| | |  | Last Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |  | | | Monday Night Gambling
- Thursday, 13 Oct 2005
Watching Monday Night Football has become an American tradition over the years, just as gambling on the game has. Monday Night football usually features the most intriguing game of the NFL week. Sports gambling fans eagerly await online gambling bookmakers to post their betting lines. This passing Monday was no exception, showcasing a match up between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the San Diego Chargers. Sportsbook, one of the largest online bookmakers, has registered some interesting statistics with regard the gambling patterns of this passing Monday’s game.
On Sunday, the online bookmaker averaged 1.69 wagers per second on the game. The total amount of money people spent gambling on the game represented an 11% increase from the total sum spent gambling on week 5 Monday Night game last season between the Green Bay Packers and the Tennessee Titans. Judging by the number of bets made on the Steelers, sports gambling fans were convinced of Pittsburgh’s victory, which they guessed correctly. The only state where the majority of sports gambling fans didn’t wager on the Steelers was California.
55% of the Californian sports gambling fans put their money on the Chargers, while 70% of the bets coming out of Pennsylvania favored the Steelers. The gambling trends all throughout the states were rather consistent, with the Steelers having a slight edge over the Chargers. For instance, 59% of the sports gambling bettors who reside in Georgia picked the Steelers, in comparison to 55% in New York, Massachusetts and Florida.
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