After William Hill paid $548,000 last year to cover an overlay in its College Pick’em football contest, the book lowered the guaranteed cash prizes from $1 million to $500,000.
Betting
In addition to crowning the overall season champion, the Westgate SuperContest will feature six three-week contests, three six-week contests and two nine-week contests.
Jeff Stoneback retired as MGM Resorts director of trading in Nevada after 36 years with the company at the Circus Circus, Excalibur, Mirage and Mandalay Bay sportsbooks.
Circa Sports prides itself on welcoming sharp bettors in the style of an old-school Las Vegas sportsbook. Now Circa has two old-school Las Vegas bookmakers on its staff.
Circa casino owner Derek Stevens said, “We’re back and bigger than ever. We want to make Las Vegas the hub of sports betting and football contests.”
Each entry for the winner-take-all contest costs $25, but $100 gets five entries. Bettors pick one game ATS each day of the NCAA Tournament, 10 days in all.
The state’s 179 books took $179.8 million in wagers, shattering the previous mark of $158.6 million set in 2018 in Philadelphia’s 41-33 upset win over New England.
About 25 bettors lined up at the Westgate SuperBook and were allowed to place two maximum wagers to win $2,000 each before heading to the back of the line to do it again.
Betting on the Los Angeles Rams or Cincinnati Bengals against the spread is only one of more than 2,000 ways to wager on Super Bowl LVI at Caesars Sportsbook.
Says a professional sports bettor: “If somebody thinks something’s unlucky, I don’t ridicule that. If things are going good, keep whatever you’re doing the same way.”
Former UNLV quarterback and ESPN anchor Kenny Mayne has returned to his Las Vegas roots in a roundabout way as a content contributor and brand ambassador for Caesars Sportsbook.
Colorado has the NHL’s highest season point total at the Westgate SuperBook with 110½. The Golden Knights have the second-highest total at 107½.
Nick Bogdanovich has been fired four months after Caesars Entertainment completed its $4 billion acquisition of William Hill and named Bogdanovich its vice president of trading.
Circa Sports had 2,232 entries Monday in the Circa Million III and 1,883 entries in Circa Survivor. Registration ends at 2 p.m. Sept. 11 for each contest.
The downtown sportsbook is putting up an unprecedented $10 million in guaranteed prize money for its two $1,000-entry NFL handicapping contests.
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