A beforehand unknown rookie driver, and an unexpectedly improbable qualifying run.
Put these two collectively, and also you’ve received fairly a shakeup in Indianapolis 500 odds.
That’ll be the case on Sunday, with Robert Shwartzman making the leap from huge lengthy shot to No. 4 in odds to win the Indianapolis 500.
“We do have a couple of attention-grabbing drivers, beginning with the rookie Robert Shwartzman,” Caesars Sports activities motorsports dealer Ryan Yando stated.
Additionally attention-grabbing: For the primary time ever, the Indy 500 airs on FOX, with the inexperienced flag set to drop at 12:45 p.m. ET Sunday.
Yando and DraftKings Sportsbook’s Johnny Avello assist drive us via a couple of attention-grabbing features of Indianapolis 500 odds.
Quantum Leap
Again in December, when Indy 500 odds first hit the board at Caesars Sports activities, Shwartzman was an entire afterthought. He opened at +75000, or in additional digestible phrases, 750/1.
What that meant: When you’d put a $100 guess on Shwartzman, and he went on to win Sunday’s race, you then’d gather a whopping $75,000.
Suffice it to say, that’s now not the case.
“He pulled off the miracle in qualifying. He’s now all the way down to +750,” Yando stated.
Now, your $100 guess on Shwartzman would revenue simply $750 (complete payout $850). That’s a pleasant little return, however a drop within the milk bucket in comparison with what might’ve been had a couple of months in the past and even earlier than qualifying on Might 17 and Might 18.
“The large query now’s if he can he maintain off the veterans Àlex Palou, Pato O’Ward and Scott Dixon,” Yando stated.
O’Ward and Palou are +500 co-favorites in Caesars’ Indy 500 odds. O’Ward certified third and can begin on the surface of Row 1 within the 33-car subject. Palou certified sixth and is on the surface of Row 2.
Dixon, the +650 third alternative, certified between these two in fourth, so he’ll begin from the within of Row 2.
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Triple Your Pleasure
DraftKings Sportsbook is teaming up with FOX Sports activities on one other attention-grabbing option to guess on Indianapolis 500 odds. Borrowing from horse racing, DraftKings is providing a first-of-its-kind trifecta field.
A trifecta field is a wager on the highest three finishers, no matter order. On this occasion, DK has 20 trifecta mixtures to select from. And the payouts are intriguing, in the event you’re lucky sufficient to hit.
For instance, a trifecta field of the highest three drivers on the oddsboard — O’Ward/Palou/Dixon — is +4000. So a $100 guess would revenue $4,000 (complete payout $4,100) if these three drivers, in any order, end 1-2-3 within the race.
“We’re continually exploring modern methods to raise the fan expertise round main sporting occasions,” stated Johnny Avello, director of sportsbook operations for DraftKings. “Working alongside Fox Sports activities for a marquee occasion just like the Indy 500 permits us to ship a dynamic new betting providing that can drive pleasure for each longtime and [new] motorsports followers.”
Penalty on the Play
Josef Newgarden is the grasp of the Brickyard of late, successful the final two Indy 500s and on the lookout for a three-peat this yr. Nonetheless, that job was made harder Monday, when INDYCAR penalized Newgarden — together with teammate and 2018 Indy 500 winner Will Power — for an unlawful half modification.
Newgarden had certified eleventh and Energy twelfth. However the penalties despatched each drivers to the again of the sector, which clearly impacted Indianapolis 500 odds, as nicely.
“Newgarden was one of many favorites final week earlier than his penalty from INDYCAR. We pushed him out to +1200, with him beginning within the again,” Yando stated. “Persons are nonetheless , however it is going to be robust for him, because it’s by no means been [won] beginning within the again.
“If anybody can do it, nonetheless, it could be Josef.”
Actually, Newgarden’s odds have barely improved over the course of the previous 4 days, as he’s now the +1000 sixth alternative.
Kyle Larson particulars on finishing ‘the double’: Indy 500, Coca-Cola 600 in at some point
Double Play
As soon as once more, a driver will try to finish the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday. Kyle Larson is giving it a go for the second straight yr.
Larson completed 18th within the 2024 Indianapolis 500, then hopped on a jet to get to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Coca-Cola 600. Justin Allgaier began in Larson’s No. 5 automobile, with a plan to have Larson bounce within the driver’s seat as soon as he arrived.
However foul climate shortened the race, and Larson by no means received behind the wheel.
As for Sunday’s first race, Yando stated Larson opened among the many favorites in Indy 500 odds, however curiosity has been mild.
“I assumed we might see extra motion on him within the 500. He opened round +800 and is now +1800,” Yando stated.
Nonetheless, Larson is the +550 favourite to win the Coca-Cola 600, which begins at 6 p.m. ET. Larson already has three Cup Collection wins this season and is atop the factors standings.
DraftKings Sportsbook is providing what it phrases the Kyle Larson Particular: +13000 odds (130/1) that Larson wins each races. When you really feel like taking a flier on Sunday, a $100 guess on that prop would return $13,000 in revenue if Larson pulls off the extremely unbelievable feat of two wins.
There have been 22 makes an attempt on the double, amongst 14 drivers. Solely Tony Stewart, in 2001, accomplished all 1,100 miles, taking sixth at Indy and third at Charlotte.
Price noting: No driver trying the double has ever received both race.
Patrick Everson is a sports activities betting analyst for FOX Sports activities and senior reporter for VegasInsider.com. He’s a distinguished journalist within the nationwide sports activities betting house. He’s based mostly in Las Vegas, the place he enjoys {golfing} in 110-degree warmth. Comply with him on X: @PatrickE_Vegas.
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