Sportsbooks win thanks to Chiefs; Huge wager on AFC Under cashes

Betting on NFC Championship odds didn’t go away a lot to sweat on Sunday. The recreation was a wipeout, and that was largely due to the San Francisco 49ers struggling yet one more quarterback damage. 

Thankfully, betting on AFC Championship odds offered a sweat akin to Ted Striker making an attempt to land a jumbo jet within the film Airplane! 

When all was mentioned and achieved, we had been left with a matchup of Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles as Super Bowl odds hit the board. 

Let’s recap all of it and begin wanting forward, as nicely. 

In-Game Wagering Pain 

Prior to the Bengals-Chiefs AFC Championship Game, BetMGM vice chairman of buying and selling Jason Scott floated a principle. It’s an knowledgeable principle, since he is aware of what he’s speaking about however a principle nonetheless. 

“I’m anticipating large in-play deal with, with individuals ready to see a drive from Patrick Mahomes, checking his health and mobility, then changing into concerned,” Scott mentioned. 

As the sport wore on, Cincinnati made it fairly aggressive, whereas Mahomes appeared increasingly hindered. That labored out higher than Scott would’ve anticipated — which meant it didn’t work out so nicely for these of us on the patron aspect of the betting counter. 

“We had been with the wounded Chiefs,” Scott mentioned. “The longer that match performed, and the extra Mahomes hobbled, the extra money we took on Bengals in-play.” 

So when Kansas City eked out a 23-20 victory on a final-seconds subject objective, BetMGM scooped up a number of that Bengals in-game motion. 

“We didn’t break any information at the moment, however we landed with a stable profitable day,” Scott mentioned. 

Bookmakers Hail Chiefs 

BetMGM wasn’t alone in getting a great end result from the AFC Championship Game. 

Okay.C. lined as a 2.5-point favourite. But WynnBet senior dealer Chris Youn had this to say:

“The good consequence was a Chiefs win and a Bengals cowl, however we did come out on the constructive aspect, because the moneyline win was two occasions the scale of the unfold loss,” he defined.

“The e book gained large on the Under, as patrons had been inserting an honest quantity of tickets on parlays like Bengals/Over or Chiefs/Over and likewise going together with the market as the entire was drifting greater the previous couple days. 

“Seventy p.c of tickets and 67% of cash pre-game was on the sport going over the entire.” 

The complete closed at 48.5, so Okay.C.’s 23-20 victory aided oddsmakers throughout the nation. But once more, unfold and moneyline had been key, too. 

“Okay.C. was a giant end result for us, after the Eagles blowout,” TwinSpires Sportsbook director of retail sports activities Zachary Lucas mentioned. “A variety of unfold/moneyline legal responsibility ran by means of Cincy.” 

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Fly Eagles Fly 

Brock Purdy not solely fumbled it away on the 49ers’ first drive in opposition to the Eagles with Philadelphia already up 7-0, however he additionally suffered an elbow damage on the play. That knocked him out the remainder of the primary half. Purdy returned within the second half however solely as a result of backup Josh Johnson suffered a concussion. 

San Francisco managed to cling round for a bit, even tying it at 7 halfway by means of the second quarter. 

But Philly took a 21-7 lead to the locker room and was by no means threatened in a 31-7 victory as a 3-point favourite. At BetMGM, that represented a stable win for the bettors. 

Said Scott pregame: “The Brock Purdy love story is over. We have been inundated with Eagles cash, each unfold and moneyline.” 

And postgame: “What ever might go flawed for the Niners did go flawed. The first spherical went to the bettors at the moment.” 

WynnBet’s Youn echoed these sentiments. 

“All week, we didn’t actually have a aspect we had been heavy on,” he mentioned. “But we bought a late rush of Eagles bets earlier than kick on the moneyline and unfold, which clearly ended up not being an ideal end result for us.” 

South Point sportsbook director Chris Andrews defied that pattern by spending extra time at Eagles -3 from Friday-Sunday. That gave sufficient time to draw substantial 49ers +3 motion. 

“We had some huge cash on Philly. We went to Philly -3 a pair occasions. When I went the final time, I didn’t need to return to -2.5,” Andrews mentioned. “So I allow them to take the 49ers +3 all the way in which up to a minute or two earlier than [kickoff]. Once they kicked off, I had taken a lot on the 49ers that I wanted the Eagles. So the primary recreation labored out nicely for us.” 

I Like Big Bets and I Cannot Lie 

The largest reported wagers over convention championship weekend rolled in Sunday morning at BetMGM. And truly, it was the identical wager repeated twice. A buyer put $600,000 on Bengals-Chiefs Under 49 (-120), then got here again a short while later with one other $600,000 on Under 49 (-120). 

The complete was 48 at that time; the bettor purchased some extent, which is why the value was -120. So the shopper had $1.2 million on Under 49 and bought there within the Chiefs’ 23-20 victory, for a tidy revenue of $1 million. 

BetMGM additionally took a $200,000 play on Bengals moneyline +105, which definitely had an opportunity late in Sunday’s recreation however got here up brief. In addition, BetMGM took a $300,000 guess on Bengals crew complete Over 23.5 (-120) — a winner for the e book. BetMGM additionally took a $200,000 guess on Eagles -2.5 (-115) — a winner for the bettor. 

Also, earlier than the Chiefs’ Divisional Round win over the Jaguars, a BetMGM buyer put $100,000 on Chiefs +150 to win the AFC. So that bettor netted a nifty $150,000. 

Caesars Sports took a bundle of huge performs, together with: 

$290,000 49ers +3.5 (-140) vs. Eagles, shopping for some extent (loss) 

$220,000 Eagles -2.5 vs. 49ers (win) 

$110,000 49ers-Eagles Under 46.5 (win) 

$60,000 Eagles moneyline -150 (win) 

$60,000 49ers moneyline +130 (loss) 

Caesars additionally bought a big Super Bowl futures wager off its ledger: $75,000 on 49ers +1200. The bettor stood to win $900,000 if San Fran gained the Big Game. 

Over these subsequent two weeks, Major Wagers will probably be flying quick and livid on the Chiefs-Eagles showdown in Glendale, Ariz. It’s fascinating to comply with these large performs, however as I all the time say, hold it cheap. Never guess greater than you possibly can afford to lose. 

Patrick Everson is a sports activities betting analyst for FOX Sports and senior reporter for VegasInsider.com. He is a distinguished journalist within the nationwide sports activities betting house. He’s based mostly in Las Vegas, the place he enjoys {golfing} in 110-degree warmth. Follow him on Twitter: @PatrickE_Vegas. 

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