\nTim Dahlberg, Associated Press<\/p>\n
\tLAS VEGAS (AP) \u2013 The Super Bowl looks like a tossup in this gambling city, where more than $100 million will likely be riding on the game by kickoff.<\/p>\n
\tA flurry of early money on the New England Patriots moved the game to pick \u2018em at most major Las Vegas books Sunday night after the Seattle Seahawks opened by as much as 2.5-point favorites.<\/p>\n
\tOddsmakers say they don\u2019t expect the line to fluctuate much over the next few weeks, with heavy betting anticipated on both sides.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cYou\u2019re not going to see this one bounce around like you did last year,\u201d said Jimmy Vaccaro of the South Point sports book. \u201cLast year the whole world was in love with Denver early and there was a crush at the (betting) window. But this game is going to stay right around Seattle a 1-point favorite or pick \u2018em the entire way.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tSome books opened Seattle a favorite while Tom Brady and the Patriots were still piling on points in the rain late in the third quarter of a blowout win over the Indianapolis Colts. The line quickly got knocked down, though, as money came in on New England, including a $10,000 bet at the South Point.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cAll smart guys looking to take a position early,\u201d Vaccaro said of the early money. \u201cThe line really went down quick.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tAt the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook, the opening line favoring the Seahawks by 2.5 points moved quickly even before the Patriots-Colts game was over. Shortly after the game was over, the line was already at pick \u2018em.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cEveryone remembers what they saw last,\u201d oddsmaker Jeff Sherman said.<\/p>\n
\tThe movement wasn\u2019t quite as dramatic as it was last year, when the Seahawks were also favored by 2.5 points at most books in the opening lines only to see the betting public go so heavily on the Broncos that Denver was favored by 2.5 points at game time.<\/p>\n
\tSeattle ended up winning the game 43-8 and bookmakers had a big day, winning nearly $20 million on record legal betting of $119.4 million.<\/p>\n
\tThe over\/under for the game ranged from between 49 and 49.5 points at most books. Like point spread wagers, bettors can lay $110 to win $100 on whether the total number of points will exceed or be less than that number.<\/p>\n
\tThis has been a banner football betting season so far for sports books in Nevada, the only place where full legalized betting is allowed in the country.<\/p>\n
\tRecords have been set every month, and Sherman said he believes this year\u2019s Super Bowl will set another betting record because the line is narrow and the teams are popular.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cI definitely think it can be a record,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have the defending Super Bowl champs who are as public a team as anyone. And New England is the same thing, they\u2019ve been there for years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tFor Sherman, setting the lines in the games may have been the easiest part. He and his fellow oddsmakers at the Westgate plan to spend Tuesday and Wednesday putting together more than 300 so-called \u201cprop\u201d bets on everything from which team will win the coin flip to whether one of New England\u2019s offensive linemen will score a touchdown.<\/p>\n
\tWynn sports book director Johnny Avello said he plans to offer a wide variety of props, too, which could help drive a betting record.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cI don\u2019t see any reason why it can\u2019t be broken,\u201d Avello said. \u201cThe only thing that would slow it down is that people are tired of the Seahawks and I don\u2019t think that will be the case.\u201d<\/p>\n
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