WEEKEND FOR SPORTS BETTING. WMUR’S RAY BREWER IS LIVE TO EXPLAIN. WHO ARE THEY PUTTING THEIR MONEY ON? RAY: IT DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK, BUT BOAST OF THE MONEY IS GOING ON BRADY. -- BUT MOST OF THE MONEY IS GOING ON BRADY. TOM BRADY IS MAKING HIS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RETURN TO GILLETTE STADIUM AS THE PATRIOTS HOST THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. BRADY SPOKE TO REPORTERS YESTERDAY, DEALING WITH A SORE THRO.AT HE SAYS HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THAT SORE THROAT. SOME ARE CAUSING THIS THE MOST ANTICIPATED REGULAR-SEASON GAME DINECADES. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, BETTORS ARE TRYING TO CASH IN ON THE GAME. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE LOTTERY SAYS MORE THAN 3000 WAGERS HAVE BEEN PLACED THROUGH DRAFTKINGS ON SUNDAY’S GAME, 97% OF THEONM BRADY’S BUCCANEERS. >> IT’S A GENERATIONAL EVENT, RIGHT, WHERE YOU HAVE A LENDGE THAT COMES BACK TO PLAY IN HIS HOME STADIUM, OR IT WAS A HOME STADIUM FOR 20 YEA.RS THIS IS LIKE BOBBY ORR FOR THE BLACKHAWKS. THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. RAY: THE NEW HAMPSHIRE LOTTERY SAYS THIS IS ALREADY THE MOST ANTICIPATED GAME THEY’VE EVER SEEN OUTSIDE OF THE SUPER BOWL. AGAIN, THE GAME IS SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE KICK-OFF AT 8:30. REPORT
Most New Hampshire bettors putting money on Tom Brady’s Buccaneers ahead of Patriots game
Thousands of wagers placed in Granite State for game
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Updated: 11:41 AM EDT Oct 1, 2021
This weekend, Tom Brady is making his highly anticipated return to Gillette Stadium when the Patriots host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.Some are calling the showdown the most anticipated regular season game in decades.In New Hampshire, bettors are trying to cash in on the game.>> Buccaneers QB Tom Brady hoarse, focused ahead of return to face Patriots in FoxboroughNew Hampshire Lottery officials said more than 3,000 wagers have been placed through DraftKings on Sunday's game, with 97 percent of them betting on Brady's Buccaneers, as of Thursday.“It's a generational event, right, where you have a legend that comes back to play in his home stadium, or it was a home stadium for 20 years. This is like Bobby Orr for the Blackhawks. This doesn't happen very often,” Charlie McIntyre, executive director of the New Hampshire Lottery, said.Lottery officials said it is already the most anticipated game they've ever seen outside of the Super Bowl.The game is scheduled for 8:20 p.m. on Sunday in Foxborough.>> Related: Upcoming New England Patriots book reports on Tom Brady's strained goodbye
MANCHESTER, N.H. — This weekend, Tom Brady is making his highly anticipated return to Gillette Stadium when the Patriots host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Some are calling the showdown the most anticipated regular season game in decades.
In New Hampshire, bettors are trying to cash in on the game.
>> Buccaneers QB Tom Brady hoarse, focused ahead of return to face Patriots in Foxborough
New Hampshire Lottery officials said more than 3,000 wagers have been placed through DraftKings on Sunday's game, with 97 percent of them betting on Brady's Buccaneers, as of Thursday.
“It's a generational event, right, where you have a legend that comes back to play in his home stadium, or it was a home stadium for 20 years. This is like Bobby Orr for the Blackhawks. This doesn't happen very often,” Charlie McIntyre, executive director of the New Hampshire Lottery, said.
Lottery officials said it is already the most anticipated game they've ever seen outside of the Super Bowl.
The game is scheduled for 8:20 p.m. on Sunday in Foxborough.
>> Related: Upcoming New England Patriots book reports on Tom Brady's strained goodbye
