Sportsbooks Clean Up as Rams Win, Fail to Cover vs. Bengals in 2022 Super Bowl
By Ben Heisler
The Los Angeles Rams had the best day of anyone on Super Bowl Sunday, but it was still a very good day for the sportsbooks as well.
The Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI, as Matthew Stafford found Cooper Kupp in the end zone with less than two minutes to go to put the Rams up on top for good. With the Bengals driving, Aaron Donald got to quarterback Joe Burrow on 4th down as the second-year quarterback was forced to throw it away as the Rams walked away victorious.
While the Rams won the game on the moneyline, they did not cover the 4-point spread over at WynnBET Sportsbook. Furthermore, the 43 total points did not clear the over/under of 49 points.
Via WynnBET's final splits, both the betting tickets as well as the money was on the Rams to cover. 55.2% of the bets were on L.A, as well as 59.2% of the money. On the moneyline, 65.2% of the bets took the underdog Bengals to win, but 50.4% of the handle came in on L.A at odds of -195.
Lastly, the total also took plenty of action from the public on the over. 58.6% of the betting tickets took the over on 49. However, the sharps were on the under, as 50.7% of the money came in on that side.
"The Rams winning and landing on '3" was a fantastic result for WynnBET," said WynnBET Senior Trading Manager Alan Berg.
"It was nice to have it go that way. A dream scenario."
WynnBET has released their futures odds for the 2023 Super Bowl in Phoenix for next season. The Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs open as the co-favorites at +700 odds.
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