{"id":145894,"date":"2020-08-23T07:06:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T14:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=145894"},"modified":"2020-08-24T12:59:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T19:59:30","slug":"indy-500-gets-the-green-flag-sunday-but-with-little-betting-traffic-outside-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/indy-500-gets-the-green-flag-sunday-but-with-little-betting-traffic-outside-indiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Indy 500 Gets the Green Flag Sunday, But With Little Betting Traffic Outside Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gentlemen will start their engines Sunday afternoon for the running of the 104th Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_145896\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145896\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-145896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/KZ50428-2400.jpeg\" alt=\"Indy 500 betting\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/KZ50428-2400.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/KZ50428-2400-142x71.jpeg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/KZ50428-2400-768x384.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-145896\"class=\"text-description\">Josef Newgarden leads the pack during Friday&#8217;s Carb Day, the final practice session for Sunday&#8217;s Indy 500. (Image: Karl Zemlin\/Indianapolis Motor Speedway)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>COVID-19 forced organizers to reschedule the Memorial Day staple event to this weekend. The largest sporting venue in the world, with permanent seating for 235,000 and a capacity to hold about 400,000, entertained plans to hold the race with a smaller crowd.<\/p>\n<p><strong>However, an increase in coronavirus cases forced the IMS to put a halt to those plans, meaning that, like most other US sports, the Indy 500 will go on without spectators this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>While the race is still a big event for auto racing and the Indianapolis community, the race has lost some of its luster over the years. Aside from the 500, open-wheel racing no longer is a major player on the US sports scene, and the sport really hasn\u2019t had a star attraction since Danica Patrick.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>NBC will broadcast this year\u2019s race. Pre-event coverage starts at 1 p.m. ET, with the green flag expected to drop at 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<h2>Little Traffic Outside of Indiana<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s little betting interest in the race outside of Indiana, where sportsbooks first opened nearly a year ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\"><p><strong>The Indy 500 is dominating at BetRivers Indiana,\u201d<\/strong> Rush Street Interactive COO Mattias Stetz told <em>Casino.org<\/em> on Friday. <strong>\u201cOver 60 percent of our current handle for events on Sunday has been placed on the race. In our other markets aggregated, we see that the Indy 500 is receiving substantially less % of handle. The Champions League final has dominated other markets instead.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Over at DraftKings, Indiana\u2019s top sportsbook by handle, the disparity is even greater. Through Friday, 82 percent of the bets it took on the race were placed in Indiana, the sportsbook told <em>Casino.org<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/challenges-await-new-caesars-as-company-must-sell-three-indiana-casinos-by-dec-31\/\">Caesars<\/a> Entertainment-owned Indiana Grand Racing and Casino in Shelbyville, the closest casino to Indianapolis, sportsbook manager Austin Herdina said he\u2019s been surprised by the traffic it has generated this weekend. \u201cSmall bet amounts, but many bets,\u201d he said via Twitter.<\/p>\n<h2>Dixon Favored by Sportsbooks and Bettors<\/h2>\n<p>Over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-stock-gets-support-as-sports-return-esports-emerges\/\">DraftKings<\/a>, Scott Dixon has commanded the most action for Sunday\u2019s race. The 2008 winner has support from 13 percent of DraftKings\u2019 bettors, and he\u2019s generated nearly a quarter of the handle, according to the sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dixon, who will start from the middle of the front row, is the DraftKings favorite at +400. BetRivers, like DraftKings a Kambi-powered sportsbook, offers the same odds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Pole-sitter Marco Andretti, who will start to the inside of Dixon, is the next most popular choice at DraftKings, with 13 percent of the handle and 11 percent of the bets. The Andretti family remains one of the top names in open wheel racing. However, the family has just one Indy 500 win (Mario, Marco\u2019s grandfather, in 1969). His odds have dropped from +800 Friday to +700 Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Those are also the odds on 2016 winner Alexander Rossi, who commands 10 percent of the handle and 8 percent of the tickets. Rossi will start in the third row.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At FanDuel, Dixon is also the favorite at +470 and commands the highest handle. Rossi is the second choice at +750. Andretti, who has more tickets than any other driver at FanDuel, is third at +850.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gentlemen will start their engines Sunday afternoon for the running of the 104th Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. COVID-19 forced organizers to reschedule the Memorial Day staple event to this weekend. The largest sporting venue in the world, with permanent seating for 235,000 and a capacity to hold about 400,000, entertained plans to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":145896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Indy 500 Races Sunday But With Little Betting Traffic Outside Indiana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In its home state, the Indianapolis 500 is proving to be a popular wager, but elsewhere the classic auto race finds itself back in the pack.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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