“In the three games, we haven’t been good enough,” Vegas coach Gerard Gallant said on Sunday. “If we don’t step up our game, the same result’s going to happen tomorrow night. So, we’ll see what we’re made of.”<\/strong><\/p>\nLong Shot to Victory<\/b><\/h2>\n
The Vegas Golden Knights aren’t supposed to be here. The first-year expansion team has overcome the longest of odds in reaching the Stanley Cup Final in the VGK’s inaugural season.<\/p>\n
Prior to the start of the regular season, sportsbooks had the team as long as 500\/1 to win the cup. The SuperBook printed more than a dozen tickets on those long odds, the greatest being a $60 bet. At 500\/1, that $60 wager would net the fortunate gambler $30,000.<\/p>\n
It’s estimated that Las Vegas casinos stand to lose between $5 million and $7 million should the Golden Knights find a way to win three of the remaining four games. That would be the biggest loss on a futures line in state history.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n“Every expert had them finishing dead last or maybe next to last in the Western Conference,” William Hill oddsmaker Nick Bogdanovich told the Washington Post<\/i> recently. “We’re going to be wrong, and we’ll just have to pay. That’s just the nature of the beast.”<\/p>\nBack to the Futures<\/b><\/h2>\n
Gamblers can’t print a new ticket with those long Vegas Golden Knights odds that were offered last fall. But that doesn’t mean you can’t buy an already placed wager on such long odds.<\/p>\n
Prop Swap, an online exchange that allows bettors to sell their tickets in order to effectively hedge their bets, had several slips up for sale that have since been sold. One remains, however, and it’s a bet that wins $120,000 should Vegas claim the Stanley Cup. The $400 wager was placed on 300\/1 odds. The ticket is listed at $90,000.<\/strong><\/p>\nIn contrast, the SuperBook’s updated +190 series price would net $171,000 on a $90,000 bet, but where there’s a hustle, there’s usually a willing sucker somewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Vegas Golden Knights will be playing full throttle to even the Stanley Cup Final Monday night in Washington, D.C., but Nevada oddsmakers now predict their hometown team’s stuff-of-legends run is going to have a not-so-happy ending. After the Washington Capitals won 3-1 on Saturday to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, Las […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":79587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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