Wynn Las Vegas bettor places 6-figure wager on Rams over Vikings
A bettor at the Wynn Las Vegas sports book placed a six-figure wager Thursday morning on the Los Angeles Rams as 7-point favorites (minus 120) over the Minnesota Vikings.
The line on the “Thursday Night Football” game is up to 7½ (even) at the Wynn and Jerry’s Nugget sports book but is holding steady at 7 at all other Las Vegas sports books. The consensus total is 48½.
Los Angeles is 3-0 straight up and against the spread, winning its first three games by an average margin of 22 points. Minnesota is 1-1-1 and coming off an embarrassing 27-6 home loss to the Buffalo Bills as 17-point favorites.
The early action also is on the Rams at Station Casinos sports books.
“Before the Bills game, you could’ve made a case to make the number closer to 4 or 6. Definitely not a touchdown or higher,” Sunset Station sports book director Chuck Esposito said. “When the game first came out, I thought it clearly was a preview of the NFC title game.
“The Rams are the best team in football right now. They’re impressive on both sides of the ball. For my money, I still think the Vikings are the second-best team in the NFC. The loss to the Bills was a sandwich game, with the Packers the week before and then the short week for the Rams. They were clearly flat in that game.”
The Vikings are 19-9 ATS as underdogs under coach Mike Zimmer but Esposito noted one statistic that doesn’t bode well for Minnesota.
Since Thursday Night Football started in 2006, visiting teams traveling two time zones west for the game are 0-10 straight up and ATS.
More betting: Follow all of our sports betting coverage online at reviewjournal.com/betting and @RJ_Sports on Twitter.
Contact reporter Todd Dewey at tdewey@reviewjournal.com. Follow @tdewey33 on Twitter.
