{"id":463,"date":"2021-08-12T18:23:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T15:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/olympics-betting-recap-womens-sports-fuels-action-us-narrowly-wins-gold-count\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T18:23:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T15:23:31","slug":"olympics-betting-recap-womens-sports-fuels-action-us-narrowly-wins-gold-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/pl\/olympics-betting-recap-womens-sports-fuels-action-us-narrowly-wins-gold-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics Betting Recap: Women\u2019s Sports Fuels Action, US Narrowly Wins Gold Count"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Spis tre\u015bci<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/pl\/olympics-betting-recap-womens-sports-fuels-action-us-narrowly-wins-gold-count\/#Womens_Sports_Leads\" title=\"Women\u2019s Sports Leads\">Women\u2019s Sports Leads<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/pl\/olympics-betting-recap-womens-sports-fuels-action-us-narrowly-wins-gold-count\/#2020_Olympics_Betting_Recap\" title=\"2020 Olympics Betting Recap\">2020 Olympics Betting Recap<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>The 2020 Olympics, contested a year late in 2021 because of COVID-19, are finally over.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182279\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-182279 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/210807-allyson-felix-mb-1419-2-142x95.jpg?x38396\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/210807-allyson-felix-mb-1419-2-142x95.jpg?x38396\" alt=\"Olympics betting 2020 Allyson Felix\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/210807-allyson-felix-mb-1419-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/210807-allyson-felix-mb-1419-2-142x95.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/210807-allyson-felix-mb-1419-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/210807-allyson-felix-mb-1419-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/210807-allyson-felix-mb-1419-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data- title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-182279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/210807-allyson-felix-mb-1419-2.jpg?x38396\" alt=\"Olympics betting 2020 Allyson Felix\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/210807-allyson-felix-mb-1419-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/210807-allyson-felix-mb-1419-2-142x95.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/210807-allyson-felix-mb-1419-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/210807-allyson-felix-mb-1419-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/210807-allyson-felix-mb-1419-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"text-description\">Allyson Felix celebrates after winning bronze in the women\u2019s 400-meter final on August 6, 2021. One major sportsbook said women\u2019s sports during the 2020 Olympics garnered more betting action in the US than men\u2019s competitions. (Image: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One leading US sportsbook says women\u2019s sports largely generated the betting action over the past two weeks. Australia-based PointsBet is licensed to facilitate sports betting in six US states \u2014 Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and New Jersey. And in terms of Olympics betting for its US operations, Jay Croucher, head of trading for PointsBet, says roughly 60 percent of the money wagered was on female athletics.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Croucher said that the expansion of legal sports betting has led to more Americans becoming familiarized with how odds and different sports wagering lines work. With the May 2018 repeal of the federal ban on sports gambling, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/summer-olympics-to-attract-20-million-american-bettors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">legal sports betting<\/a> is today up and running in 21 states, plus DC. Most of those states permit online sportsbooks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p>It\u2019s been great to see that flip from a men\u2019s focus,\u201d Croucher told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportico.com\/business\/sports-betting\/2021\/womens-sports-tokyo-olympic-betting-1234636481\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Sportico<\/i><\/a> in an interview. \u201cThis is the first Olympics since there has been legalized online sports betting in the US.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPeople have a level of familiarity now,\u201d Croucher added. \u201cPeople are used to betting on the NFL or NBA. But they\u2019re now \u2026 able to bet on new sports.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Womens_Sports_Leads\"><\/span><b>Women\u2019s Sports Leads<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Male sports, both professionally and collegiate, greatly dominate sports betting in the US. Approximately 90 percent of the wagers licensed sportsbooks take during a typical year are on games contested by men.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>NFL and college football generate the most wagers. Basketball, both NBA and college, the latter highlighted by the NCAA Division 1 men\u2019s basketball tournament, trails closely. The MLB also receives considerable action, while the NHL is a distant fourth of the big four in terms of wagering activity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, however, it was the women who led the betting handle. Sports that received substantial betting includes women\u2019s soccer, swimming, and gymnastics.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>PointsBet revealed that the US women\u2019s soccer team was responsible for 85 percent of the sportsbook\u2019s action on soccer.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for many bettors, the US women\u2019s soccer squad failed to win gold. Team USA was favored at +110 to win the most prestigious medal, but ended up finishing third with bronze.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2020_Olympics_Betting_Recap\"><\/span><b>2020 Olympics Betting Recap<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Because of the Olympics being contested during the overnight hours when most Americans are sound asleep, PointsBet reported a reduction of live, in-play betting from the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. The sportsbook said bettors more heavily wagered instead on full-game outcomes and medal results.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Prior to the 2020 Olympics, the United States was the heavy favorite to win the most combined gold, silver, and bronze medals at -900. Team USA prevailed by claiming 113 medals, with China a distant second at 88. Bettors who took the -900 odds won just $11.11 for every $100 wagered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The US was even more favored to depart Japan with the most gold medals. They barely did so by a count of 39-38, also over China. Favored at -1200 to win the most gold, bettors needed to risk $1,200 to win $100.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 2020 Olympics will be remembered as the games that were postponed by the pandemic, and then held a year later without fans because of ongoing coronavirus concerns. They\u2019ll also be remembered for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/olympics-gymnastics-odds-shuffle-following-simone-biles-exit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Simone Biles\u2019 shocking withdrawal<\/a> from most of her gymnastics events, including the team and individual all-arounds.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Numerous sportsbooks refunded bets on Biles in the events that she did not compete.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/olympics-betting-recap-womens-sports-fuels-action\/\" target=\"_blank\">Olympics Betting Recap: Women\u2019s Sports Fuels Action, US Narrowly Wins Gold Count<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\" target=\"_blank\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2020 Olympics, contested a year late in 2021 because of COVID-19, are finally over.\u00a0 Allyson Felix celebrates after winning bronze in the women\u2019s 400-meter final on August 6, 2021. One major sportsbook said women\u2019s sports during the 2020 Olympics garnered more betting action in the US than men\u2019s competitions. 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