Several $1 million wagers were reported Sunday as kickoff approached for Super Bowl 58. The 49ers remain steady favorites over the Chiefs, with the total on the move.
Todd Dewey
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.
Sean Perry, who declined to chop the $9.2 million Circa Survivor pot earlier this NFL season, placed the biggest bet yet on Super Bowl 58.
Less than 24 hours before Super Bowl 58, the 49ers are 2-point favorites over the Chiefs. But the line dipped Saturday at some Las Vegas sportsbooks.
A survey of opinions on Super Bowl 58 in Las Vegas from media, oddsmakers and pro bettors and handicappers. The 49ers are 2-point favorites over the Chiefs.
Three of the NFL’s legendary owners had ties to gambling, and some experts attribute a large part of the league’s success to interest from bettors.
Of the 14 six-figure or higher wagers on Super Bowl 58 against the spread or on the money line, 13 are on the same side in Sunday’s game.
For bookmakers who have been in Las Vegas since the 1960s and ’70s, seeing the NFL change its stance on betting and award a Super Bowl to the city has been surreal.
Billy Walters, widely regarded as the most successful sports bettor of all time, gave his Super Bowl pick on radio row Thursday at Mandalay Bay.
The Arizona bettor placed the parlay at FanDuel in May 2023 composed of five NFL award winners that would have paid off at astronomical odds if they all won.
Super Bowl prop bettors are all over Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce to score the first touchdown and to score a TD at any time during Super Bowl 58.
Circa Sports has posted its entire 14-page packet of props for Super Bowl 58 between the Chiefs and 49ers on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium.
One $1 million wager and eight six-figure bets have been placed at sportsbooks on the Super Bowl spread and money line. All nine are on the same side.
Same-game parlays are a relatively new sports betting innovation that will be widely available at Las Vegas sportsbooks for the Super Bowl for the first time.
The unidentified gambler wagered a total of $150,000 on Friday, when he bet $2,000 each on 75 props, and he continues to add to his prop portfolio at South Point.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale isn’t planning to place any Super Bowl bets despite a conversation with Patrick Mahomes last year.