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• $4.5 million on Bengals +170 to win $7.7 million (Caesars)
• $1,567,500 on the Rams -4 (-110). A bettor with Caesars Sportsbook in Nevada has placed three $522,500 bets on the Rams -4 (-110), totaling $1,567,500, according to a spokesperson for the book.
• $1 million two-leg parlay on the Bengals moneyline +170 and under 48.5 to win $4.15 million (DraftKings)
• $400,000 on Rams money-line (-200) to net $200,000 (Caesars)
• $330,000 on Rams -4 (-110) [BetMGM]
• $280,000 on alternate spread of Bengals +6 (-145) to win 193,103.45(DraftKings)
• $250,000 on the Rams -200 to win $125,000 (PointsBet)
• $237,300 on Rams -4 (-110) to win $215,454 (DraftKings)
• $200,000 on Bengals +4.5 (-110) to win $181,818 (BetMGM)
• $200,000 on Bengals +4.5 to win $181,818 (DraftKings)
• $180,000 on Rams money-line (-180) to win $100,000 (Caesars)
• $130,000 on Under 48.5 to win $118,181 (BetMGM)
Along those same lines, another bettor risked $100 on the Rams to finish with exactly five points at 2,000-1 odds.
• The largest bets placed on the coin flip as of Wednesday afternoon at Caesars Sportsbook were $6,300. The book said it had taken two bets on the coin flip for that exact amount: one on heads, the other on tails.
Caesars also reported taking a pair of $2,500 bets on which team will win the coin flip: one of the Rams, the other on the Bengals.
• If the Super Bowl kicked off Wednesday, the South Point sportsbook in Las Vegas would be rooting for the Bengals to cover the spread and for the game to go over the total. "But a long way to go," Chris Andrews, sportsbook director at the South Point, said.
• Rams WR Cooper Kupp is generating significant interest in the odds to score the first touchdown at PointsBet, where he is the favorite in the market at +475. There have been nearly as many bets on Kupp to score the game's first touchdown as there has been on the Rams' point spread, according to a PointsBet spokesperson.
• $7,500 on Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald to be named Super Bowl MVP at 16-1 for a potential net win of $120,000 (BetMGM).
• A bettor with FanDuel needs Donald to win Super Bowl MVP to complete a $1 six-leg parlay that pays $2,400. The first five legs featured NBA wagers from Feb. 5 action, including four player props and the Milwaukee Bucks on the money-line against the Portland Trail Blazers. All five hit.
• $5,000 on the Rams' final score to end in 1 and the Bengals' final score to end in 7 at 80-1. Potential net payout of $400,000. It's the largest bet placed on Caesars Sportsbook's Super Bowl squares offering as of Monday.
• $1,800 on the Bengals to beat the Rams by at least 31 points at 55-1 odds for a potential net win of $99,000. Bet was placed Jan. 30 with Caesars Sportsbook in New Jersey.
• $1,200 to win $240,000 on the final score being Bengals 24, Rams 17.
• $1,000 on will a registered offensive lineman score a touchdown at 25-1 odds. (Caesars)
• $1,000 on Bengals kicker Evan McPherson to be named MVP at 100-1 for a potential net win of 100-1. (BetMGM)
• $100 on no touchdowns being scored in the game at 100-1. (BetMGM)
• $400 on Bengals to score 0 points at 150-1 for a potential net win of $60,000. Bet was placed Feb. 3, in New York with Caesars Sportsbook.
• $1,000 on a registered offensive lineman scoring a touchdown at 25-1 odds. (Caesars)
• $150 for the Bengals to win by at least 49 points at 150-1 for a potential net win of $15,000. (BetMGM)
• Sportsbook PointsBet operates in nine states: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and West Virginia. The Bengals money-line is the most popular Super Bowl bet in seven of the nine states.
• $13,440 on Bengals at 35-1 to win a net $470,400 (Caesars)
• $10,000 on Bengals at 40-1 to win a net $400,000 (BetMGM)
• $18,000 on Rams at 14-1 to win a net $252,000 (Caesars)
• $20,000 on Rams at 9-1 to win a net $180,000 (FanDuel)
• $15,000 on Bengals at 8-1 to win a net $120,000 (FanDuel)
On Thursday, McIngvale drove across the Texas border into Louisiana, pulled over at a gas station, logged onto his mobile betting account with Caesars Sportsbook and placed $4.5 million in bets on the underdog Bengals at +170 odds to upset the favored Rams in Super Bowl LVI. If the Bengals spring the upset, the bet would net $7.7 million.
Caesars Sportsbook said it was the second-largest bet the company has ever taken on the Super Bowl, eclipsing a $4.9 million money-line bet at -900 odds on the heavily favored St. Louis Rams to beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI. The Patriots won 20-17.
2: The number of Super Bowls that Nevada sportsbooks suffered a net loss. The books lost a record $2.6 million when the underdog New York Giants beat the New England Patriots 17-14 in Super Bowl XII. They also got dinged for approximately $397,000 in 1995 when the heavily favored San Francisco 49ers won and covered in a 49-26 win over the San Diego Chargers in 1995.
$217.8 million: The net win on the Super Bowl for Nevada sportsbooks since 1991.
27-26-2: The betting favorite's record against the spread in the Super Bowl.
20: The number of outright upsets by betting underdogs in the Super Bowl.
26-27-1: The number of Super Bowl overs and unders with one push. (There was no archived betting total for Super Bowl I.)
66%: Share of the point-spread bets which are on the Bengals at Caesars Sportsbook.
57%: Share of the total money wagered which is on the Rams at Caesars Sportsbook.
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10 Biggest Super Bowl Bets
• $5 million on the Bengals money-line at +170 for a potential win of $8.5 million. (Caesars)• $4.5 million on Bengals +170 to win $7.7 million (Caesars)
• $1,567,500 on the Rams -4 (-110). A bettor with Caesars Sportsbook in Nevada has placed three $522,500 bets on the Rams -4 (-110), totaling $1,567,500, according to a spokesperson for the book.
• $1 million two-leg parlay on the Bengals moneyline +170 and under 48.5 to win $4.15 million (DraftKings)
• $400,000 on Rams money-line (-200) to net $200,000 (Caesars)
• $330,000 on Rams -4 (-110) [BetMGM]
• $280,000 on alternate spread of Bengals +6 (-145) to win 193,103.45(DraftKings)
• $250,000 on the Rams -200 to win $125,000 (PointsBet)
• $237,300 on Rams -4 (-110) to win $215,454 (DraftKings)
• $200,000 on Bengals +4.5 (-110) to win $181,818 (BetMGM)
• $200,000 on Bengals +4.5 to win $181,818 (DraftKings)
• $180,000 on Rams money-line (-180) to win $100,000 (Caesars)
• $130,000 on Under 48.5 to win $118,181 (BetMGM)
Most Interesting Bets
• A bettor placed a $20 wager with the SuperBook that the Bengals will score exactly four points in the Super Bowl at 10,000-1 odds. If Cincinnati manages only two safeties, the bettor would win $400,000.Along those same lines, another bettor risked $100 on the Rams to finish with exactly five points at 2,000-1 odds.
• The largest bets placed on the coin flip as of Wednesday afternoon at Caesars Sportsbook were $6,300. The book said it had taken two bets on the coin flip for that exact amount: one on heads, the other on tails.
Caesars also reported taking a pair of $2,500 bets on which team will win the coin flip: one of the Rams, the other on the Bengals.
• If the Super Bowl kicked off Wednesday, the South Point sportsbook in Las Vegas would be rooting for the Bengals to cover the spread and for the game to go over the total. "But a long way to go," Chris Andrews, sportsbook director at the South Point, said.
• Rams WR Cooper Kupp is generating significant interest in the odds to score the first touchdown at PointsBet, where he is the favorite in the market at +475. There have been nearly as many bets on Kupp to score the game's first touchdown as there has been on the Rams' point spread, according to a PointsBet spokesperson.
• $7,500 on Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald to be named Super Bowl MVP at 16-1 for a potential net win of $120,000 (BetMGM).
• A bettor with FanDuel needs Donald to win Super Bowl MVP to complete a $1 six-leg parlay that pays $2,400. The first five legs featured NBA wagers from Feb. 5 action, including four player props and the Milwaukee Bucks on the money-line against the Portland Trail Blazers. All five hit.
• $5,000 on the Rams' final score to end in 1 and the Bengals' final score to end in 7 at 80-1. Potential net payout of $400,000. It's the largest bet placed on Caesars Sportsbook's Super Bowl squares offering as of Monday.
• $1,800 on the Bengals to beat the Rams by at least 31 points at 55-1 odds for a potential net win of $99,000. Bet was placed Jan. 30 with Caesars Sportsbook in New Jersey.
• $1,200 to win $240,000 on the final score being Bengals 24, Rams 17.
• $1,000 on will a registered offensive lineman score a touchdown at 25-1 odds. (Caesars)
• $1,000 on Bengals kicker Evan McPherson to be named MVP at 100-1 for a potential net win of 100-1. (BetMGM)
• $100 on no touchdowns being scored in the game at 100-1. (BetMGM)
• $400 on Bengals to score 0 points at 150-1 for a potential net win of $60,000. Bet was placed Feb. 3, in New York with Caesars Sportsbook.
• $1,000 on a registered offensive lineman scoring a touchdown at 25-1 odds. (Caesars)
• $150 for the Bengals to win by at least 49 points at 150-1 for a potential net win of $15,000. (BetMGM)
Notable Bets
• Caesars Sportsbook posted approximately 2,000 different types of bets on the Super Bowl. The one that had attracted the most interest as of Monday -- the coin flip. Tails had attracted 55% of bets and 53% of the money wagered.• Sportsbook PointsBet operates in nine states: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and West Virginia. The Bengals money-line is the most popular Super Bowl bet in seven of the nine states.
Futures bets at stake
• $50,000 on Bengals at 20-1 to win a net $1 million. (BetMGM)• $13,440 on Bengals at 35-1 to win a net $470,400 (Caesars)
• $10,000 on Bengals at 40-1 to win a net $400,000 (BetMGM)
• $18,000 on Rams at 14-1 to win a net $252,000 (Caesars)
• $20,000 on Rams at 9-1 to win a net $180,000 (FanDuel)
• $15,000 on Bengals at 8-1 to win a net $120,000 (FanDuel)
'Mattress Mack' places $4.5 million on Bengals to pull Super Bowl LVI upset
Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale, the Houston furniture salesman known to place giant hedge bets, has done it again -- this time with the biggest single wager he's ever placed.On Thursday, McIngvale drove across the Texas border into Louisiana, pulled over at a gas station, logged onto his mobile betting account with Caesars Sportsbook and placed $4.5 million in bets on the underdog Bengals at +170 odds to upset the favored Rams in Super Bowl LVI. If the Bengals spring the upset, the bet would net $7.7 million.
Caesars Sportsbook said it was the second-largest bet the company has ever taken on the Super Bowl, eclipsing a $4.9 million money-line bet at -900 odds on the heavily favored St. Louis Rams to beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI. The Patriots won 20-17.
Super Bowl betting by the numbers
$2.8 billion: The amount wagered on the Super Bowl with Nevada sportsbooks since 1991, the first year the state's gaming control began tracking the betting on the NFL championship.2: The number of Super Bowls that Nevada sportsbooks suffered a net loss. The books lost a record $2.6 million when the underdog New York Giants beat the New England Patriots 17-14 in Super Bowl XII. They also got dinged for approximately $397,000 in 1995 when the heavily favored San Francisco 49ers won and covered in a 49-26 win over the San Diego Chargers in 1995.
$217.8 million: The net win on the Super Bowl for Nevada sportsbooks since 1991.
27-26-2: The betting favorite's record against the spread in the Super Bowl.
20: The number of outright upsets by betting underdogs in the Super Bowl.
26-27-1: The number of Super Bowl overs and unders with one push. (There was no archived betting total for Super Bowl I.)
66%: Share of the point-spread bets which are on the Bengals at Caesars Sportsbook.
57%: Share of the total money wagered which is on the Rams at Caesars Sportsbook.
Betting big: Tracking Super Bowl LVI wagers
Hundreds of millions of dollars will be bet on the Super Bowl. From the biggest bets to the wackiest wagers, we'll chronicle it all here.
