The NFL is king in terms of sports activities betting, and one bettor in Kentucky has put plenty of religion in Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.
On Thursday afternoon, Circa Sports activities reported taking a $3.1 million wager on the Eagles moneyline (ML) in opposition to the Carolina Panthers. The wager was positioned at -700 odds, that means the bettor will win roughly $442,850 if the Eagles win the sport straight up.
The wager is the largest NFL wager this season, one of many largest reported wagers ever at a U.S. legalized sportsbook and is confirmed to be the largest ever taken at Circa Sports activities, a sportsbook recognized to cater to sharper bettors and have greater limits.
Circa Sports activities proprietor Derek Stevens first reported the wager on Thursday evening on “VSiN PrimeTime” and famous that the sportsbook moved the Eagles ML as much as -870 and the Panthers ML right down to +650 in an effort to draw Carolina motion. As of Friday afternoon, the Eagles have been consensus 13.5-point favorites within the sport at sportsbooks, producing loads of betting motion.
“[Carolina-Philadelphia] is our most wager sport of the weekend, and it’s been largely one-way visitors on Philly, with 70 p.c of the deal with on the unfold and 80 p.c on the moneyline,” Adrian Horton, director of North American sports activities buying and selling for ESPN BET, informed The Athletic in an e mail. “The Eagles are our most-bet moneyline choice by each tickets and deal with. On the unfold, we opened the sport at -12.5, and it’s nonetheless transferring within the Eagles’ path, now at -13.5 on Friday.”
The Eagles ML was the most-bet moneyline wager of all of the Week 14 NFL video games at DraftKings Sportsbook, and 97 p.c of the wagers and whole {dollars} wagered on the Carolina-Philadelphia ML have been on the Eagles at DraftKings.
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There have been a number of $1 million wagers this season within the NFL:
In Week 12, a bettor at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas wagered $1 million on the Los Angeles Rams +3 in opposition to the Eagles; Philadelphia received 37-20.
In Week 11, a bettor at Exhausting Rock Guess wagered $1 million on an alternate line of Houston Texans +4.5 at -850 odds on Monday Evening Soccer; Houston received 34-10.
In Week 3, a bettor at Caesars wagered $1 million on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs ML -175 on the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday Evening Soccer; Kansas Metropolis received 22-17.
The ten-2 Eagles have received eight straight video games, whereas the 3-9 Panthers have misplaced six of their final eight.
(Photograph of Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley: Andy Lyons / Getty Pictures)
