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.
Todd Dewey
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Patrick Mahomes improved to 11-1-1 against the spread as an underdog to help bettors beat sportsbooks on the spread and money line on the first Super Bowl in Las Vegas.
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.
Gamblers lined up at the Westgate SuperBook to take the first crack at the book’s massive menu of Super Bowl prop bets. Here is some of what they bet.
Sharp bettors backed the Ravens over the Chiefs in Sunday’s AFC title game. But the so-called sharps were reminded that it’s never wise to bet against Patrick Mahomes.
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 are 6-point home favorites over the Ravens on Monday in a rematch of the 2013 Super Bowl and a possible preview of the 2024 Super Bowl at Allegiant Stadium.
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.
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.
After going 3-19-3 ATS down the stretch and placing last in the Circa Sports Million contest, the “Big Booty Juedys” offer their pick for the Super Bowl.
From “Black Sunday” to “28-3,” here’s our top five bad beats in Super Bowl history. If you were on the wrong side of one of these, we apologize for reminding you about it.
On Groundhog Day, fittingly, gamblers gathered at the Westgate SuperBook to repeat an annual tradition in which they fire the first bets on the book’s Super Bowl props.
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.
Las Vegas sportsbooks won millions Sunday when the Rams defeated the Bengals, but didn’t cover the 4½-point spread and the game stayed under the total of 48½.
Prolific Las Vegas football contest winner Cris Zeniuk leans to the Cincinnati Bengals to cover as 4½-point underdogs over the Los Angeles Rams in Sunday’s Super Bowl.
