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NFL Sim Bowl odds favor Ravens to win 1st Madden 20 AI-only tourney

by
Marcus Williams
May 12, 2020

Bovada The Sim Classic Madden 20 betting odds

As the light of sports returning appears at the end of the at-home tunnel, the top legal US betting sites are making sure bettors aren’t “Mr. or Ms. Irrelevant” during the remaining time in quarantine.

On May 9, Bovada Sportsbook raised the stakes by launching “The Sim Classic” — a month-long simulated tournament of the NFL season using EA Sports’ Madden 20 with a FIFA World Cup-style bracket for the playoff format.

Alongside instantly making Roger Goodell’s “No Fun League” actually enjoyable and fair by eliminating all tied outcomes, over 60 matches will take place before two teams from each division advance to the 16-team playoff to determine the sportsbooks’ first-ever “NFL Sim Bowl I” champion on May 24.

The oddsmakers are using updated Madden 20 rosters with the most recent player ratings. A minimum of five games will be streamed daily from the LiveFootballSims Twitch Channel.

And what kind of sportsbook would it be without bets to place? Bovada has live betting odds, parlays, props, and futures available for the inaugural single round-robin group stage, 16-team playoff, and first-ever “Sim Bowl” title game.

The Baltimore Ravens are the betting favorites to win Bovada’s The Sim Classic 2020 at +650 odds, meaning a $100 bet will win $650 if the computer AI leads MVP Lamar Jackson and company to a simulated pro football championship.

Today, betting on video game sims is both legal and has rapidly become one of the most popular ways to gamble responsibly during a time without sports. Below you can find the futures for Bovada’s “The Sim Classic,” and live odds are posted each morning on the site.