Following Thursday night's NFL season-opening thriller in Kansas City, sports bettors do not have to wait until Sunday for more action.
The NFL set up an early September Friday night video game for the very first time in Brazil in between the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles that is currently the league's most-bet video game at BetMGM.
And while Ravens-Chiefs saw plenty of action on both sides, Packers-Eagles is getting the opposite result.
"Another game with a close betting line of Philadelphia -2.5. However, the action is much different," bet365 trading leader Aron Wattleworth stated. "(The Eagles) are seeing approximately 78% of all spread-play tickets, with the line opening at -1.5. Now -2.5, the action is plainly siding with Philadelphia, and likely goes to a minimum of a juiced -2.5 if not light -3 before kickoff on Friday."
The Eagles are the most-bet NFL team for Week 1 in terms of wagers and manage at BetMGM, and they're getting 72% of the bets and 77% of the handle.
DraftKings reported similar splits with the Eagles even getting 83% of the cash, but ESPN BET had more balance with 59.7% of the wagers and 46.6% of the cash on Philadelphia earlier today.
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Bettors are a little more split when it comes to the straight-out market in Packers vs. Eagles picks. FanDuel has actually taken 54% of the money on Philadelphia (-142) to win the video game while ESPN BET has seen a higher deal with of 68% been available in on the Eagles.
The Packers just chose up about 30% of the tickets and deal with when it comes to the moneyline at DraftKings. BetMGM reported Friday early morning that Green Bay is the most-bet underdog of any NFL team in Week 1.
Challenging total
Not much has occurred with the point overall for this Week 1 Friday night showdown in regards to line movement. An unknown, neutral place in a various nation with difficult logistics and high elevation might be causing no well-defined over or under.
BetMGM opened the overall at 48.5 and its only ticked up a half-point. That's with 58% of the bets and 53% of the manage coming in on the under.
BetMGM stated this game is the most-bet under in terms of tickets of the week up until now.
ESPN BET is split down the middle on wagers, however the over is getting a little less than 50% of the cash.
Prop markets
New Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley is a popular pick in the "Anytime Touchdown Scorer" market. The previous New York Giant rush at -130 remains in the top-3 bet count for this game at FanDuel.