WNBA<\/a> as the league rounds the corner toward the playoffs, starting Sept. 27 (the league breaks from Aug. 31-Sept. 16 for the FIBA Women\u2019s Basketball World Cup).<\/p>\n\u201cWNBA handle is up about 10% year over year so far,\u201d said David Lieberman,\u00a0pro basketball lead at Caesars Sportsbook\u00a0in Las Vegas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think a few more individual bettors are interested in the WNBA, which is growing every year. Indiana Fever games always have a bit more handle than most teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t noticed an increase in betting around any off-the-court stuff. I don\u2019t think the off-court controversy matters much in betting or handle, really; it might bring in slightly more people to watch the games or who want to bet on these games, but ultimately, I\u2019m not sure it has a ton of impact betting-wise.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lynx Lead Futures Movement<\/p>\n
According to BetMGM, the teams with the biggest line movement (open to current) are the Lynx (+400 to -105), Aces (+300 to +400), Golden State Valkyries (+3500 to +800) and Atlanta Dream (+1400 to +850).<\/p>\n
The highest ticket percentages have been the Fever (24.8%), Lynx (14.0%) and Aces (11.9%), with the Fever (26.2%), Lynx (19.8%) and Aces (14.1%) on the handle side.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The biggest line movements in regular season MVP futures are A\u2019ja Wilson of the Aces (+250 to -550), Olivia Miles of the Seattle Storm (+12500 to +750), Clark of the Fever (+225 to +1700), and Paige Bueckers of the Dallas Wings (+2000 to +2500).<\/p>\n
Clark Effect Still Resonates<\/p>\n
Cipollini said\u00a0there have been major increases in handle the past few years, especially since Clark joined the league in 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year, while handle has improved, it hasn\u2019t been to the degree it was in Clark\u2019s years 1 and 2,\u201d he said. \u201cYear 1 in particular was a major jump. I think the league is becoming less dependent on Clark. In previous years our handle on Fever futures would be five times the handle of the next team. This\u00a0year, the Fever are not one of our top 3 most-bet futures book team, yet handle is still increasing versus last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWith most sports, we typically see a direct correlation to viewer numbers and handle. If views are up, typically so is our handle.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Women\u2019s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has been a mishmash of on- and off-court storylines in recent weeks,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[402,345760,14117,116234,2114,99,2208,434],"class_list":["post-814858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-basketball","tag-basketball-betting","tag-betmgm","tag-caesars-sportsbook","tag-las-vegas","tag-sports","tag-sports-betting","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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A\u2019ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces reacts after scoring a basket and drawing a foul against the Seattle Storm during their game on Aug. 8 in Las Vegas. (Image: Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n