Patrick Everson
FOX Sports Betting Analyst
The NFL Week 7 odds are within the rearview mirror, however the public betting lots can be watching them fondly. It was one other good week for leisure bettors. As typical, there are lots of people taking part in quarterback on Monday morning.
So we at FOX Sports can be taking part in quarterback Tuesday morning for the sports activities betting public. If there’s one factor public bettors love, it is betting on parlays. And that is comprehensible. Betting just a little to win loads is tempting, just like the lottery, or on this case, maybe a mini-lottery. However, additionally keep in mind this: Parlays are a bookmaker’s finest good friend.
That mentioned, what if I instructed you that you just guess $10 on: a two-time Pro Bowl operating again scoring first; the 2019 chief in dashing touchdowns to attain first; the winner of the final two Super Bowls to win straight; a group that entered the AFC Divisional spherical overlaying a three-point unfold; and Sunday evening recreation to recover from 40 factors would earn you greater than $3,000?
In Week 7, he would. So, with that in thoughts, here is this week’s version of…
I may have, I ought to have
Wouldn’t it have been good to show ten {dollars} into three thousand or one thing? The following five-team parlay in DraftKings Sportsbook’s NFL Week 7 odds would do exactly that:
- Saquon Barkley +400 to attain the primary landing within the Eagles-Giants recreation
- Aaron Jones +650 to attain first landing in Vikings-Lions video games
- Chiefs Moneyline +120 vs. 49ers
- Texans +3 (+100) vs. Packers
- Jets-Steelers Over 40.5 complete factors (-105)
For Barkley, this was the positioning of revenge towards the Giants, and at MetLife Stadium no much less. You needed to assume the Eagles operating again was making an attempt to have an enormous recreation. And he did, with 17 carries for a whopping 176 yards.
Barkley additionally scored the primary landing of the sport, six minutes into the primary quarter.
Jones discovered the tip zone even faster for Minnesota, with a 34-yard landing run simply 3:17 into the sport towards Detroit.
Kansas City has been a particularly well-liked public play on the moneyline within the NFL Week 7 odds. This is the norm when Patrick Mahomes & Co. are underdogs, uncommon as it’s. The Chiefs went on the street and beat San Francisco 28-18, in a rematch of final season’s Super Bowl.
Biggest battle on this hypothetical five-game parlay: Houston beating the purpose unfold. The Texans-Packers matchup in Green Bay was shut all through. The Texans took a 22-21 lead on a area purpose with 1:44 left, however misplaced 24-22 when the Pack bought a area purpose within the remaining seconds.
However, Houston was a 3-point underdog. So a 2 level loss was a win for Texas level unfold bettors.
Prime time video games have a tendency to draw extra bets and cash on the Over, even between two groups as challenged offensively because the Jets and Steelers have been this season. On Sunday evening, the over got here pretty simply, with a contact by the Steelers early within the fourth quarter giving them a 30-15 lead.
Pittsburgh received 37-15.
Add all of it up and you’ve got odds of +32114, or apparently 321/1. So 10 {dollars} on a five-legged parlay generates a revenue of $3,211.43. Don’t neglect that 43 cents on the finish!
To reiterate, there’s a motive why the chances are so excessive on some of these bets. And bookmakers need nothing greater than so that you can add increasingly more legs to your parlay tickets.
So guess accordingly. If you are trying to get just a little extra together with your 10 or 20 {dollars}, then you possibly can guess on these mini-lottery tickets. But do not take it out of your child’s lunch cash, okay?
Patrick Everson is a sports activities betting analyst for FOX Sports and senior reporter for VegasInsider.com. He is a distinguished journalist within the nationwide sports activities betting trade. He lives in Las Vegas, the place he enjoys taking part in golf in 110-degree warmth. Follow him on Twitter: @PatrickE_Vegas.
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