The Philadelphia Eagles weren’t the one winners of Tremendous Bowl LIX. Betting platforms had been, too.

Sportsbooks reported heavy app exercise throughout Sunday’s recreation, together with elevated downloads and bets. A BetMGM govt informed MarketWatch this was «among the finest single recreation leads to firm historical past» and its greatest betting occasion ever. (Its mum or dad firm, MGM Grand (MGM), is part-owned by Investopedia’s mum or dad.)

The yr is off to a promising begin for on-line sports activities betting, with the comparable-state «deal with,» or the sum of money wagered on bets, up greater than 20% in January, considerably greater than in December, primarily based on state knowledge analyzed by Financial institution of America. Over 16 million bets had been positioned on Flutter-owned (FLUT) FanDuel, a virtually 20% improve from final yr’s recreation.

Followers throughout a number of sportsbooks broadly guess on a high-scoring recreation, selecting the “over” point-total wager, which was set round 48.5—that means they guess the full factors scored could be above that degree—which, at 40-22, it was. However Financial institution of America analysts stated they consider the books benefited from the Eagles victory, in addition to each groups’ holding key gamers just like the Eagles’ Saquon Barkley out of the top zone.

At DraftKings’ (DKNG) Sportsbook, 52% of wagers had been on Kansas Metropolis to cover, or to win by extra factors than its oddsmakers anticipated, in keeping with The Athletic.

Barkley was a well-liked choose for the anytime landing «prop» guess. (Props are wagers {that a} particular in-game end result will happen.) He completed the sport with 57 yards; choosing him to hurry for over 110.5 yards was the most-bet prop at BetMGM, in keeping withThe Athletic. (Different bets that proved unsuccessful had been whether or not or not Barkley and Kansas Metropolis’s Travis Kelce would rating touchdowns and if Kelce would suggest to Taylor Swift.)

In line with BetMGM, the Eagles are the early favourite to win Tremendous Bowl 60 as of Friday.