Legendary sports bettor Billy Walters said he was betting on the Chiefs in Super Bowl 58. But some in the gambling world didn’t believe him.
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The FAA has issued its first notifications for Super Bowl aviation preparations at Southern Nevada, which will include game-day restrictions.
The Ravens crushed the 49ers on Christmas, but they’re 1-point underdogs to San Francisco in lines on possible Super Bowl matchups posted at sportsbooks.
Tropicana Avenue over Interstate 15 is scheduled to close next weekend for crews to increase road capacity ahead of the Super Bowl.
Phoenix has long held a monopoly in the Southwest on hosting major sporting events. But that has changed with Las Vegas and Los Angeles adding new facilities.
Houston furniture store owner Jim McIngvale made $1.7 million in futures bets on Tennessee to win the Super Bowl and a $1.1 million straight bet on Cincinnati.
The South Point was the first Las Vegas sports book to move to the key number of 3 for the Super Bowl on Tuesday, but it went back to 2½ after 17 minutes.
The Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots will be welcomed to Atlanta for the Super Bowl by several billboards saying “Saints got robbed” and “NFL bleaux it.”
Las Vegas reportedly could be in line for a rotation of cities that hosts the Super Bowl every four years.
Several Las Vegas sports books on Monday posted the first wave of the ever-popular Super Bowl prop bets, which Westgate sports book director Jay Kornegay estimates make up more than half of the Super Bowl betting handle.
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady told reporters Thursday said he didn’t deflate footballs at Sunday’s AFC championship game.
Roger Goodell once had his beer freeze while watching a game in Chicago, so sitting outside at the Super Bowl shouldn’t be too much of a burden for the NFL commissioner.
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s 49ers jersey with the number 7 on the front and back is a red-hot seller
This time around, the New England Patriots are not perfect, and their opponent is far from it. But quarterback Tom Brady’s return to the Super Bowl, in a rematch against the New York Giants, sets up an ideal matchup for Las Vegas sports books.