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.
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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.
The San Francisco 49ers opened as small favorites over the Kansas City Chiefs at Las Vegas sportsbooks for Super Bowl 58 at Allegiant Stadium.
The NFL’s gambling policy for the Super Bowl prohibits players participating in the game from engaging in any form of gambling, including casino games and betting on any sport.
Quarterbacks have been named MVP in 32 of 57 Super Bowls. Defensive players have won the award in nine Super Bowls, including one in which two players shared the honor.
The Ravens crushed the 49ers on Christmas, but they’re 1-point underdogs to San Francisco in lines on possible Super Bowl matchups posted at sportsbooks.
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.
The Chiefs remain the favorite at Caesars Sportsbook to repeat as Super Bowl champions, and the 49ers are still the second choice to win the NFL championship.
The winning team in the first 57 Super Bowls, including 19 underdogs, is 48-7-2 ATS. In other words, there have been only nine games in which the favorite has won but failed to cover.
There has been a defensive or special teams TD scored in 26 of 57 Super Bowls (45.6 percent), or an average of one every 2.2 games.
There were only five safeties in the first 42 Super Bowls before bettors cashed in on the prop in four of six games from 2009 to 2014, including three straight (2012-14).