Gamblers lined up at the Westgate SuperBook to take the first crack at the book’s massive menu of Super Bowl prop bets. Here is some of what they bet.
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.
The Westgate SuperBook posted its massive menu of prop bets Thursday for Super Bowl 58 between the Chiefs and 49ers on Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium.
Betting on the Kansas City Chiefs or San Francisco 49ers to cover the point spread is only one of the many ways to wager on Super Bowl 58 at Caesars Sportsbook.
STN Sports has posted a 28-page packet of prop bets for the first Super Bowl in Las Vegas between the 49ers and Chiefs on Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium.
Will Travis Kelce propose to Taylor Swift on the field after the Super Bowl in Las Vegas? According to reports, “Travis has been talking to friends about a ring.”
Here are all the six-figure or higher bets confirmed to have been placed for the Feb. 11 game between the 49ers and Chiefs at Allegiant Stadium.
And they’re off. The first $1 million bet on the first Super Bowl in Las Vegas was placed Tuesday by a Caesars Sportsbook bettor.
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who had 11 catches for 116 yards and a touchdown Sunday, is the ticket leader at the SuperBook in the Super Bowl MVP market.
Sharp bettors backed the Ravens over the Chiefs in Sunday’s AFC title game. But the so-called sharps were reminded that it’s never wise to bet against Patrick Mahomes.
The San Francisco 49ers opened as small favorites over the Kansas City Chiefs at Las Vegas sportsbooks for Super Bowl 58 at Allegiant Stadium.
A Station Casinos bettor managed to hit on the same 11-team multisport parlay as a bettor at the Westgate SuperBook, earning a huge windfall in the process.
Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay went 59-25-6 against the spread this season to win the Review-Journal NFL Challenge and is 3-0 ATS in the playoffs.
The NFL’s gambling policy for the Super Bowl prohibits players participating in the game from engaging in any form of gambling, including casino games and betting on any sport.
Quarterbacks have been named MVP in 32 of 57 Super Bowls. Defensive players have won the award in nine Super Bowls, including one in which two players shared the honor.
The Ravens crushed the 49ers on Christmas, but they’re 1-point underdogs to San Francisco in lines on possible Super Bowl matchups posted at sportsbooks.