The great story of Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the second-half surge of the Buffalo Bills haven’t moved bettors too much. Bettors generally lean toward favorites and overs, and that’s the case for the two conference championship games. The Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers are getting a majority of the bets, according to BetMGM data analyst John Ewing. The overs are preferred by bettors too. It’s hard to bet against Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers, after… Source link
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Conor McGregor is the biggest name in UFC, likely the most famous figure in the history of the sport. When he fights, he’s the headliner. Bettors act accordingly. An overwhelming amount of the money bet on UFC 257 was on McGregor. There were some bettors on Dustin Poirier at +270, including one large wager at BetMGM just before the fight. But most of the money was on McGregor as a heavy favorite. So much money came in on McGregor, he moved from a -190 favorite to -310, which is a massive… Source link
Read More »Eagles Hail Mary TD, conversion costs bettors
If you had any bet on the Seattle Seahawks at -6.5, even if it was just $20, you were tilting your face off at the end of Monday night’s game. Imagine having $500,000 on the Seahawks at -6.5. There was a really, really tough bad beat on Monday night when the Eagles caught a Hail Mary and then went for 2 when most would have just kicked the extra point. When the Eagles got into the end zone for 2, it was a ridiculous beat for Seahawks backers, and there were many of them. It had to be a happy… Source link
Read More »Nick Chubb costs Browns bettors when he passes on easy TD to go out of bounds
Nick Chubb was about to get Cleveland Browns bettors a great backdoor cover. Then he took a left turn just before the goal line. The Browns were 3-point favorites at the beginning of the week, went to 3.5 and then 4 points at BetMGM as the week went on. They led the Houston Texans 10-7 with about a minute to go and it looked like a push or loss for Browns bettors. Then, Chubb broke free. Chubb was running to daylight down the sideline, no Texans defender anywhere near him. It was an easy… Source link
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