Friday, August 19, 2016

The Rio Farce, Two Weeks In: Vegas

Pulled out some betting sheets.

Tropicana, numbers as of July 29:
  • Bets on winning the most gold medals will cash at 1-6 for the USA.
  • Total medal count was 103 1/2 hedging over, and has already done so.
  • Gold medals is 42 hedging over.  Might clamber to a push, but not much more.
  • China's gold medals was 35, hedging over.  Nowhere close.
  • Great Britain was 18 1/2 hedging under.  Already over by several.
  • Andy Murray got you 11-4 to win the men's tennis.
  • Monica Puig won 15-1 as part of the Field bet for the women.
  • Germany cashed at 2-1 for the women's soccer.
  • Justin Rose was third-favorite at 9-1 for the golf.
  • Most interesting prop bet I could find:  Gold medals:  USA's + Canada's were a 1 1/2 gold "favorite" over Britain + Germany + France, hedging toward USA/Canada.  USA has 38, Canada has 4.  Britain has 24, Germany 14, France 9 -- so it sounds like the European side will win that prop bet.
  • Fiji cashed at 9-5 for favorites in the men's rugby sevens.
  • USA women's basketball is 1-15 to win the gold medal.  The men?  1-20.  Spain was third-favorite at 10-1 for the women.  Serbia well down the board at 16-1 for the men.

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