Joey Chestnut Regains Championship in Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.

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NEW YORK -- Joey "Jaws'' Chestnut has upset Matt Stonie to regain the championship title at the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating contest at Nathan's Famous on Coney Island.Chestnut downed 70 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes on Monday, beating out Stonie by 17 dogs.
Both men are from San Jose, California.
Chestnut's 70 dogs were the most ever eaten at a competition. In 2013, he set a world record by eating 69 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes.
The 32-year-old Chestnut had won eight straight competitions in a row before losing the Mustard Yellow International Belt to Stonie last year in an upset.
Contest officials said Chestnut set a record last month when he ate 73 1/2 hot dogs and buns during a qualifying event.
Defending champion Miki Sudo won the women's division. The Las Vegas woman ate 38½ hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes; she has won the contest the past two years.

 

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[Greenbacks]

Joey Chestnut eats 70 hot dogs and buns to win today. He now has the top 5 performances in hot dog eating history.

 

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without Kobayashi this has become is a joke

 

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  David PurdumESPN Staff Writer

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Joey Chestnut is a foot-long favorite to win his 11th Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on Wednesday in Coney Island, New York.
And a lot of cheddar will be riding on him as bookmakers say upward of $1 million is bet across the offshore sportsbook industry on the annual eating contest.<iframe class="teads-resize" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 565px; height: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; border-width: initial !important; border-style: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; display: block !important;"></iframe>

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Chestnut is listed as high as a -700 favorite to best the field and finish off the most dogs and buns during the 10-minute contest, which first took place in 1972. The women's competition will be broadcast at 10:50 a.m. on ESPN3, followed by the men's competition at noon on ESPN2.
The hot dog eating contest has developed a cult following with the American betting public. It has become a Fourth of July tradition celebrated in the United States and the Caribbean, home of the giant offshore sports betting market.
For years, starting in the middle of the morning on July 4, a flurry of small bets -- often $10 or $20 -- starts showing up at bookmakers' computer screens in places like Costa Rica, Jamaica and Panama. When the action subsides around noon, seven figures on competitive eating could be at stake.
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You can't even bet on the contest in Nevada or any of the new states offering legal sports betting this year because of gaming control regulations (it requires approval from gaming control; no Nevada sportsbooks have ever made the request).
Almost all of the money wagered on the contest is outsourced to bookmakers operating online from tropical islands.
A book manager at BetOnline.com told ESPN that the betting interest on the contest -- the hot dog handle, if you will -- has been comparable to how much is wagered on the length of the national anthem before the Super Bowl.
Veteran bookmaker Scott Kaminsky, who works at Jamaican sportsbook TheGreek.com, said he's been booking the hot dog eating contest for over a decade.
"The handle is fair," Kaminsky told ESPN in an email. "The problem lately has been Chestnut being such a big favorite, it kills some of the action."
Chestnut ate 70 hot dogs in 2016 to set a contest record, then bettered it with 71 last summer.
The over/under on the number of dogs and buns eaten by this year's winner is 70.5.

 

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2018 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Hot Dogs Eaten By Joey Chestnut <tbody> </tbody>
12:00 PM	Over 70½ Hot dogs		-160
56002	Under 70½ Hot dogs		+120
2018 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Hot Dogs Eaten By Miki Sudo <tbody> </tbody>
12:00 PM	Over 40½ Hot dogs		-130
56004	Under 40½ Hot dogs		-110
2018 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Winner of the Men's Hot Dog Eating Contest <tbody> </tbody>
12:00 PM	Joey Chestnut		-500
56013	Carmen Cincotti		+450
56014	Field		+700
56012	Matt Stonie		+700

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2018 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Women's Hot Dog Eating Contest Winner - Miki Sudo <tbody> </tbody>
12:00 PM	Yes		-500
56022	No		+375

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[Foghorn]

Chestnut has his work cut out for him this year:

"[FONT=&quot]Joey Chestnut, the contest’s 72-dog record holder, has won 10 of the past 11 competitions and will be back to defend his title. However, newcomer Carmen Cincotti is eyeing an epic upset. Cincotti has been ranked No. 2 in Major League Eating, and has been goading Chestnut with his practice runs of 70 hot dogs. "[/FONT]

 

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[PatsFan1283]

Just put $22.50 to win $100 on this bro Cincotti.

#timesup for Chestnut

 

[michael777]

over 70.5 is the play

 

[PatsFan1283]

I think if Cincotti is for real then over looks better. Will depend how much he can push Chestnut. It's possible Cincotti pushes Chestnut to even higher levels of greatness than he has already achieved.

Ali had Frazier, Bird had Magic, Brady had Manning.

That's what Chestnut needs to reach new pinnacles of success.

 

[Greenbacks]

2 teamer....Carmen & his buddy tackle a 36 inch pizza.

 

[JackStraw77]

Kobayashi stood up to George Shea and they won't let him compete. He was the Curt Flood of food eating contests by trying to say the participants aren't slaves. Joey Chestnut should have joined him in solidarity but didn't want to give up his meal ticket. George Shea thinks he's Charlie Finley.

 

[KennyB]

Gonna take a shot with Cincotti +4' +135. If he can keep it close this is a winner.

 

[PatsFan1283]

Chestnut crushed. Not even competitive.

GOAT

 

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Kobayashi stood up to George Shea and they won't let him compete. He was the Curt Flood of food eating contests by trying to say the participants aren't slaves. Joey Chestnut should have joined him in solidarity but didn't want to give up his meal ticket. George Shea thinks he's Charlie Finley.

Free Kobayashi

 

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