Sportsbooks won $52.4 million in January from a betting handle of $646.5 million, according to figures released Thursday by the state’s Gaming Control Board.
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Perhaps based on a belief that Deshaun Watson will be traded to the Jets, sharp bettors at William Hill wagered on New York to win the AFC East, AFC and the Super Bowl.
The state’s sportsbooks won $12.6 million on $136.1 million in wagers on Super Bowl LV, according to figures released Tuesday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
A Westgate bettor made a $10,000 wager to win $80,000 on Tampa Bay (8-1) to repeat as champion. William Hill and the Westgate each took a $5,000 wager on the Chiefs at 5-1.
Perhaps more improbable than Tom Brady leaving New England after 20 years and leading Tampa Bay to a Super Bowl title in his first season there was the manner in which the Buccaneers beat the Chiefs.
Las Vegas books reported a win their 29th Super Bowl in the 31 years since the Nevada Gaming Control Board started tracking the game in 1991.
The Kansas City Chiefs are 3-point favorites in the Super Bowl across the board at Las Vegas sportsbooks after BetMGM and Station Casinos lowered the line Friday from 3½.
Kansas City is a 3-point favorite over Tampa Bay, and the total is 56 in Super Bowl LV. Here’s a survey of opinions from media, oddsmakers and pro bettors and handicappers.
Former Las Vegas resident Mark DeRosa won more than $300,000 in wagers after correctly predicting that Tom Brady would leave New England and land in Tampa Bay.
At the risk of a bad beat on kneel-downs at the end of Super Bowl LV, Cris Zeniuk is backing Tom Brady to go over ½ yards rushing, which pays +175 at the Westgate.
Dealing a -110 price has been standard operating procedure at the South Point sportsbook for every game since it opened 15 years ago.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale made a $3.46 million bet to win $2.72 million on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers +3½ at DraftKings sportsbook in Colorado.
Westgate sportsbook director John Murray said there’s typically a correlation between how the books fare on the MVP prop and the Super Bowl overall.
It’s the same situation in virtually every Super Bowl. The betting public backs the underdog on the money line and the favorite against the spread.
All the six-figure or higher bets confirmed to have been placed at Las Vegas sportsbooks for Sunday’s game between the Chiefs and Buccaneers.
