Cowboys loss huge for sportsbooks: ‘Packers outright was as good as it gets’

Patrick Everson

FOX Sports Betting Analyst

There was a seismic shakeup Sunday in the NFL Super Wild Card Weekend odds market. And the public betting masses saw their weekend crumble as a result.

How well did oddsmakers do on the Green Bay Packers’ shocking blowout of the Dallas Cowboys? Carl Johnson, manager of BetMGM’s Beau Rivage sportsbook in Biloxi, Mississippi, summed it up thusly:

“It was a great month for us today.”

Think about that for a second if you need to.

Bookmakers across the nation echoed Johnson’s sentiments while breaking down the NFL betting weekend so far. Let’s dive into the action.

Pack Whacks Cowboys

Inside The SuperBook at Westgate in Las Vegas on Sunday afternoon, an hour or so before the Packers and Cowboys kicked off on FOX, executive director John Murray assessed the need/liability.

One point he stressed: Moneyline parlays were stacking up, tying the Cowboys to the Buffalo Bills. Bettors were looking at that combo as the free space on a bingo card.

“We’d take a Green Bay cover. But if we can get Dallas or Buffalo to lose outright, we’d really clean up,” Murray said.

Bring on the mops and brooms. Green Bay, a 7-point road underdog, darted to a 27-0 first-half lead and stretched out to 48-16 in the fourth quarter. Dallas got a couple of garbage-time touchdowns, but this game wasn’t nearly as close as the 48-32 final indicated.

“It was a great result for us,” Murray said. “We did very well on the first-half, in-progress and full-game markets.”

Indeed, into the second quarter, in-game bettors were still firing on Dallas, despite Green Bay taking a 14-0 lead.

“They gave up pretty early on, by the second quarter. But there were a lot of bets by then,” Murray said.

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Near-Historic Decision

Zachary Lucas, director of retail sports at TwinSpires Sportsbook, knew pregame that Dallas was a serious liability issue.

“There’s a landslide of money on…

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