Toronto Maple Leafs-Tampa Bay Lightning series popular with sports bettors – Toronto
TORONTO — The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. is anticipating a drop-off in betting with the Toronto Maple Leafs being out of the NHL playoffs.
The OLG introduced Tuesday the Leafs-Tampa Bay opening-round playoff collection was accountable for 34.5 per cent of all hockey gross sales. The Lightning defeated Toronto 2-1 on Saturday within the seventh and deciding recreation.
“Huge story of the week was the Leafs and Tampa collection,” the OLG mentioned in a press release. “They performed 4 occasions (final) week however have been accountable for an astounding 34.5 per cent of all NHL hockey gross sales over that point, fairly outsized versus the opposite 21 video games.
“We expect a drop-off of NHL gross sales going ahead with the Leafs out and fewer video games total.”
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In keeping with the OLG, 66 per cent of Recreation 7 moneyline bets and 86 per cent of puckline bets (-1) have been on Toronto. Fifty-nine per cent of over-under bets have been on the over and the most well-liked professional guess was Auston Matthews Targets 0.5, with 61 per cent of wagers being on the below.
The OLG additionally reported an unidentified individual turned a $10 wager into $1,441 with an eight-team parlay over Saturday and Sunday. Along with taking the Lightning, the individual additionally put cash on the Carolina Hurricanes, Edmonton Oilers, Chicago White Sox, Boston Celtics, New York Rangers, Calgary Flames and Dallas Mavericks.
One other $5 wager resulted in $565.23 windfall with a 10-team parlay Saturday. The individual took the Lightning, Flames, Hurricanes, Oilers, Miami Marlins (+1.5), Pittsburgh Pirates (+1.5), Detroit Tigers (+1.5), St. Louis Cardinals (+1.5), Toronto Blue Jays (+1.5) and Boston Purple Sox (+1.5).
