The Buffalo Bills were the sole 7-1 favorite at the Westgate SuperBook to win the 2023 Super Bowl before the Rams beat the Bengals, 23-20.
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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.
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.
Caesars Sportsbook has again shifted its point spread for Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals.
Circa Sports offers odds on almost every player to score the Super Bowl’s first touchdown, and Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson attracted a bet at a huge price.
The same bettor who caused Caesars Sportsbook to bump up the Super Bowl line to Rams -4½ after placing a $522,500 wager last week on Los Angeles -4 came back for more.
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.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale made the bet on Caesars mobile app, and the sportsbook is billing it as the single biggest mobile wager ever.
The Los Angeles Rams opened as consensus 3½-point favorites over the Cincinnati Bengals at Las Vegas sportsbooks in Super Bowl LVI.
Ten of the last 13 NFL No. 1 draft picks have been quarterbacks. But the top four favorites at Station Casinos to go No. 1 this year are linemen.
Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh is the top choice. Raiders interim coach Rich Bisaccia is the +250 second choice.
The early betting lines and totals are out for the NFC Championship between the 49ers and Rams and the AFC Championship between the Bengals and Chiefs.
Bettors loaded up on the Raiders and won big when they advanced to the playoffs with an overtime win over the Chargers. BetMGM alone lost almost $1 million on the game.
The betting public was all over the Colts in a game that saw the line soar to 8½ on Sunday when Indianapolis quarterback Carson Wentz was cleared to play.
The Houston Texans’ upset helped Las Vegas sportsbooks to a small winning day despite the fact that double-digit favorites went 4-1 ATS and favorites went 7-4 ATS overall.
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