Saturday sports bettors rarely have days like this past.

Not only was the fight that is long-awaited Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao held, getting an unprecedented number of wagers for a boxing match, but that fight came at the end of the very busy day in the sports world.

That made it a to remember for fans, bettors, and perhaps most of all, sportsbooks day.

All long, there were events to be bet on day. There clearly was playoff hockey early on, as the Capitals to even up their series at one game each.

Later later in the day, there was the thrilling game seven encounter between the San Antonio Spurs additionally the la Clippers; a big performance by Chris Paul delivered the Clippers about the round that is second.

And there was clearly an abundance of baseball all long, including a clash between the Yankees and the Red Sox, a matchup that always generates plenty of attention day.

Kentucky Derby Won by American Pharoah

But there have been two big events that basically drove the action that is betting Saturday. First, there clearly was the Kentucky Derby, the very first of the Triple that is annual Crown races.

The race was won by favorite American Pharoah, who finished a length ahead of Firing Line while second choice Dortmund came in third.

Since the three horses that finished within the money were the three top favorites, that meant lots of race fans had been cashing in winning seats following the race.

But due to the busy day in betting, that wasn’t a problem to the sportsbooks.

‘I became really concerned that a lot of customers would not make it in as a result of the crowds,’ Golden Nugget’s director of race and sports Tony Miller told Covers.com. ‘But it ended up being the best Derby I’ve ever had.’

Miller said that as the favorites won, customers could actually use their winnings to bet on events later in the day, including the races at Churchill Downs that come after the Kentucky Derby.

‘If it might’ve been a long shot that won, everybody would tear their tickets up and walk out the home,’ he said.’

Mayweather Win Suits Sportsbooks Just Fine

But the biggest occasion of your day was undoubtedly the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight.

It wasn’t precisely the bout many casual boxing fans had envisioned: while many viewers agreed that Mayweather had been impressive during the fight, there were precious few moments where either fighter showed dominance or looked like in trouble, leading numerous to call the contest a boring one.

Overall, the sportsbooks in Las Vegas felt that the fight went just fine for them, nevertheless.

Many bookmakers reported they couldn’t lose on either a Pacquiao or Mayweather victory: while more bets came in on Pacquiao, all of the big bucks bets were for a Mayweather win.

That created a balance that left just a few not likely scenarios, like a draw, as potential killers for the sportsbooks.

‘It was a wash having a Pacquiao victory, a net zero,’ Miller stated. ‘But we pushed all our eggs into Mayweather by choice. We’d to dodge…Pacquiao by knockout in the round that is seventh where we possessed a seven-figure liability, plus the draw was just shy of seven numbers.’

The draw had been the concern that is biggest for many bookmakers, which sent the odds down to as low as 6-1 as sportsbooks paid off their risk because of simply how much money was to arrive on the result.

On line bookmakers additionally reported high volume on the battle. Based on a report by Covers, a spokesperson for Sportsbook.ag said that the battle generated three times as much betting as the previous boxing record for them, which had come when Mayweather fought Oscar De Los Angeles Hoya in 2007.