Oddsmakers split on Seahawks-Broncos Super Bowl

Associated PressJanuary 19, 2014 


Bettors knew who they wanted, though, putting early money on Denver and making the Broncos a slight favorite to beat the Seattle Seahawks in most of Las Vegas' legal betting parlors.

Denver was favored by 1 point at several books in the early betting, while others had the Broncos as high as a 3-point pick. The move to the Broncos came after some books initially made the Seahawks as much as a 2-point pick.


At the South Point sports book, Jimmy Vaccaro was on the phone talking about where he thought the line was going to go when a bettor came to the window and put $25,000 on the Broncos. That moved the game from being a pick 'em to the Broncos being favored by 1 point, as the odds were adjusted to take in the bet.



Bettors quickly by putting most of the early money on the Broncos in a burst of enthusiasm for a game so even that some think it will break the record of $98.9 million bet in Nevada's legal sports books last year.




Bettors, though, liked Peyton Manning and his chances of winning another Super Bowl.

Record 98 declare early for the draft

A record 98 underclassmen, including Fresno State receiver Davante Adams, have made themselves eligible for the NFL draft.

The league released the list of early entrants Sunday and said the number has risen six straight years. The deadline to apply was Jan. 15.


"What I'm hearing is that the agents always have to make the sales pitch to get these to come out," said NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah, an ex-scout with three NFL teams.

"This year, what I've been told is the sales pitch is that all your money right now is coming from the second contract, so you need to come out early so you can get to that second contract a year earlier … and apparently it's been pretty effective."


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