Sportsbook.com Shares Stats
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NEW YORK - (PRESS RELEASE) -- Week 5 of the NFL season produced an exciting Monday night game between the Chargers and the Steelers and a few interesting stats: - On Sunday, October 9, Sportsbook.com registered an average of 1.69 bets per second on the San Diego versus Pittsburgh Monday night contest - The total dollars wagered on this year's week 5 Monday night game was 11 per cent higher than the week 5 game last year between Tennessee and Green Bay - Football fans are "Homers!" At least the ones that bet. California was the only state where bettors favored the Chargers.

Almost 55 percent of California bettors at Sportsbook.com took the Chargers. By comparison, almost 70 percent of Pennsylvanian bettors put their money on the Steelers. - Betting trends across the rest of the country were far more evenly split, with almost all states betting slightly in favour of Pittsburgh. - 59 per cent of bettors in Georgia bet on the Steelers as did approximately 55 per cent of bettors in Florida, New York and Massachusetts