So says this Los Angeles Times piece. Jay Kornegay, sports book director for the Las Vegas Hilton, told the Times, “It was a good day for Vegas, but not a good day for sports books. Early reports have this being the worst Super Bowl results ever.”
According to the Times, sportsbooks took a beating on money-line wagering picking the Giants to win outrights, with the odds ranging from +325 to +405. In other words, a winning $100 ticket on the Giants would return $425 (the original bet plus $325). What’s more, early money on the Giants forced oddsmakers to move the pointspread to New England minus-12, so plenty of bettors cashed that way, too.
The Mirage books lost big on Sunday, per this Las Vegas Review-Journal story.
One more interesting story for today: Sports Illustrated's Dr. Z, who correctly picked the Giants to win Super Bowl XLII, has a great pointspread-related memory of Super Bowl XI (mid-page).
I'm taking a few days off to rest up before free-agency and draft coverage start to take my time, but I'll be back next week, hopefully with some 2009 title-odds talk. Take care, and we'll talk soon.
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