All the pieces that occurs in sports activities has extra context when considered from a sports activities betting perspective. From season-changing accidents to record-setting moments and a lot extra, the sports activities information cycle will always and considerably have an effect on the sports activities betting trade.
Our Tremendous Bowl betting buzz file, with contributions from David Purdum, Doug Greenberg and others, goals to offer followers a take a look at the sports activities betting tales which might be driving the dialog main as much as the large sport.
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Jan. 29: Smith-Njigba hottest participant in early Tremendous Bowl betting
By Doug Greenberg
In early participant prop and MVP wagering for Tremendous Bowl LX, one identify is rising above the remaining: Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
The Seattle Seahawks large receiver is at the moment DraftKings Sportsbook’s most-bet first landing scorer (+550) with 15% of the deal with, in addition to its most-bet anytime landing scorer. BetMGM equally studies Smith-Njigba attracting probably the most anytime landing and first landing wagers, making him a legal responsibility for the e book.
“Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Seattle’s Protection/Particular Groups discovering paydirt have grow to be dangerous outcomes for the e book proper now,” BetMGM buying and selling supervisor Christian Cipollini stated in an electronic mail launch.
Each books record the 23-year-old’s anytime landing prop at -110, which has already shortened from +100 probably due partly to the heavy motion he has obtained. That stated, Smith-Njigba’s implied odds to attain a landing, outlined as “the chance of an final result projected by Mike Clay [converted] right into a cash line,” are +181.
Smith-Njigba has by far the very best receiving yards over/underneath of any participant at 95.5, in line with DraftKings traces. The sportsbook studies him receiving probably the most wagers in probably the most receiving yards market (-185), in addition to probably the most receptions market (-158).
All of the early betting fervor round Smith-Njigba extends to the Tremendous Bowl MVP market, the place he’s additionally changing into a creeping legal responsibility. At +550, he has the shortest odds for a large receiver to win Tremendous Bowl MVP since Larry Fitzgerald in 2009 (+400), and seeks to be the longest winner general since his present teammate, Cooper Kupp, received it at +600 with the Los Angeles Rams in 2022, in line with SportsOddsHistory.
DraftKings says Smith-Njigba is its second-most-bet MVP candidate by deal with (19%), whereas BetMGM studies him receiving by far its most deal with (24.9%), making him its largest legal responsibility available in the market.
Jan. 28: Mattress Mack makes $2 million wager on Tremendous Bowl LX winner
By David Purdum
The most important reported Tremendous Bowl wager thus far — $2 million on the New England Patriots to win the Tremendous Bowl — belongs to a Houston furnishings salesman.
Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale positioned the $2 million wager final week on the AFC to win the Tremendous Bowl with Caesars Sportsbook. At 2-1, McIngvale would win a web $4 million if the Patriots upset the favored Seattle Seahawks. It is the most important Tremendous Bowl wager that Caesars has taken this yr as of Wednesday.
Mattress Mack is hedging his wager with considered one of his go-to promotions at his Gallery Furnishings retailer: Spend $4,000 on a mattress and kit with McIngvale’s Gallery Furnishings, and if the Patriots beat the Seahawks in Tremendous Bowl LX, you get your a reimbursement in your buy.
McIngvale, a beloved determine in Houston for many years, turns 75 in February. He has tied such giveaways to large sports activities wagers commonly for years. In 2022, he received approximately $75 million on bets he made on the Houston Astros to win the World Sequence, believed to be one of many largest sports activities betting payouts in U.S. historical past.
McIngvale has had blended outcomes on the Tremendous Bowl, in any other case, profitable large on Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021, however struggling a multimillion-dollar loss on the Cincinnati Bengals in 2022. He additionally twice misplaced seven figures on bets on the Houston Cougars males’s basketball workforce to win the NCAA event.
McIngvale hedges his whole publicity with any increase in mattress gross sales generated by the giveaways. He sat out final Tremendous Bowl recovering from coronary heart surgical procedure, however he is again this season and siding with the underdogs for a number of causes. Getting plus odds on the underdog helps with the promotion, however he additionally respects the Patriots’ personnel.
“I actually like their quarterback [Drake Maye], coach [Mike Vrabel] and offensive coordinator [Josh McDaniels], plus Robert Kraft is all the time there,” McIngvale advised ESPN on Wednesday.
Final yr, there have been no disclosed $1 million Tremendous Bowl bets reported by U.S. sportsbooks. This yr, there have been not less than two, each of that are on the underdog Patriots. On Monday, sportsbook Circa reported taking a $1.1 million wager on the Patriots to win the sport outright at +188 odds.
Jan 26: Monitoring the most important bets on Tremendous Bowl LX thus far
By Doug Greenberg
The matchup for Tremendous Bowl LX is ready with the Seattle Seahawks favored over the New England Patriots to take house the Lombardi Trophy. The largest single occasion in American sports activities all the time brings out the large bets.
Because the summer season, bettors have been speculating on the results of this sport, and the wagers will lastly decide on Feb. 8. Listed below are among the largest bets — by odds, stakes and potential winnings — tracked to date:
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In August, a retail bettor at BetMGM in Nevada positioned three separate $50,000 futures on the Seahawks, as first reported by Yahoo Sports activities and confirmed to ESPN by the sportsbook. Seahawks to make the playoffs at +185 cashed for $92,500 and Seahawks to win the NFC at +2800 cashed for $1.4 million. The bettor nonetheless has a Seattle Tremendous Bowl ticket at +6000 odds that may web $3 million if profitable.
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On Monday, Circa Sports activities director of operations Jeffrey Benson introduced that the sportsbook took a $1.1 million wager on the Patriots cash line at +188 that might web practically $2.1 million if New England wins outright.
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DraftKings took a $10,000 futures wager on the Patriots to win the Tremendous Bowl at +8000 that might pay winnings of $800,000.
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In November, BetMGM accepted a $30,000 wager on New England to win the Tremendous Bowl at +2200, a web of $660,000 if profitable.
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In late August, Circa took a $100 wager on the precise results of the Tremendous Bowl being Seahawks over Patriots at an astonishing 3100-1. The bettor would win $310,000 if the exacta involves fruition.
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On Jan. 14, Caesars Sportsbook took a $32,000 wager on the Seahawks at +275 odds for winnings of $88,000; lower than two weeks later, it took a $40,000 wager on the Patriots at +260 for a possible web win of $104,000.
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DraftKings accepted a $500 wager on the Seahawks at +65000 to win $32,500.
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At Caesars, a bettor in Nevada positioned a $55,000 wager on Patriots +4.5 (-108) for an approximate $51,000 win, whereas a bettor in New Jersey put in a $36,000 wager on Seahawks -4.5 (-109) for an approximate $33,000 win, in line with the sportsbook’s head of soccer Joey Feazel, who stated the wagers got here in “inside seconds” of the percentages going up following the NFC championship.
