{"id":150579,"date":"2020-09-29T20:30:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T03:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=150579"},"modified":"2020-09-30T09:26:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T16:26:01","slug":"nfls-chiefs-ravens-clash-was-monster-bet-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nfls-chiefs-ravens-clash-was-monster-bet-game\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL\u2019s Chiefs-Ravens Clash Was \u2018Monster-Bet Game\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday night\u2019s NFL showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens, not surprisingly, was a huge hit at sportsbooks.<\/p>\n

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes reacts after throwing a fourth-quarter touchdown pass to help clinch a resounding victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night. (Image: Tommy Gilligan\/USA TODAY Sports<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt was the second-highest bet game of the year,\u201d <\/strong>said Ed Salmons, the vice president of risk management and oddsmaking at Westgate SuperBook, to Casino.org<\/em>. \u201cThe highest one for us was the Saints-Raiders game, and that was probably more because of the local team. It was by far the second-highest bet game of the year.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The matchup featured Kansas City, which won last year\u2019s Super Bowl and is quarterbacked by 2018 MVP Patrick Mahomes, and Baltimore, which had last year\u2019s best regular-season record and is quarterbacked by 2019 MVP Lamar Jackson. The game was rather ho-hum, though, as the Chiefs won easily, 34-20.<\/p>\n

Good and Bad at Sportsbooks<\/h2>\n

The good news for sportsbooks was the number of tickets taken on the game. The bad news was most of the money came on the Chiefs<\/a>, both on the spread (they were 3-point underdogs) and the moneyline.<\/p>\n

It was a monster-bet game,\u201d <\/strong>said Nick Bogdanovich, the director of trading at William Hill, to Casino.org<\/em>. \u201cWe lost pretty good because the public had the Chiefs, sort of like the public had the Packers the night before [against the New Orleans Saints]. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt stayed under in miraculous fashion. If it had went Chiefs on the moneyline and over, we\u2019d have gotten barbecued. We got beat up a little bit, but not too bad, just because it stayed under somehow.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The saving grace was the 54-point total. At most sportsbooks, the over\/under was at least 54.5 \u2013 it was 55.5 at SuperBook. Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, who beat the Los Angeles Chargers the week before with a 58-yard field goal, missed an extra point and a 42-yard field goal to take four points off the board.<\/p>\n

It was huge that it stayed under,\u201d <\/strong>Salmons said. \u201cWe needed the under. It didn\u2019t matter who won, we just needed the under. We were writing so much over money and so many parlays \u2013 over, over, over. Our only way we couldn\u2019t lose money on that game was under, and it sure looked bad at halftime [when the Chiefs led 27-10].\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

New Favorite<\/h2>\n

The Chiefs opened the season as the Super Bowl favorites<\/a>. But the Ravens had moved to the top of the board after a pair of impressive victories to start the season. Now, the Chiefs are back in command.<\/p>\n

At William Hill, the Chiefs are +400 to win the Super Bowl, followed by the Ravens at +650<\/strong>, Seattle Seahawks at +1,000, the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at +1,200, New Orleans Saints at +1,500, and the San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills at +1,600.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs, wow, they looked incredibly organized and efficient on offense, and their defense, from not stopping the Chargers at all, to slowing down a really good Ravens offense,\u201d <\/strong>Bogdanovich said. \u201cI don\u2019t know what they drank or ate this past week, but I\u2019d sure like to sign up for it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Super Bowl swing was even more dramatic at SuperBook. The Chiefs are now heavy favorites at +250<\/strong>. They\u2019re followed by the Ravens and Seahawks at +700, Packers at +900, Buccaneers at +1,400, and the 49ers, Saints and Steelers are at +1,600.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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