It's the Friday before the Super Bowl, and ESPN has taken the pulse of the Las Vegas betting landscape on the game.
The books apparently will win nicely if it's a defensive struggle -- and the second reason they want it, given what has happened across American sports with the legalization of state gambling in about 3/4 of the states, should raise eyebrows.
The first reason is, after the institutional bettors slammed the total under at 46.5 when it opened after the conference championship games (moving the line to 45.5), the books expect the public to really hit the over on the game, thinking the NFL is going to want a high-scoring Fantastic Finish.
In fact, as of right now, at least two major books are reporting a slight skew of bets to the over.
The second reason is that a LOT of money is going down on spot-fixing abuse bets -- the props. The passing yards and "anytime touchdowns" apparently are getting big numbers. So big, Jason Smith-Njigba and Kenneth Walker III of the Seahawks are odds-on bets to get in the end zone at some point in Super Bowl LX.
(Kind of interesting when the current line and total indicate something of the order of 26-20 Seahawks.)
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