BIG GAME HITS THE JACKPOT

WIGAN WARRIORS and Warrington Wolves bet big in bringing Super League to Las Vegas.

- JAMES SMAILES

They left Paradise, Nevada, having potentially hit the jackpot for the sport in England.

Two of the game's biggest forward thinkers, the clubs went out on their own away from the governing body in piggybacking on to the Australian NRL's decision to bring games to America.

But where last year's opening Aussie-only event brought a good return, there was a unanimous feeling across all parties involved that this year's Vegas residency had come up aces thanks to the trump card of the poms.