Billy Walters, widely regarded as the most successful sports bettor of all time, gave his Super Bowl pick on radio row Thursday at Mandalay Bay.
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The winning team is 48-7-2 against the spread. In other words, there have been only nine Super Bowls in which the favorite has won but failed to cover.
And they’re off. The first $1 million bet on the first Super Bowl in Las Vegas was placed Tuesday by a Caesars Sportsbook bettor.
The battle to play in Las Vegas in Super Bowl 58 is down to four teams, with Baltimore and San Francisco early favorites in the NFL conference title games.
The 49ers inexplicably stumbled to three straight losses in the middle of the season, but San Francisco is back to looking super. Ask the Eagles.
The Chiefs remain the favorite at Caesars Sportsbook to repeat as Super Bowl champions, and the 49ers are still the second choice to win the NFL championship.
On the biggest sports betting day of the year Sunday, countless gamblers in Nevada were unable to place their bets on the Super Bowl.
When Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton returned a fumble for a score in the Super Bowl, countless bettors roared at sportsbooks, and bookmakers let out a collective groan.
The Chiefs earned a comeback victory in Super Bowl LVII and delivered another win to Las Vegas sportsbooks, who have won on the game in 31 of the last 33 years.
After almost two weeks of lopsided action on the Eagles, money on the Chiefs showed up at sportsbooks on the eve of Super Bowl LVII.
Travis Kelce is the Super Bowl MVP ticket leader at the Westgate SuperBook, where he’s the 18-1 fourth pick behind Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts and Miles Sanders.
A unidentified BetMGM bettor has placed the first $1 million wager on Super Bowl LVII.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts are the +140 co-favorites at the Westgate SuperBook to be named Super Bowl MVP.
BetMGM took a $135,000 wager to win $100,000 on the Eagles on the money line (-135) over the Chiefs, and Caesars took a $110,000 bet on over the total of 49½.
The line for the NFL title game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles opened as a consensus pick’em at Las Vegas sportsbooks.