Las Vegas bookmakers offer prop bets on NBA draft for first time

Coming off the success of 2017 NFL draft proposition betting, Las Vegas supplied props on Thursday's NBA draft.

Bettors expect a giant Spherical 1 for the College of Kentucky. As for UCLA and Lonzo Ball? Opinions are somewhat extra blended on the Strip.

"Two props stood out because the most-bet," Westgate Las Vegas Sportsbook assistant director Randy Blum advised ESPN. "One was gamers drafted from Kentucky in Spherical 1; they had been betting the over 2.5. We opened -300 and closed -600. The opposite was below 2.5 UCLA gamers in Spherical 1, the place we opened +375 and closed +280."

William Hill US was the primary Vegas sportsbook to open NBA draft props and acquired reverse motion on the UCLA prop, with 98 % of the cash (as of Wednesday afternoon) on the over 2.5 UCLA gamers in Spherical 1. Betting closed in any respect sportsbooks on the props on Wednesday night time.

At Westgate, limits had been $1,000 and there have been few public bets. A part of the rationale was possible the restrictions positioned by the Nevada Gaming Management Board.

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