On New Year’s Day, William Hill USA took a six-digit bet on the Kansas City Chiefs to win the Super Bowl, but the champions in action are not the biggest concern of the betting book heading into the playoffs.
The worst case scenario for many bookmakers is that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win the Super Bowl.
The Chiefs are the consensus favorite at the Super Bowl, listed at +190 on Caesars Sportsbook by William Hill. The Green Bay Packers are next at +450, followed by Buffalo Bills (+700) and New Orleans Saints (+750). The buccaneers are +1,000.
“Buccaneers who win the Super Bowl would be 100% the worst case scenario for us,” Nick Bogdanovich, trading director for William Hill USA, said in a post on the bookmaker’s website. “We’re in pretty good shape with most of the teams, but Bucs is a big loser.”
WestBook Las Vegas SuperBook and BetMGM also reported significant debt to the Buccaneers, much of which came before the season, when Tampa Bay added Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski.
There has also recently been interest in the Buccaneers. William Hill reportedly took a $ 40,000 bet on the Buccaneers to win the Super Bowl 12-1 on Saturday. As of Wednesday morning, it is the second highest bet in the future at the Super Bowl placed at the bookmaker, behind a bet of only $ 115,000 per boss that was placed on Friday in Nevada.
The Chiefs drew the most bets and the most money on William Hill’s Super Bowl futures market. The Packers have the second highest bet in the Super Bowl, followed by the Buccaneers, Seahawks and Pittsburgh Steelers.
At William Hill, there was bettors’ interest in some of the long shots in the Super Bowl, including a $ 10,000 bet on the Indianapolis Colts at 45-1 and a $ 2,000 bet on Washington at 125-1.
“I had a client who called me [on Tuesday], calling for a bet that would make Cleveland the worst case scenario, “Jason Scott, director of trading at BetMGM, told ESPN.” But you have a lot of tire bumps in this business. If he actually submits it’s another story. He was asking for $ 60,000 at 50-1, so he could win $ 3 million. “