Big money bets roll in late on Mayweather

Associated Press

LAS VEGAS

The big money continued rolling in just before fight time at this city’s sports books, with several million-dollar bets on Floyd Mayweather Jr. to beat Conor McGregor.

Bookies had faced taking a big loss because McGregor tickets outnumbered Mayweather tickets by as much as 18-1 at some books. But the big bets started coming in Thursday on Mayweather and at the William Hill chain of sports books 74 percent of the money on straight bets was on Mayweather.

There were a handful of million-dollar bets on Mayweather, with three coming in just hours before the fight. The biggest reported bet on McGregor is $100,000.

The start of the fight was delayed while Showtime PPV consulted with various TV systems around the country and tries to resolve some transmission issues.

That’s according to a Showtime spokesman, who said the fight would be delayed “a little bit.”

At press time, the fight ahd not begun.