Every year, Westgate sportsbook vice president Jay Kornegay is asked about the odds on unusual Super Bowl props, and every year he tells bettors they’re not offered in Las Vegas.
Todd Dewey
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Todd Dewey covers sports betting for the Review-Journal. Prior to taking over that beat in January 2017, he covered UNLV football, 51s baseball and a wide range of other events that come to Las Vegas. A native of Cambridge, Mass., and a graduate of the University of Central Florida, Dewey joined the Review-Journal in 1999 and was the 2013 Nevada Sportswriter of the Year.
Kansas City is a 1-point favorite over San Francisco, and the total is 54½. A survey of opinions from other media, oddsmakers and professional bettors and handicappers.
Several bookmakers expect Sunday’s Chiefs-49ers game to surpass the state record handle of $158.6 million generated by the Eagles-Patriots Super Bowl LII in 2018.
Hank “The Hammer” Goldberg likes San Francisco to cover as a 1-point underdog to Kansas City and expects the game to go under the total of 54½.
The Raiders opened as 20-1 long shots Wednesday at DraftKings, but Las Vegas’ odds improved to 9-1 on Thursday behind the Chargers (4-1) and Patriots (-300).
Eight Las Vegas sportsbooks listed Kansas City as a 1-point favorite over San Francisco on Thursday, and four had the Chiefs as 1½-point favorites.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale placed a $1 million money-line wager to win $1.2 million at The Mirage sportsbook Wednesday on the 49ers to defeat the Chiefs.
Peabody has placed hundreds of thousands of dollars in wagers on hundreds of Super Bowl LIV props at sportsbooks in Las Vegas and New Jersey.
Jim McIngvale said that MGM Resorts sportsbook has agreed to take a $1 million money line bet to win $1.2 million on San Francisco over Kansas City in Sunday’s Super Bowl.
Nevada sportsbooks have lost money on only two Super Bowls since the state started tracking them in 1991. But the books suffered their worst Super Bowl loss ever in 1979.
A year after the Rams and Patriots produced the fewest combined points in Super Bowl history, bettors are banking on the Chiefs and 49ers to pile up points in the Feb. 2 game.
Bettors waited in line Thursday at the Westgate to place up to two wagers at a time at a limit of $2,000 each. Most of them then would go to the back of the line and wait their turn again.
There are more than 1,000 different ways to wager on the Feb. 2 NFL title game at William Hill sportsbook, which has 114 locations in Nevada.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board hasn’t received a request from a sportsbook to offer wagers on the Oscars since 2012, when it was denied.
The Westgate put up the opening round of props Monday morning, including two of the most popular prop pools in the Super Bowl MVP and first player to score a touchdown.