At Wynn Las Vegas, DiCaprio is a -2,000 favorite to win the award for his performance in The Revenant. But at a handful of offshore sportsbooks, his odds are even better. Sportsbook.ag lists him at -10,000, 5Dimes -6,600 and Betus -12,500.
“I’ve never made an actor such a favorite in the entire time I’ve been doing these odds,” said the Wynn’s John Avello. “Put it this way, if we were taking action it, the type of cash flow would be more one-sided than if Patriots played UNLV. There‘s always the possibility of something crazy happening in the voting, but I don‘t think so here.”
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The Revenant is also the favorite for best picture and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is expected to take home best director. Tom Hardy is nominated for best supporting actor, but Sylvester Stallone, for his performance in Creed, is favored to win that award.
The other stellar movie of the year featuring Hardy — Mad Max: Fury Road — is favored for a handful of awards like best editing, best sound mixing, best production design and best costume design.
Here are more odds on the 88th Academy Awards from the Wynn.
Best Picture The Revenant EVEN Spotlight 8-5 The Big Short 6-1 The Martian 50-1 Mad Max: Fury Road 60-1 Room 75-1 Bridge of Spies 100-1 Brooklyn 150-1
Best Actor Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant) -2000 Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs) 20-1 Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl) 25-1 Matt Damon (The Martian) 35-1 Bryan Cranston (Trumbo) 50-1
Best Actress Brie Larson (Room) -900 Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) 10-1 Cate Blanchett (Carol) 20-1 Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) 25-1 Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) 40-1
Best Supporting Actor Sylvester Stallone (Creed) -200 Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) 5-2 Tom Hardy (The Revenant) 12-1 Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight) 14-1 Christian Bale (The Big Short) 25-1
Best Supporting Actress Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) EVEN Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs) 2-1 Rooney Mara (Carol) 3-1 Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight) 22-1 Rachel McAdams (Spotlight) 75-1
Best Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (The Revenant) -300 George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) 5-1 Adam McKay (The Big Short) 10-1 Tom McCarthy (Spotlight) 12-1 Lenny Abrahamson (Room) 85-1
Best Animated Feature Inside Out -1000 Anomalisa 12-1 Shaun the Sheep Movie 15-1 Boy and the World 60-1 When Marnie Was There 40-1
Best Original Screenplay Spotlight -400 Inside Out 9-2 Straight Outta Compton 25-1 Ex Machina 40-1 Bridge of Spies 50-1
Best Adapted Screenplay The Big Short -300 Room 6-1 Carol 11-1 The Martian 20-1 Brooklyn 22-1
Best Editing Mad Max: Fury Road -200 The Big Short 4-1 The Revenant 6-1 Spotlight 12-1 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 40-1
Best Cinematography The Revenant -500 Mad Max: Fury Road 6-1 Sicario 15-1 The Hateful Eight 20-1 Carol 35-1
