On New Year’s Day, bookmaker William Hill US placed a six-figure bet on the Kansas City Chiefs to win the Super Bowl, but the title champions are not the sportsbook’s biggest concern when it comes to the playoffs.
The worst case scenario for several bookmakers is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers winning the Super Bowl.
The Chiefs are Super Bowl consensual favorites, listed at +190 in William Hill’s Caesars Sportsbook. The Green Bay Packers are next with +450, followed by Buffalo Bills (+700) and New Orleans Saints (+750). Privateers are +1,000.
“Buccaneers winning the Super Bowl would be 100% the worst case scenario for us,” said Nick Bogdanovich, director of trading at William Hill US, in a post on the bookmaker’s website. “We are in very good shape with most teams, but Bucs are a big loser.”
The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook and BetMGM also reported significant responsibilities for the Buccaneers, many of which occurred before the season, when Tampa Bay signed Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski.
There has also been a recent interest in privateers. William Hill reported placing a $ 40,000 bet on the Buccaneers to win the Super Bowl 12-1 on Saturday. As of Wednesday morning, it is the second biggest Super Bowl future bet made with the bookmaker, after only a $ 115,000 bet on Chiefs that was made Friday in Nevada.
The Chiefs attracted more bets and more money in the William Hill Super Bowl futures market. The Packers have the second biggest bet in the Super Bowl, followed by Buccaneers, Seahawks and Pittsburgh Steelers.
At William Hill, bettors have been interested in some of the Super Bowl’s long bids, including a $ 10,000 bet on the Indianapolis Colts by 45-1 and a $ 2,000 bet on Washington by 125-1.
“A customer called me [on Tuesday], asking 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 problems with this business. Whether he really deposits it is another story. He was asking for $ 60,000 in 50-1, so he would make $ 3 million. “