Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
FINISH LINE: Nevada casinos win $6.86 million on Super Bowl bets
Ka-ching!
Gambling regulators say Nevada casinos won almost $6.9 million on this year's Super Bowl as bettors wagered $82.7 million on the NFL title game.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Tuesday that the win was $179,000 more than sports books won last year, on $1.21 million more in bets.
The underdog New Orleans Saints beat the favored Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in the Sunday game.
Nevada's biggest Super Bowl win in the last 10 years was in 2005, when the New England Patriots topped the Philadelphia Eagles and casinos won $15.4 million.
Nevada casinos lost almost $2.6 million in 2008, when the New York Giants beat the favored Patriots.
Bettors wagered the most in 2006, when $94.5 million was bet on the Pittsburgh Steelers victory over the Seattle Seahawks.
PARTING SHOT
“Before Phil came here, all I knew about him was that he was a freaky dude who left his job in Chicago on a motorcycle. I thought that was strange. A freaky dude.”
— Jeanie Buss
The Los Angeles Lakers executive vice president about Phil Jackson, the Lakers' coach and her longtime boyfriend.
Gambling regulators say Nevada casinos won almost $6.9 million on this year's Super Bowl as bettors wagered $82.7 million on the NFL title game.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Tuesday that the win was $179,000 more than sports books won last year, on $1.21 million more in bets.
The underdog New Orleans Saints beat the favored Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in the Sunday game.
Nevada's biggest Super Bowl win in the last 10 years was in 2005, when the New England Patriots topped the Philadelphia Eagles and casinos won $15.4 million.
Nevada casinos lost almost $2.6 million in 2008, when the New York Giants beat the favored Patriots.
Bettors wagered the most in 2006, when $94.5 million was bet on the Pittsburgh Steelers victory over the Seattle Seahawks.
PARTING SHOT
“Before Phil came here, all I knew about him was that he was a freaky dude who left his job in Chicago on a motorcycle. I thought that was strange. A freaky dude.”
— Jeanie Buss
The Los Angeles Lakers executive vice president about Phil Jackson, the Lakers' coach and her longtime boyfriend.
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