For the first time since 2000, Nevadas legal sportsbooks are taking bets on the Olympics, and while the majority of the early action on the 2016 Rio Games has been light and patriotic there have been a handful of notable wagers.Most notably, William Hills Nevada sportsbook took an $8,100 bet on Team USA to win the gold medal in mens basketball at -900 odds -- a bet that would net $900 if theyre successful.The book has also taken a $9,000 bet on the U.S. womens soccer team winning the gold medal and a $3,000 bet on host Brazil not winning the gold medal in mens soccer, but the size of these bets is an outlier to this point, at least at most sportsbooks.I dont think weve taken a bet over $200 [on the Olympics], Jeff Stoneback, assistant manager of MGM Race and Sports, said.This is the first time since the 2000 Sydney Games that Nevadas regulated sportsbooks have been allowed to take action on the Olympics. Around the turn of the century, Sen. John McCain pushed legislation to stop betting on college athletics. Not wanting to give up the lucrative NCAAs basketball tournament and college football Nevada resisted, but did offer a compromise by stopping action on other amateur events, like the Olympics.In February 2015, Nevada Gaming Control approved an amendment to state gaming regulations allowing sportsbooks to offer wagering on sporting or athletic events sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee.William Hill U.S. director of trading Nick Bogdanovich, a 30-plus-year bookmaker in Las Vegas, helped create approximately 200 Olympic betting options this year, everything from synchronized swimming -- Russia is a -1,000 favorite -- to rugby (New Zealands men are a small favorite at 12-5).Its more than I expected, Bogdanovich said of the betting interest on the Olympics at his shop, And I definitely think it will increase over the next couple weeks.The mens basketball has generated by far the most interest, despite Team USAs apparent dominance; they open Olympic play Saturday as 50-point favorites over China. The largest point spread on a college or NBA basketball game since 2005 was 43.5, according to sports analytics archive SportsInsights.com (North Carolina vs. North Carolina-Central, Nov. 11, 2009).Eighty-five percent of the money wagered on William Hills proposition of Will USA Mens Basketball win the gold medal? is on Yes, even with hefty 1-9 odds.Theres little reason to doubt Team USA, which won its five exhibition games leading up to the Olympics by an average margin of 43 points. The 1992 U.S. mens national team featuring Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and a bevy of other NBA hall of famers as part of the inaugural Dream Team won its eight games by an average margin of 43.7 points en route to the gold medal.I think when they played Angola, [Team USA] was like a 60- or 65[-point favorite], Bogdanovich recalled of the 1992 Dream Team. I know it was near 60.Other notable odds for the 2016 Rio Games:The over/under on the number of gold medals the U.S. will win is 43.5. 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