Sports Betting News: Punters Wade into the Niners

The annual Super Bowl game in the United States has once again sparked a betting frenzy on sportsbooks around the world. 

The San Francisco 49ers have come in for heavy support in the run-up to the game, with punters backing them to overcome the Kansas City Chiefs. 
 
The Chiefs won the title last year and have also come in for support, setting up what promises to be a thrilling showdown in Las Vegas on Sunday. 

The Super Bowl on Sunday has been generating a ton of interest on betting apps, with several sizeable wagers placed on the NFL’s championship decider. 
 
These include two six-figure bets on the San Francisco 49ers, who are the bookmakers’ favourites to wrestle the title off defending champions Kansas City Chiefs. 
 
Numerous sportsbooks are offering free bets on the big game, while many more have a ton of special pre-match markets available.

Mahler Mission will bid to defy convention by winning the Grand National at Aintree without a prep run in the same year as the blue riband event. 
 
The eight-year-old’s most recent outing was in the Coral Gold Cup at Newbury on December 2, where he finished runner-up behind Datsalrightgino. 
 
The best horse racing betting sites rate Mahler Mission as a 16/1 shot to defy what will be a 128-day absence when the race is staged on April 13. 

Last year’s brilliant 1,000 Guineas winner Mawj has been retired to join Godolphin’s breeding operation at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket. 

The filly was the scourge of UK betting sites during her career, recording six victories and three placed finishes in just 11 starts. 

The four-year-old disappointed in a Group 1 event at Meydan Racecourse last month and will now embark on the next stage of her life as a broodmare.