The four-time major champion is the 8-1 favorite to win the year’s final major at Royal Portrush, where he has the course record, in his native Northern Ireland.
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Besides RJ Barrett, the No. 3 overall pick in the draft, the Knicks will feature 2018 picks Kevin Knox and Mitchell Robinson and former Findlay Prep star Allonzo Trier.
CG Technology sportsbook posted odds Thursday on 12 entertaining cross-football 2019 season win total matchups, including UNLV-Raiders and Ohio State-Browns.
The Bills went 6-10 last season — after going 9-7 and making the playoffs in 2017 — and finished second in the league in total defense and first in passing defense.
The Westgate and South Point sportsbooks each have posted national title props pitting Clemson and Alabama against the field, with the two powers minus 170 favorites.
The surprising journeyman on the mound who has made the most cash for bettors this season is Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Jordan Lyles, who is 5-1 with a 2.81 ERA.
The Masters champion is the 8-1 favorite to win the PGA Championship, the year’s second major, which begins Thursday at Bethpage Black in New York.
Long before Rood became the MGM Resorts sportsbook director, he was a bit of a campus bookie at New Mexico State, where he knew early on he wanted to end up in Las Vegas.
The gambler hit two identical $4 superfectas that paid $51,400 each, $39,065 after taxes.
One of the most popular and profitable sports betting trends in recent years — wagering on a home team down 2-0 in a series in the first half of Game 3 — will come into play Saturday when Golden State plays at Houston.
PointsBet sportsbook in New Jersey inadvertently twisted the knife in the hearts and bankrolls of bettors in Las Vegas when it announced Wednesday that it would refund all Golden Knights bets.
The biggest upset on the menu of NFL draft props at Las Vegas sportsbooks was on under 3½ quarterbacks taken in the first round.
Las Vegas oddsmakers and handicappers expect the NFL draft prop of quarterbacks taken in the first round to go over 3½.
One index prop that always gives the books a huge liability is for either team to finish with two points, which pays 10,000-1 odds.
The wiseguys especially love LA getting 3 points flat, which means bettors can wager $110 to win $100 on the favorite or underdog.





