Gambling and Sports Betting News February 23, 2020: Fury TKO Win Over Wilder Big for Sportsbooks

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Here are today's headlines in the world of gambling and sports betting as they happen - Sunday February 23, 2020.


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Fury TKO Win Over Wilder Big for Sportsbooks

MGM Resorts and other Vegas sports books (as well as the online sites) enjoyed one of their biggest boxing wins of the past decade as the betting public was all over Deontay Wilder, who was as high as a -150 favorite after opening as a small underdog.

“Arguably a top-five boxing result for us in at least the last 10 years,” The Mirage sportsbook director Jeff Stoneback said. “We took two bets to win $100,000 on Wilder and lots of five-figure bets. The public was all in on Wilder.”

MGM reported a high six-figure win. CG Technology and William Hill sportsbooks also reported solid six-figure wins.

“There were no real big bets, but a ton of money added up on Wilder, that’s for sure,” William Hill sportsbook director Nick Bogdanovich said. “It was a darn good decision.”

For Gambling911.com, Saturday represented the biggest trafficked day since August 2017 when Conor McGregor took on Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

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- Aaron Goldstein, Gambling911.com

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