After lacking the 2024 Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest over a sponsorship dispute, scorching canine king Joey Chestnut is again within the competitors for 2025 and is a gigantic -1600 favourite to seize his record-extending seventeenth yellow belt. Final yr’s champion throughout Chestnut’s hiatus, Patrick Bertoletti, is the one males’s competitor anyplace shut at +1200, in line with ESPN BET odds.
On the ladies’s aspect, Miki Sudo, winner of the final three contests, is a fair bigger -2500 favourite to win her record-extending eleventh pink belt. Domenica Dee and 2021 champion Michelle Lesco present the second-best odds at +1600.
Regardless of their extraordinarily brief odds, Chestnut and Sudo are extremely popular performs throughout the sportsbook market, however these large minus costs dictate that they aren’t large hazards for the books; Bertoletti, unlikely as he’s to win, is available in as BetMGM’s largest legal responsibility.
Thus, bettors need to discover worth elsewhere, similar to with whole scorching canine and buns (HDB) eaten and different specialty props.
ESPN BET lists Chestnut’s over-under at 71.5 — greater than the 62 HDB he consumed in 2023, however decrease than the report 76 HDB he downed in 2021. Sentiment among the many betting public available on the market differs enormously from e-book to e-book, with ESPN BET reporting 69.9% of deal with backing the over, BetMGM reporting 86% of cash on the below, and DraftKings reporting a really slight benefit for the over.
Books even have markets for Winner With out Chestnut and Sudo. For the boys, Bertoletti (-115) is the general public’s clear choice, however Geoffery Esper (+300) is attracting some consideration in his personal proper. FanDuel can be itemizing a Chestnut vs. The Discipline market, the place 80% of the wagers are on The Discipline (+720) however 87% of deal with is on Chestnut (-1800).
Regardless of which aspect they’re on, bettors will relish the chance to observe eaters down canine when the solar shines on the stage on Coney Island.
“With Joey Chestnut making his return this yr, we count on pleasure — and betting curiosity — to be excessive,” DraftKings sportsbook director Johnny Avello informed ESPN over e-mail, noting it will not evaluate to main sports activities occasions’ handles. “It is a fan favourite that brings a special sort of pleasure to the vacation.”