Las Vegas sportsbook makers are keeping their fingers crossed as Major League Baseball's playoffs get underway.
What they are hoping to see is the Oakland Athletics eliminated early.
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There's no mystery here. The A's had the longest odds going into the season of any of the playoff teams. As ESPN notes, as late as June MGM sportsbooks listed them as 250-1 underdogs to win the Series.
But bettors took one look at the risk vs. reward and saw an opportunity.
"We have just a slew of $5 and $10 tickets anywhere between 100-1 and 250-1 [on the A's]," Jay Rood, MGM vice president of race and sports, told ESPN.