Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, placed a $2 million wager at Caesars Sportsbook before the NFL conference championship games were played.
Super Bowl
Super Bowl LX will be played at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara on Feb. 8, 2026.
The Westgate SuperBook renewed a long-running Las Vegas tradition Wednesday night when it released its massive menu of Super Bowl prop bets.
Art Manteris, former Las Vegas Hilton and Station Casinos sportsbook vice president, recently released a new book, “The Bookie: How I Bet It All on Sports Gambling and Watched an Industry Explode.”
A bettor at Circa Sports wagered $1.1 million on the money line in Super Bowl 60. The Seattle Seahawks are 4½-point favorites over the New England Patriots and -210 on the money line.
Bovada cited “betting irregularities” after a man claimed to have wagered $50,000 on the prop and then ran onto the field himself during Sunday’s game.
A cross-sport prop for Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers was linked to the Serie A match between Cagliari and Lazio.
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.
BetMGM, FanDuel, DraftKings, BetRivers and Barstool Sportsbook all reported technical difficulties on Sunday, one of the biggest sports betting days of the year.
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.
BetMGM has issued an apology after an outage temporarily delayed some bettors’ ability to cash out Sunday evening.
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.
A streaker wearing a hot-pink onesie eluded security and slid into the end zone in the fourth quarter.
There was no drama in the point spread in Tampa Bay’s easy victory, but the hundreds of other bets available kept viewers interested.
The Chiefs coach opened his postgame news conference by addressing the crash involving his son, an assistant coach, that left a 5-year-old girl in critical condition this week.
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The Seattle Seahawks opened as 3½-point favorites over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 60 on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The line quickly shot up to 4½. The total is 46½.
The NFL and Las Vegas have begun negotiations for hosting duties for Super Bowl 63 in 2029 at Allegiant Stadium, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
Caesars Sportsbook has made Ashton Jeanty, the Raiders’ first-round pick at sixth overall, the betting co-favorite for NFL offensive rookie of the year.
A Hard Rock Bet gambler has hit the first four legs of a five-team futures parlay and needs to hit their pick for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament winner to cash the ticket.
