Same-game parlays are a relatively new sports betting innovation that will be widely available at Las Vegas sportsbooks for the Super Bowl for the first time.
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The unidentified gambler wagered a total of $150,000 on Friday, when he bet $2,000 each on 75 props, and he continues to add to his prop portfolio at South Point.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale isn’t planning to place any Super Bowl bets despite a conversation with Patrick Mahomes last year.
On the first play of the Broncos-Seahawks Super Bowl in 2014, the ball was snapped over Denver quarterback Peyton Manning’s head and went into the end zone for a safety.
Read all about the history of betting on the Super Bowl, including when Bears lineman William “The Refrigerator” Perry inadvertently ignited the prop bet craze in 1986.
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.
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.
The Westgate SuperBook posted its massive menu of prop bets Thursday for Super Bowl 58 between the Chiefs and 49ers on Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium.
Betting on the Kansas City Chiefs or San Francisco 49ers to cover the point spread is only one of the many ways to wager on Super Bowl 58 at Caesars Sportsbook.
STN Sports has posted a 28-page packet of prop bets for the first Super Bowl in Las Vegas between the 49ers and Chiefs on Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium.
Will Travis Kelce propose to Taylor Swift on the field after the Super Bowl in Las Vegas? According to reports, “Travis has been talking to friends about a ring.”
Here are all the six-figure or higher bets confirmed to have been placed for the Feb. 11 game between the 49ers and Chiefs at Allegiant Stadium.
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.
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who had 11 catches for 116 yards and a touchdown Sunday, is the ticket leader at the SuperBook in the Super Bowl MVP market.
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.