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Nearly 1,000 people have bet on the Cleveland Browns to win the Super Bowl this offseason at MGM sportsbooks in Las Vegas.That seems risky.Caesars Palace has accepted close to 750 bets on the Browns, and the ticket count on Cleveland at sportsbook operator CG Technology is approaching 500 and includes a $1,000 bet at 175-1 and a $500 bet at 200-1.City of champions, right? MGM assistant manager Jeff Stoneback said with a laugh. Weve had the Cavs; the Indians are good. Why not the Browns?For the record, the Cleveland Cavaliers began the season as the second favorites to win the NBA title, and the Cleveland Indians started at 20-1 to win the World Series. The Browns, on the other hand, opened at 200-1 to win the Super Bowl. No other team was worse than 60-1, when the Westgate SuperBook first posted Super Bowl odds in January.Since the Cleveland franchise was reborn in 1999, the Browns have had two winning seasons. Yet, heading into this season, the Browns have attracted more bets to win the Super Bowl than 11 other teams at CG Technology, including the Atlanta Falcons, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints and Philadelphia Eagles. They have nearly the same amount of bets as the Washington Redskins, a playoff team from last season.The New England Patriots are the consensus favorites to win the Super Bowl and have attracted almost four times as many bets as the Browns at CG Technology, but the Browns have nearly twice as many bets as the Tennessee Titans, the team with the fewest bets to win it all.Overall, the vast majority of bets on the Browns to win the Super Bowl are tiny. Some were even done as a joke, such as Chris Hovans $5 ticket placed at Ballys during an annual March Madness trip to Las Vegas with friends.It was made strictly as a joke, Hovan, a 35-year-old maintenance worker in Brooklyn, Ohio, told ESPN. I just wanted to place the ticket on the wall of my bar in the basement. Ive been a season-ticket holder for 14 years, and I know that the Browns are going to be horrible again this year.Clevelands season-win total, at 4.5, is the lowest of any team in the NFL. CG Technology initially took enough money on the under to cut the total down to 4.We then took an over bet, the biggest bet weve taken [on Clevelands win total], $3,200 on over 4, CG Technology vice president of race and sports Jason Simbal said. That was from a pretty smart guy.Simbal said his book had taken 144 over bets on the Browns win total and 99 on the under.The Browns winning the Super Bowl is the worst-case scenario entering the season at Station Casinos sportsbook.Theyre our biggest loser, said Art Manteris, vice president of race and sports for Station, but I can promise you Im not sweating them. Cheap Jordan Retro 1 For Sale . If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency. Jordan 1 Authentic . 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The mastermind behind arguably the biggest upset in Australian domestic soccer history reckons its time A-League teams started giving more opportunities to part-time players.Redlands United shocked A-League champions Adelaide United, coming from a goal down to win 2-1 in the FFA Cup on Wednesday night in front of a small but heaving crowd at Brisbanes Perry Park.It marked the third time a semi-pro team has beaten an A-League side in the FFA Cup - Adelaide City toppled Western Sydney Wanderers two years ago, while Green Gully defeated Central Coast Mariners on Tuesday night.Redlands boss Matt Chandler believes its proof there is plenty of untapped talent below the top tier, plugging away in the National Premier Leagues (NPL) - if A-League coaches care to look.Its amazing, now, for Australian football that the NPL is now producing more and more teams that can compete with A-League teams in a one-off battle, Chandler said.I do feel theres a number of players in the NPL that could actually play in the A-League.Especially in Queensland were underestimated - obviously in Melbourne and NSW theres some superb sides, but theres a number of good sides that play in this league.Were sitting fourth or fifth, that shows the depth of the league in this state.ddddddddddddChandler could barely wipe the smile off his face after the historic victory, which seemed out of the realms of all possibility when Ryan Kitto put Adelaide ahead on the hour mark.Redlands had spent most of the night on the back foot, camped in defence and struggling to keep Guillermo Amors men at bay.But a howler from Eugene Galekovic opened the door for Queenslands second-oldest club, and Michael Lee swept into an open net to level the scores in the dying moments.Belief grew from there.Lee then provided the cross for Paul OBrian, who put Redlands ahead eight minutes into extra time, and they hung on for dear life to the final whistle.Its a huge achievement, we cant underestimate what weve just done here tonight, Chandler said.Redlands will now advance to the round of 16, and Chandler believes few teams will want to face them now.Amor, meanwhile, said Adelaide was disappointed, but not embarrassed.This is football. 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