The Race and Sports Book at Wynn Las Vegas is accepting wagers on the $10,000 No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker Main Event Championship to be held November 5-7 in Las Vegas. Wagers can be placed on each of the final nine players to win the event or on the top two finishers (quinella).

New Nevada gambling regulations this year allow casinos to offer wagering opportunities on non-sporting events. On July 15, the Nevada Gaming Control Board provided approval to accept wagers on the $10,000 No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker Main Event Championship.

Wynn Las Vegas became the first Las Vegas casino to offer wagers on non-sporting events in early July, when the Race and Sports Book accepted bets on the preliminary rounds of the No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker tournament. Lines included whether a woman would finish higher than 40th and whether poker legends Johnny Chan, Allen Cunningham or Erik Seidel would win money in the event.

"This is a great event for wagers," said Wynn Race and Sports Director Johnny Avello. "Not only will gamblers be betting on other gamblers, but non-gamblers who just have a love of poker and follow this event every year can get in on the action too."

Wynn’s opening odds are: Martin Staszko 3-1, Eoghan O’Dea 17-5, Matt Gianetti 6-1, Phil Collins 6-1, Ben Lamb 6-1, Badih Bounahra7-1, Prus Heinz 10-1, Anton Makievskyi 11-1, Samuel  Holden 14-1

Lucky’s Race and Sports Book has established chip leader Martin Staszko as the 5-2 betting favorite to win the Main Event. Staszko leads the November Nine with nearly 40.2 million chips. Eoghan O’Dea with 33.9 million chips is the second choice at the window at 4-1. Matt Gianetti is the 5-1 third choice with 24.7 million chips, while Phil Collins is fourth at 6-1 with 23.8 million chips.

An enticing choice at 7-1 is WSOP Player of the Year leader Ben Lamb at 7-1. Lamb, with a first, second and eighth place finish during this