
The Nevada sports books took in a reported total close to $83 million in wagers on the Super Bowl this year. It was the 14th time in the last 15 years where the sports books cleared a profit. This year they won $6.7 million or about 8.3%.
The state record for Super Bowl wagers is still $94.5 million which happened in 2006. Last year, the “handle” came in at only $81.5 million. Jimmy Vaccaro, director of operations for Lucky’s sports books, said that he had thought the handle would be around $86 million this year.
The sports books lost a bit of money due to last minute moneyline bets on the Saints. But they had big wins on early Colts money and “tie lose” parlays. Many gamblers lost money on “tie lose” parlays such as when Reggie Bush managed to hit the line set for his total receptions which was four.
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