Nebraska went 4-8 last year and is entering its second season under coach Scott Frost.Īmeristar is now offering the Huskers at 100-1 to win the national championship. Knowing you have a little bit of money waiting for you if they come out on top just adds to the excitement.' Part of the fun of sports is following your team week to week and on a journey to a potential championship. 'People in virtually all of the areas around the country we're opening up sportsbooks in are very passionate about their local teams and the good people in Council Bluffs are emblematic of that. 'We're looking at developing some ways to incentivize folks to play futures on their local teams and be even more active in trying to root them home,' Zimny added. Council Bluffs is east of the Missouri River, less than an hour's drive from Omaha, Nebraska. Legal sportsbooks began operating in the Hawkeye State last week. Iowa is among the growing number of states that have authorized sports betting in the past year. 'We'd anticipate more plays coming in over the next couple weeks.' 'The liability on Nebraska is approaching $250,000,' Erich Zimny, head of retail sportsbook operations for Penn National Gaming, which runs Ameristar, told ESPN. In comparison, as of Tuesday, there had been 16 bets combined on favorites Alabama and Clemson.

Out of the first 260 title bets placed, more than half (132) were on Nebraska. Last Thursday, an hour after the new sportsbook at Ameristar Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa, opened for business, a bettor placed a $2,800 wager on the Nebraska Cornhuskers to win the national championship at 66-1 odds.Ī week later, nearly 60 percent of the money that has been bet on Ameristar's odds to win the national title is on the Cornhuskers. Iowa sportsbook inundated with Cornhuskers title bets You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser

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