Las Vegas sportsbook offers 1-1,000 odds on Warriors making playoffs
David Purdum
8/29/17
Think the Golden State Warriors are locks to make the NBA playoffs? A Las Vegas sportsbook is willing to take that bet -- at 1-1,000 odds.
To win $100 on the Warriors making the playoffs, a bettor has to put up $100,000 at the Westgate SuperBook. On the flip side, a $100 bet on Golden State to miss the playoffs pays $10,100.
Good luck with that.
"The Warriors have the highest price we have ever placed on a favorite to make the playoffs," Westgate assistant manager Jeff Sherman told ESPN on Tuesday.
The Warriors won 67 games last season en route to their second NBA championship in three years. They are odds-on favorites at -220 to repeat as champions and are 1-500 to win the Pacific Division.
Golden State's win total was sitting at 67.5 at the Westgate, which on Tuesday became the first sportsbook in Nevada to open betting on the season-win totals and odds to the make the playoffs for every team.
The Warriors are projected to win 11 more games in the regular season than the next closest team, which, somewhat surprisingly, is not the Cleveland Cavaliers.
David Purdum
8/29/17
Think the Golden State Warriors are locks to make the NBA playoffs? A Las Vegas sportsbook is willing to take that bet -- at 1-1,000 odds.
To win $100 on the Warriors making the playoffs, a bettor has to put up $100,000 at the Westgate SuperBook. On the flip side, a $100 bet on Golden State to miss the playoffs pays $10,100.
Good luck with that.
"The Warriors have the highest price we have ever placed on a favorite to make the playoffs," Westgate assistant manager Jeff Sherman told ESPN on Tuesday.
The Warriors won 67 games last season en route to their second NBA championship in three years. They are odds-on favorites at -220 to repeat as champions and are 1-500 to win the Pacific Division.
Golden State's win total was sitting at 67.5 at the Westgate, which on Tuesday became the first sportsbook in Nevada to open betting on the season-win totals and odds to the make the playoffs for every team.
The Warriors are projected to win 11 more games in the regular season than the next closest team, which, somewhat surprisingly, is not the Cleveland Cavaliers.
