The line on Super Bowl LVI moved up at Caesars Sportsbook on Monday after a massive bet on the Los Angeles Rams.
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The bettor picked the correct final scores of the AFC and NFC title games to cash the ticket at 28,950-1 odds.
Caesars Sportsbook took a $180,000 bet to win $100,000 on the Rams over the Bengals on the money line (-180) within minutes of the line going up for Super Bowl LVI.
The Los Angeles Rams opened as consensus 3½-point favorites over the Cincinnati Bengals at Las Vegas sportsbooks in Super Bowl LVI.
The best-case scenario for most Las Vegas sportsbooks is for the Rams to win but not cover the spread and for the game to go over the total.
“The public absolutely loves the exactas. Every option is pretty much long odds, which the public likes,” Circa Sports oddsmaker Chris Bennett said.
After a report that Tom Brady is retiring, Circa Sports raised the Buccaneers’ Super Bowl odds to 12-1. But after a conflicting report, the book lowered them to 9-1.
The South Point took sharp bets of $165,000 to win $100,000 on the Los Angeles Rams on the money line (-165) and $220,000 to win $200,000 on the San Francisco 49ers +3½.
Ten of the last 13 NFL No. 1 draft picks have been quarterbacks. But the top four favorites at Station Casinos to go No. 1 this year are linemen.
Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh is the top choice. Raiders interim coach Rich Bisaccia is the +250 second choice.
Kansas City’s win was a major swing in favor of the sportsbooks because it denied countless bettors a four-team money-line underdog parlay that would’ve paid about 40-1.
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 vast majority of money wagered on the NFL is placed on the day of the games. But Las Vegas sportsbooks already have taken a bevy of sharp bets on all four playoff games.
Hank Goldberg has made a career out of trying to beat the odds, most notably as a longtime horse racing analyst and NFL reporter and prognosticator for ESPN.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale has lost $12.1 million in wagers since last year’s Super Bowl, when he won $2.7 million on Tampa Bay to snap a losing streak.