Sports Betting Spotlight: March Madness
Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart, Jimmy Vaccaro and Ken Thomson provide analysis, tips and picks for the NCAA Tournament’s round of 64.
Bruce Marshall is a handicapper for CBS Sportsline. He provides the Las Vegas Review-Journal with NFL betting notes and trends.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale placed bets on Texas a few days before he underwent successful open-heart surgery Dec. 10 in Houston.
A Las Vegas man was arrested Sunday in connection with a fraudulent sports betting scheme involving an NBA player who planned in advance to withdraw from games.
The Vikings are 2½-point favorites over the Rams in Monday’s NFL wild-card playoff game in Arizona. Minnesota was a 1-point favorite before the game moved locations.
The Bills are consensus 1-point favorites over the Ravens in Sunday’s divisional round playoff game at Buffalo. It’s a rematch of Baltimore’s 35-10 win over Buffalo in Week 4.
Cleveland resident John Teel, using the alias “The Brown Clown,” earned $100,000 for winning the last-place booby prize in the Circa Million contest.
Daniel Skubal entered the Circa Million contest as an afterthought after buying into the $14.3 million Circa Survivor. The decision was worth $1 million.
Pro sports bettors and handicappers will try to improve on their profitable run against the spread on weekend best bets in the Review-Journal.
Professional handicapper Scott Kellen (@SixthSenseNFL) won the Las Vegas Review-Journal NFL Challenge with a 51-37-2 record against the spread (58 percent).
Bruce Marshall is a handicapper for CBS Sportsline. He provides the Las Vegas Review-Journal with NFL betting notes and trends.