Results are official...the Nevada sports books lost more than $2.5 million on Super Bowl XLII. The exact loss was $2,573,103 from a total handle of $92,055,833, the third highest total since records started being kept in 1991. The "hold" was a negative 2.8 percent.
The chart for every year since 1991 is at ViewFromVegas.com, on the
Super Bowl page.
It wasn't the worst loss ever, but it was the worst since since 1995 when the 49ers routed the Chargers and the books lost $396,674. Statewide figures weren't compiled back around the time of Black Sunday.