Betting curiosity on Indiana Fever video games dropped as a lot as 50% final week at sportsbooks with star guard Caitlin Clark out.
The quantity wagered on the Fever’s two video games final week at Caesars Sportsbook was roughly half as a lot because the crew’s first 4 video games of the season, earlier than Clark suffered a quad pressure.
“I figured it will have an effect for positive, however it goes to point out simply how huge of a draw Clark is to each the league and the world of WNBA betting,” David Lieberman, who oversees basketball odds at Caesars Sportsbook, instructed ESPN.
BetMGM noticed a 37% drop within the variety of bets, together with prop parlays, on the Fever’s video games final week in opposition to the Washington Mystics and Connecticut Solar in comparison with the crew’s first 4 video games. Deal with dipped 23.5%, a spokesperson for the sportsbook stated.
Total, with Clark within the lineup, the betting motion at DraftKings was lopsided on the Fever of their first three video games. Indiana attracted larger than 90% of the money-line bets in its first three video games, however the motion leveled off final week. The preferred WNBA wager Friday at ESPN BET was the Solar +12.5 over the Fever.
“We’ve seen a downturn in WNBA deal with and guess rely on the Fanatics Sportsbook after Caitlin Clark’s harm,” Kevin Hennessy, vice chairman of communications for Fanatics Sportsbooks, instructed ESPN in an e-mail. “She started this season as the preferred choice for prop betting, earlier than she was injured. There is no such thing as a doubt about her recognition, however intense curiosity within the NBA Playoffs and the championship run of the Indiana Pacers, who play in the identical state, in all probability have loads to do with this momentary downturn.”
The Fever have attracted extra bets and more cash wagered to win the WNBA title than all different groups mixed at BetMGM. Clark’s odds to win WNBA MVP moved from -115 to +250 after the harm, with Minnesota’s Napheesa Collier now the odds-on MVP favourite.
