Posted on 02/04/2018 5:58:35 AM PST by C19fan
With a day to go before kickoff, four reported million-dollar bets have already been placed on Super Bowl LII -- all on the underdog Philadelphia Eagles. A bettor on Friday at William Hill placed a $1 million money-line bet on the Eagles at +155 odds. If Philadelphia pulls the upset over the New England Patriots, the unnamed bettor would net a $1,550,000 profit.
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We’ll know if/when the refs get word their check cleared by the frequency of bogus calls and/or turning a blind eye to the most egregious of Eagles’ penalties...
Ah, just kidding. We all know the game is never rigged.
And figure skating.
You are close...the Eagles probably will lead by 3 TDs at some point, but this time the Pats come up short.
This is the casino trying not to have to take a position... so they post anonymous “$1 million bets” for the Eagles to try and entice stupid people to bet for the Eagles in order to offset more of their patriots bets. Casinos win on the juice... they don’t like taking positions to cover bets when the action is all one sided. When the line moves too much and they have to cover too many bets, they run the risk of getting middled and losing tons of money. Also, to drum up total business in general.
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