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The 2024 NFL season was massive for the sports betting industry, with an estimated $35 billion on the line and $1.4 billion for the Super Bowl alone.

It was also a massive season for favorites and the betting public, which largely backed the favored side all year: Favorites went 195-77 outright in the 2024 regular season, their best record since 2005. Favorites had a specifically great run in December, which gave bettors a rare win for the penultimate month of the season.

Some teams and players attracted more fervor and delivered for bettors more often than others, so let’s take

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The American sports betting industry posted a record $13.71 billion in 2024 revenue, up from 2023’s record of $11.04 billion, according to the American Gaming Association’s annual report issued Wednesday.

The AGA, during its state of the industry call, said legal sportsbooks took nearly $150 billion worth of bets, a 22.2% increase from 2023. Sportsbooks won at a 9.3% rate nationally, a slight increase from 2023’s 9.1% hold percentage.

The AGA also reported that Q4 2024 was the industry’s most lucrative quarter on record at $3.66 billion — a 7.3% increase from the previous quarterly record set in Q4 2023.

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The Philadelphia Eagles won their second Super Bowl in franchise history with a thunderous 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX, a win so momentous that it might have shifted odds for next year’s Super Bowl at sportsbooks across the nation.

Going into Sunday’s contest, sportsbooks had lines up — some for several weeks — for the Super Bowl champion in 2026, with the Chiefs the consensus favorites at +600, per ESPN BET. However, when the final whistle blew on 2025’s game, Kansas City was knocked down to +650 and got

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For six seasons, Sam Darnold largely toiled in NFL mediocrity. The 2018 top five draft pick struggled through his first three seasons as the New York Jets starting quarterback, then spent two uninspiring years with the Carolina Panthers and one season as a backup with the San Francisco 49ers.

Very little was expected from Darnold when he signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2024 and became the starter following a preseason injury to rookie J.J. McCarthy. Most sportsbooks didn’t have him on the opening MVP oddsboard and

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With 38 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico now offering legal sports betting, more Americans than ever are projected to bet on the biggest wagering event of the year.

Legal American sportsbooks could take an estimated $1.39 billion in bets for Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, according to an annual report from the American Gaming Association (AGA).

“No single event unites sports fans like the Super Bowl, and that excitement extends to sports betting, with this year’s record legal handle reflecting its widespread appeal,” AGA president and CEO Bill Miller

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On the eve of Super Bowl XX, Caesars Sportsbook bookmaker Art Manteris wanted to capitalize on the interest surrounding the famed 1985 Chicago Bears, who would be playing the New England Patriots in New Orleans for the Lombardi Trophy.

Bears coach Mike Ditka had been using defensive tackle William “The Refrigerator” Perry in the backfield on certain short-yardage plays all season, so Manteris thought offering a proposition bet on the rookie to score a touchdown would be a good way to generate handle and potential profit. Longtime Las Vegas bookmaker and current DraftKings sportsbook director

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