Minutes after the NCAA Tournament selection committee revealed the bracket Sunday, the South Point posted lines on all 32 games and took up to $10,000 a side at the counter.
Basketball
Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale has $3.55 million riding to win $30,925,000 on the Cougars, the 8-1 favorites at Caesars to win the NCAA basketball title.
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The Lakers are the +350 favorites at the Westgate win the 2021 NBA title, followed by the Clippers (5-1), Bucks (7-1), Warriors (8-1) and Nets (10-1).
A Westgate bettor made a $10,000 wager to win $50,000 on the Lakers before they acquired Anthony Davis in June 2019, and bettors continued to pound LA at lower odds all season.
Nevada sportsbooks won $36.5 million on basketball in March 2019 from $498.7 million in bets, with an estimated $349 million from the NCAA Tournament.
The MGM Resorts sportsbook gambler won $200,259 on a seven-team round robin, $94,050 on a six-team round robin and $20,000 on a five-team parlay.
Gonzaga is a consensus 14½-point favorite over Saint Mary’s at Las Vegas sportsbooks. When Caesars Entertainment went to 15 early Tuesday afternoon, it quickly took a five-figure wager on the Gaels.
The total was 63½ on Monday at every Las Vegas sports book besides Caesars Entertainment and CG Technology, which each had it at 63.
For the second straight year, the owner of the D Las Vegas and Golden Gate wagered $11,000 to win $10,000 on each of the 32 opening lines moments after they were posted Sunday during a live show on VSiN.com hosted by broadcaster Brent Musburger.
The American Gaming Association believes $10 billion will be bet on the NCAA “March Madness” basketball tournament that begins this week and only 3 percent of that will be wagered legally.
The Patriots-Cowboys matchup is the 6-1 favorite after opening at 7-1 at the Golden Nugget sports book, which has posted odds on all 256 possible Super Bowl LII matchups.
There’s eight times as much money on the Warriors to cover the 8½-point spread in Game 5 Monday than on the Cavaliers.
The Warriors opened as minus-1,600 favorites over the Spurs (plus 900) in the NBA Western Conference finals, which start Sunday in Oakland, California.
To help pick a few upsets on your bracket, look no further than the lines posted at Las Vegas sports books, which have No. 10 Wichita State favored by 6½ points over No. 7 Dayton.
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