Westgate vice president of risk Jeff Sherman said he’d prefer to see the Clippers beat the Nuggets to set up a marquee Western Conference Finals matchup with the Lakers.
Todd Dewey
Reporter: Sports betting
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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.
The downtown Las Vegas sportsbook was slammed with sign-ups the last two weeks and ended up with 4,538 $1,000 entries — 3,148 in the Million and 1,390 in Survivor.
All of the bets were placed at BetMGM books, most notably The Mirage and Bellagio, except for a $275,000 wager on the Patriots -7 that was placed at William Hill.
A BetMGM bettor turned $10 into $152,341.28 after hitting an 11-team multi-sport parlay with nine college football picks, an NBA play and a baseball play.
Sharp money poured in on the Tennessee Titans when Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller suffered a potential season-ending ankle injury Sept. 8.
New England almost singlehandedly made Sunday a losing day for BetMGM in Nevada when a bettor won a $525,000 wager on the Patriots (-7) placed at the counter at The Mirage.
Westgate sportsbook vice president Jay Kornegay won the contest last season with a 50-33-2 ATS record, and handicapper Doug Fitz finished second at 49-34-2.
For social distancing purposes, only 50 guests will be allowed in the 1,500-seat Westgate International Theater on NFL Sundays.
There has been more money bet on the Raiders to win Super Bowl LV than on any other team at Boyd Gaming, where Las Vegas is 60-1. The Raiders are 80-1 at MGM Resorts.
Defending Las Vegas Review-Journal College Football Challenge champion Dana Lane and nine other handicappers give their five weekly best bets.
A William Hill bettor in Southern Nevada placed a $45,000 wager to win $3.375 million Thursday on Phil Mickelson to win the U.S. Open at 75-1 odds.
The Bills traded for receiver Stefon Diggs and drafted running back Zack Moss to help spark an offense that has averaged only 18.1 points per game the past three years.
Phil Mickelson, Si Woo Kim and Brendan Steele are the 20-1 co-favorites at the Westgate to win the event at the Silverado Country Club’s North Course in Napa, California.
Patrick Mahomes is the clear +350 favorite at the Westgate to win his second NFL MVP award, and the Chiefs are the +450 favorites to repeat as Super Bowl champions.
In the biggest line move of Week 1, the Raiders are 3-point favorites over the Panthers on Sunday after the line opened at pick’em for the game at Carolina.