Sportsbooks Seeing Money Soaring Towards Eagles In NFL's Brazil Game
Following Thursday night's NFL season-opening thriller in Kansas City, sports gamblers do not have to wait till Sunday for more action.
The NFL arranged an early September Friday night game for the first time in Brazil between the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles that is currently the league's most-bet game at BetMGM.
And while Ravens-Chiefs saw a lot of action on both sides, Packers-Eagles is getting the opposite effect.
"Another game with a close betting line of Philadelphia -2.5. However, the action is much various," bet365 trading leader Aron Wattleworth stated. "(The Eagles) are seeing roughly 78% of all spread-play tickets, with the line opening at -1.5. Now -2.5, the action is clearly siding with Philadelphia, and most likely goes to at least a juiced -2.5 if not light -3 before kickoff on Friday."
The Eagles are the most-bet NFL group for Week 1 in regards to wagers and deal with at BetMGM, and they're getting 72% of the bets and 77% of the manage.
DraftKings reported similar splits with the Eagles even getting 83% of the money, however ESPN BET had more balance with 59.7% of the wagers and 46.6% of the money on Philadelphia earlier today.
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Bettors are a little bit more split when it concerns the straight-out market in Packers vs. Eagles picks. FanDuel has taken 54% of the cash on (-142) to win the game while ESPN BET has actually seen a higher deal with of 68% come in on the Eagles.
The Packers just got about 30% of the tickets and handle when it comes to the moneyline at DraftKings. BetMGM reported Friday morning that Green Bay is the most-bet underdog of any NFL group in Week 1.
Challenging overall
Not much has taken place with the point overall for this Week 1 Friday night showdown in regards to line motion. An unknown, neutral place in a different country with tough logistics and high altitude might be causing no specific over or under.
BetMGM opened the total at 48.5 and its only ticked up a half-point. That's with 58% of the bets and 53% of the deal with being available in on the under.
BetMGM said this video game is the most-bet under in terms of tickets of the week so far.
ESPN BET is split down the middle on wagers, however the over is getting a little less than 50% of the cash.
Prop markets
New Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley is a popular pick in the "Anytime Touchdown Scorer" market. The previous New york city Giant rush at -130 is in the top-3 bet count for this video game at FanDuel.