Nevada land-based, online sportsbooks score profit of less than $1 million.
Nevada sportsbooks made a profit of less than $1 million from Super Bowl XLV bets despite a late plunge on eventual winner the Green Bay Packers, gambling regulators in the state said.
Millions wagered on US sport's biggest dayAccording to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, more than $87.5 million was wagered on the game at the more than 183 land-based and online sportsbooks across the state, of which the casinos held on to just $724,000.
Favorite Green Bay beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 after starting the game a 2.5 point favorite at most Las Vegas casinos.
Comparing to previous yearsOverall wagers rose by 5.5 percent compared to last year, when Nevada casinos took in $82.7 million but actually profited by $6.9 million overall as the New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts.
The online casinos and their land-based counterparts have made a loss only once in the last ten Super Bowls: in 2008, when the New York Giants caused one of the great upsets of all time against the previously unbeaten New England, giving the bettors a $2.6 million victory over the gambling companies, after placing a total among of $92 million in wagers.
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