Patrick Everson
FOX Sports Betting Analyst
When New Year’s Eve and the NFL collide in Las Vegas, it creates an attention-grabbing dynamic. Sports betting tends to see a little bit extra money flying round.
That was definitely the case with NFL Week 17 odds.
“We’ve bought a number of whales on the town for New Year’s Eve. And they’re making six-figure bets like they’re taking part in with $5 chips,” stated Scott Shelton of BetMGM Nevada.
And the whales prevailed in some Sunday performances.
Sportsbook picks from throughout the nation sum up the NFL betting weekend.
A large leap
Almost universally, sports activities betting operators have been over the moon concerning the New York Giants dropping to the Indianapolis Colts. The Giants have been 7.5-point house underdogs and in place to get the No. 1 decide within the NFL Draft in the event that they continued to lose.
But Drew Lock, Malik Nabers & Co. had different concepts. The G-Men earned a 45-33 victory that eradicated the Colts from playoff rivalry.
“The Giants received outright, that beat numerous parlays and moneyline teasers,” South Point sportsbook director Chris Andrews stated, absolutely echoing the feelings of oddsmakers nationwide. “We lastly had a ‘canine – an enormous’ canine – to win a sport.”
Indeed, the final two and a half months have been good for the favorites, and subsequently for the lots of bettors. The NFL Week 17 odds weren’t all unhealthy for bettors: thus far the favorites are 13-2 (SU) and 11-4 in opposition to the unfold (ATS).
But the Giants have been a key end result for many bookmakers.
“The Giants saved us,” stated SuperBook vp John Murray.
Andrews added: “We did not win many video games, however that was an essential sport.”
However, BetMGM Nevada would have achieved a special end result.
“It wasn’t good for us. We guess six figures on the Giants +7.5,” Shelton stated.
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Command efficiency
Also, virtually universally, bookmakers wanted the Atlanta Falcons to cowl the three.5-point underdog Washington Commanders on Sunday evening. Michael Penix Jr. & Co. solid a 24-24 tie to drive extra time, however Jayden Daniels bought a 30-24 win and a canopy for Washington within the further interval.
Pre-game, BetMGM buying and selling supervisor Christian Cipollini stated the Falcons have been positively the necessity. The similar is true at DraftKings Sportsbook, the place the Commanders positioned extra level distribution bets on Sunday than some other crew within the NFL.
And as soon as once more in Las Vegas – house to all these large New Year’s Eve bettors – a serious guess related, though not on both crew.
“We bought crushed. We guess six figures on the primary half’s Over 23 complete. A area purpose with two seconds left made it 24,” Shelton stated. “It wasn’t our evening.”
Atlanta kicker Riley Patterson hit that area purpose within the remaining seconds of the half, giving the Falcons a 17-7 lead and considerably padding that top curler’s pockets.
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More public funds
The lots of bettors definitely loved themselves through the NFL Christmas Day doubleheader and Saturday’s triple invoice. The favorites went 5-0 general (SU) and 4-1 in opposition to the unfold (ATS) in these two days.
“Wednesday was ugly, favorite-favorite,” Andrews stated of the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens who earned back-to-back simple victories over the Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Texans, respectively. “Saturday wasn’t nice, as a result of we had some huge cash video games with all three favorites.
“That cash line speaks to the favorites, he beat us all yr.”
In Saturday’s case: the Los Angeles Chargers opened with a 40-7 rout of the New England Patriots; the Cincinnati Bengals outlasted the visiting Denver Broncos 30-24 in extra time; and the Los Angeles Rams barely survived a 13-9 house win over the Arizona Cardinals.
The Cardinals had first-and-goal on the 5-yard line, however a deflected cross from Kyler Murray was intercepted, sealing the Rams’ victory — and cashing in that three-team cash on favorites.
“We would have had an opportunity to win some huge cash if the Cardinals had received outright. But they did not. It was a disappointing day, for certain,” The SuperBook’s Murray stated.
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Game of the day
Sunday’s showdown between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings on FOX has attracted numerous betting consideration. Interestingly, Green Bay, a 1-point underdog, carried out extra on a number of books, in opposition to a Minnesota crew among the many greatest within the league on the sector and, for bettors, with 13-2 SU/11-4-1 ATS .
The Vikings constructed a 27-10 lead and ultimately held on for a 27-25 win in tight protection. This was a optimistic end result for The SuperBook and for BetMGM nationally, however not for BetMGM’s Las Vegas enterprise.
“We made a six-figure guess on the Vikings -115 halftime moneyline, so we have been caught on that,” Shelton stated.
Minnesota led 13-3 at halftime, giving the bettor a six-figure revenue.
Patrick Everson is a sports activities betting analyst for FOX Sports and senior reporter for VegasInsider.com. He is a distinguished journalist within the nationwide sports activities betting business. He lives in Las Vegas, the place he enjoys taking part in golf in 110-degree warmth. Follow him on Twitter: @PatrickE_Vegas.
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