After lacking the 2024 Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest over a sponsorship dispute, sizzling canine king Joey Chestnut is again within the competitors for 2025 and is a gigantic -1600 favourite to seize his record-extending seventeenth yellow belt. Final yr’s champion throughout Chestnut’s hiatus, Patrick Bertoletti, is the one males’s competitor wherever shut at +1200, in line with ESPN BET odds.
On the ladies’s facet, Miki Sudo, winner of the previous three contests, is a good bigger -2500 favourite to win her record-extending eleventh pink belt. Domenica Dee and 2021 champion Michelle Lesco present the second-best odds at +1600.
Regardless of their extraordinarily brief odds, Chestnut and Sudo are very talked-about performs throughout the sportsbook market, however these large minus costs dictate that they don’t seem to be large hazards for the books; Bertoletti, unlikely as he’s to win, is available in as BetMGM’s largest legal responsibility.
Thus, bettors need to discover worth elsewhere, resembling with whole sizzling canines and buns (HDB) eaten and different specialty props.
ESPN BET lists Chestnut’s over-under at 71.5 — greater than the 62 HDB he consumed in 2023, however decrease than the file 76 HDB he downed in 2021. Sentiment among the many betting public in the marketplace differs enormously from e book to e book, with ESPN BET reporting 69.9% of deal with backing the over, BetMGM reporting 86% of cash on the beneath, and DraftKings reporting a really slight benefit for the over.
Books even have markets for Winner With out Chestnut and Sudo. For the boys, Bertoletti (-115) is the general public’s clear desire, however Geoffrey Esper (+300) is attracting some consideration in his personal proper. FanDuel can also be itemizing a Chestnut vs. The Discipline market, the place 80% of the wagers are on The Discipline (+720) however 87% of deal with is on Chestnut (-1800).
Irrespective of which facet they’re on, bettors will relish the chance to observe eaters down canines when the solar shines on the stage at Coney Island.
“With Joey Chestnut making his return this yr, we count on pleasure — and betting curiosity — to be excessive,” DraftKings sportsbook director Johnny Avello instructed ESPN over e-mail, noting it will not examine to main sports activities occasions’ handles. “It is a fan favourite that brings a distinct sort of pleasure to the vacation.”