“The support the team has here in town is just phenomenal. “Even though their odds weren’t as long as 2018, we’re still looking at a small six-figure loser if the Knights lift the Cup,” MGM Resorts director of trading Lamarr Mitchell said. “Overall, I’m hoping it’s less than a $1 million loss, but it could be more than $1 million by the time it’s all done.”īetMGM will lose six figures if the Knights win the championship. “And since we posted VGK for Game 5, it’s all been VGK bets. “As you can imagine, it’s very fluid,” Circa co-owner Derek Stevens said Monday via text message. In fact, Circa Sports alone might lose seven figures. But books are still on the hook for seven figures if the Knights, -170 favorites over the Florida Panthers in Game 5 and -1,600 series favorites, win the title.

Local books are in much better shape this time around on the Knights, who are favored to win the franchise’s first Stanley Cup on Tuesday at T-Mobile Arena.

Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) their inaugural season, the Golden Knights were as high as 500-1 long shots to win the NHL title, and sportsbooks narrowly avoided a collective loss of more than $5 million when their magical run ended in the 2018 Stanley Cup Final. Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill (33) and defenseman Shea Theodore (27) combine to save the score attempt by Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov (16) in period 3 of Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final series at FLA Live Arena on Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Sunrise, Fla.

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