcement officials.