A potential Patriots-Cowboys Super Bowl LII matchup is the 7-1 favorite at the Golden Nugget sports book, which posted odds on all 256 possible NFL championship matchups.
Betting
NFL players are prohibited from betting on NFL games and making promotional appearances at casinos, but are allowed to wager on other team sports, per the league’s gambling policy, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed in an e-mail to the Review-Journal.
While the entry fee for the prestigious Westgate SuperContest will remain $1,500 and the top 50 finishers will be paid, the Westgate is adding a winner-take-all contest titled SuperContest Gold that has a $5,000 entry fee.
“The public will always take the perceived worst teams and bet them under. It worked for them last year,” Westgate sports book manager Ed Salmons said. “I’m on the opposite end of that. I think teams like Cleveland can always get better.”
Team would have the ability to block fans from wagering using phone apps, but language in deal approved by Las Vegas Stadium Authority only prevents team from offering gaming.
Early action on the Patriots, Jaguars and Browns pushed their respective season win totals to 11.5, 6 and 4.5 at the South Point sports book.
Early action on the Patriots and Browns to go over their opening win totals pushed their respective numbers up to 11.5 and 4.5 as of Monday morning.
The most popular prop was the total of 3.5 quarterbacks selected in the first round, and under bettors cashed their tickets.
Based on the opening lines, oddsmakers at CG Technology expect the 2017 NFL season to mirror 2016, when the Patriots and Falcons went a combined 28-10 against the spread and the Browns and Rams went a combined 8-23-1 ATS.
The Raiders are favored in 10 games — seven of them by three points or fewer — with their Week 15 matchup against the Cowboys a pick’em in lines available for wagering at noon Thursday at CG Technology sports books.
For only the second time in 17 years, a quarterback probably won’t be selected in the first three picks of the NFL Draft, which starts Thursday in Philadelphia.
The biggest move on NFL Week 1 regular-season lines is on the Raiders-Titans total, which is at 52 after opening at 53½.
More tickets have been wagered on Las Vegas’ future NFL franchise to win Super Bowl LII than on any other team at the South Point sports book, which has the Raiders at 15-1 odds to win their fourth Lombardi Trophy next season.
The defending Super Bowl champion Patriots will kick off the season Sept. 7 as 7-point home favorites over the Chiefs.
The NFL’s gambling policy not only allows players to visit casinos, it permits them to wager on casino games on their own personal time.
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