Greater than $300 billion has been guess with American sportsbooks since 2018, when the U.S. Supreme Court docket launched a ruling that sparked widespread growth of authorized betting. Now, for the primary time, the Tremendous Bowl — essentially the most closely guess single sport in U.S. sports activities — is coming to Las Vegas.
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Within the first week for the reason that matchup was set, there was at the very least one million-dollar guess, a six-figure wager on the coin flip (tails by no means fails!) and a slew of Taylor Swift-related prop choices from sportsbooks.
Larger and wilder bets are anticipated, and ESPN’s sports activities betting workforce, led by writers Doug Greenberg and David Purdum, will comply with all of it on this updating file that is ripe for bookmarking.
Good luck!
Tremendous Bowl LVIII
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers
Sunday, Feb. 11, 6 p.m. ET, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas
Consensus level unfold and whole: 49ers -2, 47.5
Cash line: San Francisco -130/Kansas Metropolis +110
Motion report: The early betting has been lopsided on the underdog Chiefs, with BetMGM, DraftKings, ESPN BET and FanDuel every reporting 71-76% of the unfold bets on Kansas Metropolis.
Motion on the cash line is also lopsided, with round 85% of the bets on Kansas Metropolis as of Feb. 2.
The massive Tremendous Bowl bets
• $1 million: The primary of what is anticipated to be a number of million-dollar Tremendous Bowl bets was reported Jan. 30 by Caesars Sportsbook. The guess: $1 million on the 49ers cash line (-120).
• $105,000: Legendary Las Vegas bookmaker Jimmy Vaccaro of the South Level on line casino reported taking a $105,000 guess on the 49ers -1 on Jan. 29.
• $100,000: Caesars reported taking a $100,000 on the coin toss to land tails from a Michigan bettor on Jan. 30. 100 Okay on the coin toss? What the flip!?
Facet word: The preferred prop guess at DraftKings as of Feb. 2 was… tails. The second-most standard: heads.
• $25,000 to win $1 million: A bettor with DraftKings reportedly put $25,000 on Kansas Metropolis operating again Isiah Pacheco to be named Tremendous Bowl MVP. At 40-1, the guess would pay $1 million.
• $15,000 to win $975,000: A bettor with DraftKings dropped $15,000 on Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice to be MVP. At 65-1, the guess would win $975,000.