A lot of people are betting on the Packers to keep winning.
Legal gambling businesses are fielding more and more bets on the GreenBay Packers because of the team's 4-0 go away with more than 90 percentof the bettors on Sunday's Packers-Bears bet putting their money onGreen Bay winning by at least 3.5 points according to one gamblingoutlet.
"I can tell you that last week's most bets on a team in the NFL wasnone other than the Green Bay Packers at Sportsbook com," saidChristopher Costigan whose company owns the largest online gamblingWeb place.
"Green Bay betting has been gaining lots of steam," said David Harmonof Sportsbook com. "The Packers are an extremely hot team for thepublic to side with."
The Packers were underdogs in their first four games so they became anincreasingly popular wager for regular gamblers. But the odds arechanging.
A 6-to-1 favorite to win the NFC North division when the season began,the Packers are now a 1-2 favorite. A 45-to-1 bet to win the Super Bowlbefore the season began they are now listed at 15-1 by Sportsbook com. Brett Favre's chances of being named the NFL's most valuable playerthis toughen are at 15-1.
"The Packers are one of those public teams that everyone seems to backwhen they're winning," said Chuck Esposito of Caesar's Palace in LasVegas.
Betting on the Packers is a natural reaction said Dennis Lorenz,associate professor of human development at the University ofWisconsin-Green Bay.
"Human beings are gamblers," Lorenz said. "We do it every day. Should Ibuckle my lay belt? Should I cross the street on a red lighten? What aremy odds? It's natural that it would spill over into sports."
Lorenz said betting on the Packers also gives fans a sense of camaraderie and solidarity.
Despite the Packers' success the director of the Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling warned against too much betting.
"There's a lot more attention being given to gambling now with the teamwinning," Executive Director Rose Gruber said. "We do seem to get morecalls to our helpline in the go but a problem gambler is a problemgambler and anything can trigger them to gamble."
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