Sportsbooks avoid historic loss when Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders narrowly dodge tie in finale - ESPN

Daniel Carlson hits a 47-yard field goal as time expires in overtime to send the Raiders to the playoffs and knock out the Chargers.

Bookmakers avoided a historic, multimillion-dollar loss on Sunday night's regular-season finale, when Las Vegas Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson broke a tie with a 47-yard field goal on the final play of overtime in a 35-32 win over the Los Angeles Chargers.

Upsets by the Jacksonville Jaguars and Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday afternoon created a scenario in which the Chargers and Raiders would each earn playoff berths with a tie, while a loss would end either team's postseason hopes.

The most popular two-team parlay Sunday afternoon at sportsbook PointsBet was Jaguars on the money line and a Chargers-Raiders tie.

Some bettors kept it simple, parlaying the underdog Jaguars and underdog Steelers on the money-line along with Chargers-Raiders ending in a tie.

Instead of kicking the winning field goal in overtime, Raiders coach Rich Bisaccia could've elected to let the clock run out, sending both the Chargers and Raiders into the playoffs with a tie.