Bookmakers and bettors can have an overall boring result. There was no clear winner or loser in the NFL Week 11 odds. However, based on the response, it appears that the sportsbooks came out small winners.”It was really a forgettable week.” Win a little and move on to next week,” said John Murray, vice president of The SuperBook.But there were a few specific results that weren’t boring, most notably the Kansas City Chiefs losing again — which definitely benefited the bookmakers.More on that upset and the weekend that was, as oddsmakers at sportsbooks across the country recap NFL and college football betting.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. FOX Sports might be compensated for your sign-up or wager. Find out more about Sports Betting with FOX Sports. City The Chiefs lost 22-19 and had a 5-5 record, both straight up (SU) and against the spread (ATS). Oddsmakers from Vegas shops and national operators alike were ecstatic about the Chiefs’ 22-19 loss.”The Broncos knocking off the Chiefs saved us from a losing day,” SuperBook risk manager Casey Degnon said.South Point sportsbook director Chris Andrews would’ve preferred a slightly different Chiefs-Broncos finish, but what he got was acceptable.”A perfect score would’ve been Kansas City Denver winning by three. But I’ll take Denver winning. It’s still a good result,” Andrews said.Nationally, BetMGM got what it wanted from both of Sunday’s big late-window matchups.”The Broncos winning and the Seahawks covering were good,” BetMGM trading manager Christian Cipollini said.Seattle was a 3-point road underdog to the L.A. Rams and somehow only lost 21-19, despite Sam Darnold finally coming down to earth by throwing four interceptions.But getting back to the Chiefs: Through 11 weeks, they’re a .500 team, trailing the Broncos (9-2 SU/5-6 ATS) by four games in the win column in the AFC West. Kansas would win the AFC West if the playoffs started right now. City wouldn’t be in the field.All that noted, oddsmakers still haven’t soured on Patrick Mahomes & Co. The Chiefs are among the top five teams in most sportsbooks’ Super Bowl odds.BetMGM has K.C. As the co-third favorite to win the championship, the Chiefs are +850, tied with Bills, and only behind the Eagles (+550), and Rams (+600).Give & TakeAside from the Broncos vs Seahawks, the betting public had a day of back and forth. Murray ran down the list of highs and lows at The SuperBook.The Packers and Ravens weren’t good for us. We needed to win one of them. Murray stated that “the Bills and 49ers were also terrible.” “Our best games were against the Broncos Jaguars Panthers.”Green Bay and Baltimore are popular moneyline parlay bets to win regardless of the margin. The Packers defeated the Giants by a score of 27-20 and the Ravens edged out the Browns with a score of 23-16. Neither team covered the line, even though they were both 7.5 point road favorites. However, the Bills won 44-32 and covered as 6.5 point home favorites after trailing the Buccaneers early in the 4th quarter at 32-31. And the Niners, 3.5-point road favorites vs. the Cardinals, rolled 41-22 in the return of Brock Purdy, who had three touchdown passes.Added South Point’s Andrews: “The early games were no bargain. The Rams won by two points in the Seahawks’ game. It was a great day.”On CampusCollege Week 12 odds revealed that Alabama was the favorite of the public. The Crimson Tide, 6.5 point home favorites against Oklahoma, lost 23-21.BetMGM senior trader Tristan Davis remarked, “It was an excellent Saturday.” “The bettors won some money with Georgia. It was enough that Alabama lost to make it a good day.”Following Oklahoma’s win, we were all happy.‘Bama game, Georgia rolled over Texas 35-10, easily covering as a 4-point home favorite.”We lost to Georgia and BYU in the night games, but we had a nice cushion from earlier in the day,” Murray said, noting Oklahoma’Murray said that Iowa as a USC 6.5-point underdog was a popular pick. The Hawkeyes led by 14-0 in the second quarter and 21-7 in the third. But the Trojans rallied to win 26-21.”We bet a great deal on Iowa. Murray stated that USC was a big need. Patrick Everson is an analyst of sports betting for FOX Sports, and a senior reporter at VegasInsider.com. He is a distinguished sports betting journalist. He’s based in Las Vegas, where he enjoys golfing in 110-degree heat. Follow him on X : @PatrickE_Vegas.
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