Chris Bennett has spent his entire career in the sports betting industry at two of the most respected sportsbooks in Las Vegas.

A Minnesota native who went to college at the University of Illinois, Bennett worked at the Westgate SuperBook for nine years before taking a four-year hiatus from the industry. He returned in 2019 to help launch Circa Sports and in 2023 succeeded Matt Metcalf as Circa sportsbook director.

Besides Circa’s high-stakes NFL handicapping contests — the $1,000-entry Survivor and Million and the $100,000-entry Grandissimo — the downtown sportsbook has made a name for itself in the sports betting world by welcoming the sharp bettors that some books shun.

Bennett recently discussed several subjects during a “Think Like a Bookmaker” seminar at the Bet Bash sports bettin

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