Oct 20, 2024; Brooklyn, New York, USA; New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu (20) celebrates after defeating the Minnesota Lynx in sport 5 of the 2024 WNBA Finals at Barclays Middle. Obligatory Credit score: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Pictures The New York Liberty battled into additional time of the ultimate sport of the season to say the franchise’s first WNBA title on Sunday, they usually’ve been put in because the favorites to repeat in 2025.
The Liberty completed first through the 2024 common season and went on to win the title in 5 video games over the Minnesota Lynx. New York has been put in because the +190 favourite for the 2025 title by DraftKings, adopted by Minnesota at +350 together with the Las Vegas Aces, who had been thwarted of their try to win a 3rd consecutive title this season.
2025 WNBA TITLE ODDS*
New York Liberty (+190)
Minnesota Lynx (+350)
Las Vegas Aces (+350)
Connecticut Solar (+750)
Indiana Fever (+1300)
Seattle Storm (+1500)
Phoenix Mercury (+4500)
Atlanta Dream (+7000)
Chicago Sky (+7500)
Washington Mystics (+10000)
Los Angeles Spark (+12000)
Dallas Wings (+12000)
Golden State Valkyries (+20000)
*DraftKings
The Fever had been eradicated within the first spherical of star rookie Caitlin Clark’s first season, and opened at +1300 for the 2025 title. Fellow rookie Angel Reese had her season finish early as a consequence of a wrist harm, and her Chicago Sky opened as +7500 longshots.
The longest odds within the league belong to the growth Golden State Valkyries, who’re making ready for the Dec. 6 growth draft.
The Liberty additionally opened because the +200 favorites at BetMGM, the place the road shortly moved to +175. The largest early motion was by the Fever, whose odds shifted from +2500 to +1500 with 33.3 p.c of all 2025 title tickets backing Indiana because the market opened after this 12 months’s finals.
It continued what the ebook mentioned has been a constant improve in betting curiosity within the WNBA together with ladies’s sports activities usually.
“Ladies’s basketball is blowing up, and other people appear to be enthusiastic about ladies’s sports activities usually,” BetMGM sports activities dealer Hannah Luther mentioned in an announcement. “There was unimaginable momentum for the WNBA coming off a record-breaking ladies’s school basketball match when it comes to bets and viewership led by curiosity in Indiana Fever famous person Caitlin Clark.
“BetMGM skilled exponential development this WNBA season with a 113 p.c improve in betting year-over-year, and we plan to maintain the momentum going.”
BetMGM additionally reported that the Liberty successful the Finals over the Lynx was an excellent end result for the ebook, which plans to supply a “wider array of WNBA markets — extra participant props, specials, futures, and award bets – and a better give attention to ladies’s school basketball.”
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