Circa sportsbook took sharp money on the Raiders-Cowboys and Bills-Saints games, and the South Point took sharp action on the Bears-Lions matchup.
Todd Dewey
Todd Dewey covers sports betting for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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In the first seven weeks of the season, there were only two outright upsets by underdogs of seven points or more. But there have been nine such upsets in the last four weeks.
Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy, the 6-1 third choice, and New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, the +850 fourth pick, are the two biggest liabilities at Circa Sports.
After 248 contestants selected the Steelers before the 3 p.m. Saturday deadline, Ben Roethlisberger was placed on the COVID list for Sunday’s game against the Lions.
Not even halfway through the 20-week Circa Survivor NFL contest, 83 percent of the field has been eliminated in the quest for the $6 million prize.
Underdogs went 9-3 ATS with seven outright wins, including upsets by the Jaguars (+16) over the Bills and Broncos (+10) over the Cowboys.
There are six teams with odds of 10-1 or less to win the Super Bowl. The Bills are the clear betting favorites to win it all. But the NFC is a 2-point favorite over the AFC in the early Super Bowl line.
NFL Sunday on Halloween was a veritable house of horrors for bettors as the books won big to snap a rare losing streak. BetMGM reported close to a multimillion-dollar win.
The Kansas City Chiefs have been mired in a 4-14 spread slump since last season and are in last place in the AFC West after Sunday’s 27-3 loss to the Tennessee Titans.
BetMGM suffered a seven-figure loss for the second straight week, and Caesars Sportsbook and Station Casinos reported being small losers.
Caesars Sportsbook and BetMGM each reported multimillion-dollar losses, and the South Point, Station Casinos and Westgate SuperBook also suffered their worst losing day of the season.
BetMGM, which took a $20,000 wager to win $80,000 on the Lakers to win the franchise’s 18th NBA championship, is on the hook for multiple six figures if Los Angeles wins it all.
Favorites were 9-5 ATS in Week 5 entering “Sunday Night Football.” Bettors won big as the Packers, Buccaneers, Titans, Cowboys and Cardinals all covered the spread.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale bet $3.35 million in June to win $35.6 million on the Astros to win the World Series.
Tampa Bay beat New England 19-17, but the vast majority of bettors lost on the game because the Buccaneers failed to cover as 7-point favorites.
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