LEXINGTON, Ky. — Tremendous Bowl LVIII has come and gone, however not with out making historical past within the Commonwealth.
It was the primary time that individuals in Kentucky couldn’t solely watch the sport, however get pleasure from betting on the Tremendous Bowl amongst family and friends, with sports activities betting now authorized within the state.
To rejoice the event, Lexington's Pink Mile Gaming turned on the pink and gold all weekend because it welcomed guests to its multi-story sportsbook, bars and wall-to-wall TV screens. The sports activities betting part opened in September 2023 when the NFL season began.
Gabe Prewitt is the middle's vp of racing and sports activities betting operations, incomes the title final yr after greater than 20 years of getting used to the ins and outs of the gaming heart.
That's why he knew his sportsbook lounge would usher in a particular Tremendous Bowl crowd and first-time in-person betting on the massive sport.
“After all, every thing main as much as the massive sport final evening was nice,” Prewitt mentioned. “We had been fairly packed [Sunday]. We had a number of hundred folks upstairs.”
Pink Mile Gaming noticed over 2,000 totally different bets positioned on each the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. The sportsbook is run by Caesars Leisure.
When the middle opened, Prewitt mentioned a lot of its employees got here from the Caesars property in southern Indiana.
“We now have very well-trained employees who’re right here to information you thru any questions,” Prewitt mentioned.
The Tremendous Bowl drew an enormous crowd, Prewitt mentioned. He added that he hopes to introduce a brand new crowd of tourists to his horse racing observe.
“The benefit of sports activities betting is that it reaches a demographic that typically we don't even attain on the racetrack or the horse racing facet of issues,” Prewitt mentioned. “We had lots of people that we had been capable of introduce the rig to by way of sports activities betting.”
The power is approaching its 150th anniversary, having been rooted within the Lexington neighborhood since 1875. Prewitt mentioned he expects a busy yr for the middle with March Insanity and different high-profile occasions.