Betting on Super Bowl LVII at Nevada’s 185 sportsbooks fell by 15 per cent to $153.2m, according to unaudited figures released by the state’s Gaming Control Board.
Ahead of the championship game, the Philadelphia Eagles were the marginal favourites on the points spread (-1.5), so the Chiefs’ win should have been a good result for the sportsbooks. But the high scoring game (38-35) meant that those customers betting on the ‘over’ points total (50.5) cashed in.
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