Gambling expert gives betting trends for Kentucky Derby

1 month ago 17

NEWYou tin present perceive to Fox News articles!

Saturday whitethorn not beryllium the Super Bowl, but for the mean gambler, it's awfully close.

The archetypal Saturday of May has arrived, which means the Kentucky Derby is here, and 20 horses volition statesman their quest to spell down successful past arsenic Triple Crown champions.

"Overall for equine players, there’s a batch of large days. But for conscionable overall, this is the biggest day. It’s much media traction, much hype than immoderate different race," DraftKings oddsmaker Johnny Avello told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Mage, jockeyed by Javier Castellano, wins the 149th Kentucky Derby astatine Churchill Downs successful Louisville, Kentucky, connected May 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

It's without a uncertainty the astir fashionable equine contention for the wide public, and everyone wants a portion of the action.

That means that tons of irregular bettors volition beryllium trying to drawback "lightning successful a bottle," arsenic Avello enactment it.

"This isn’t 1 of those races wherever the favorites volition instrumentality the astir money. People volition look for horses with amended value," Avello said.

A wide presumption of Churchill Downs up of the 149th moving of the Kentucky Derby connected May 6, 2023, successful Louisville, Kentucky. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

BOB BAFFERT-TRAINED HORSE SCRATCHED FROM KENTUCKY DERBY AHEAD OF HALL OF FAMER'S RETURN TO CHURCHILL DOWNS

"What they volition stake successful this Derby, they’ll stake exactas, trifectas and superfectas. There person been immoderate superfectas that person paid six figures. Even if you’re a win, spot and amusement bettor, you usually get a beauteous bully shingle for your bet. The lawsuit volition stake a batch of antithetic things."

It is hard to triumph tons of wealth disconnected a tiny wager connected a favorite, frankincense the originative bets.

"Nobody’s going to get affluent disconnected the derby, unless you deed a brainsick superfecta. But you ever look for immoderate worth successful racing. You privation to get truly excited erstwhile you triumph and effort to deed a lightning successful a bottle," Avello added.

DraftKings is besides getting successful connected the party, arsenic caller users tin usage their archetypal $5 stake connected the winner, and if their enactment wins, they volition divided a $1 cardinal cookware among others with the aforesaid bet.

Roses successful the winner's ellipse with the Twin Spires successful the inheritance during the 147th Running of the Kentucky Derby connected May 1, 2021, astatine Churchill Downs successful Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

Journalism is the existent favourite astatine 3-1 (wager 1 dollar, triumph 3 back), followed by Sovereignty astatine 9-2 and Sandman astatine 5-1.