Only five teams have a lower season win total than the Rebels at Caesars Entertainment. They are in the bottom 11 of 130 FBS schools with a win total of 3.
Todd Dewey
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Todd Dewey covers sports betting for the Review-Journal. Prior to taking over that beat in January 2017, he covered UNLV football, 51s baseball and a wide range of other events that come to Las Vegas. A native of Cambridge, Mass., and a graduate of the University of Central Florida, Dewey joined the Review-Journal in 1999 and was the 2013 Nevada Sportswriter of the Year.
Every book has implemented protocols to help ensure the health and safety of customers and employees, and try to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Caesars made Rory McIlroy the 8-1 favorite to win the Charles Schwab Challenge, scheduled for June 11 to 14 at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.
Caesars Entertainment sportsbook has graded all NHL division leaders — the Golden Knights, St. Louis, Boston and Washington — as winners in its division futures market.
Handicapper Lou Finocchiaro (@GambLou) has three plays for the event, which is headlined by a welterweight bout between Tyron Woodley (19-4-1) and Gilbert Burns (18-3).
The book has graded all division leaders (Vegas, St. Louis, Boston, Washington) as winners and refunded wagers on the runners-up (Edmonton, Colorado, Tampa Bay, Philadelphia).
Recent developments, including the NCAA lifting its ban on on-campus activities in football and basketball, have given Las Vegas oddsmakers and handicappers newfound optimism.
After President Donald Trump’s threat to move the Republican National Convention from North Carolina, online oddsmakers made Nevada the 9-2 fourth choice among alternate destinations.
The Golden Knights, St. Louis and Colorado are +250 co-favorites at the Westgate sportsbook to get the No. 1 playoff seed in the West in a round-robin tournament.
Seven Las Vegas sportsbook operators said they will refund all wagers on regular-season point totals because of house rules requiring 81 or 82 games played for action.
The Golden Knights are the 6-1 co-favorites — with the Boston Bruins and Tampa Bay Lightning — to win the 2020 Stanley Cup in a 24-team postseason format.
The Westgate sportsbook has posted odds on 18 players to score the first regular-season touchdown at Allegiant Stadium.
UFC president Dana White posted an image on Twitter of a $15,000 wager on Tom Brady and Phil Mickelson at +170 odds against Peyton Manning and Tiger Woods.
With Peyton Manning and noted trash talker Phil Mickelson in the mix, Sunday’s showdown should be more entertaining than the first Tiger-Phil match in 2018 at Shadow Creek.
Las Vegas was dealt the league’s most difficult home schedule, with its eight Allegiant Stadium opponents totaling an NFL-high 71½ wins at the Westgate sportsbook.
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