On New Year’s Day, bookmaker William Hill US took a six-figure bet on the Kansas City Chiefs to win the Super Bowl, but the defending champions aren’t the sportsbook’s biggest concern on their way to the playoffs.
The worst-case scenario for several bookies is that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win the Super Bowl.
The Chiefs are the Super Bowl consensus favorite, listed at +190 at Caesars Sportsbook by William Hill. The Green Bay Packers are next at +450, followed by the Buffalo Bills (+700) and New Orleans Saints (+750). The Buccaneers are +1,000.
“Buccaneers winning the Super Bowl would be 100% the worst-case scenario for us,” Nick Bogdanovich, William Hill US trade director, said in a post on the bookmaker’s website. “We are in reasonable shape with most teams, but the Bucs are a big loser.”
The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook and BetMGM also reported significant commitments to the Buccaneers, many of them before the season, when Tampa Bay added Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski.
Recently there has also been interest in the Buccaneers. William Hill reported taking a $ 40,000 bet on the Buccaneers to win the Super Bowl 12-1 on Saturday. As of Wednesday morning, it is the second largest Super Bowl futures bet with the bookmaker, after just a $ 115,000 bet on the Chiefs placed in Nevada on Friday.
The Chiefs have made the most bets and the most money in the William Hill Super Bowl futures market. The Packers have the second most Super Bowl bets, followed by the Buccaneers, Seahawks and Pittsburgh Steelers.
At William Hill, there was interest from gamblers for some of the Super Bowl long shots, including a $ 10,000 bet on the Indianapolis Colts 45-1 and a $ 2,000 bet on Washington 125-1.
‘I had a customer call [on Tuesday], who asked for a bet that would make Cleveland the worst-case scenario, “Jason Scott, BetMGM trade director, told ESPN.” But you get a lot of tire headlines in this industry. Whether or not he actually dumps is another story. He asked for $ 60,000 at 50-1, so that would win $ 3 million. “