Rufus Peabody, who splits time between Boston and Las Vegas, was tested for the virus March 17 and posted Saturday on his Twitter page that he had a confirmed positive test.
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.
If Tom Brady doesn’t start for Tampa Bay in Week 1 of the 2020 regular season, “No snap taken in 2020 Week 1,” which opened at 18-1 at William Hill, will be the winner.
The sportsbook took more than 1,000 bets on its Nevada mobile app on the final three days of matches at SUMO Haru Basho 2020, a pro tournament that ended Sunday in Osaka.
Circa sportsbook posted perhaps the earliest NFL season win totals ever Sunday to give sports-starved bettors something to take their mind off of the coronavirus pandemic.
William Hill, Circa Sports, MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment are the only books that plan to keep their mobile apps open during a 30-day shutdown.
Circa sportsbook increased the Patriots’ odds to win Super Bowl LV from 14-1 to 25-1. The Westgate initially bumped New England from 14-1 to 20-1 before moving to 30-1.
Arizona’s odds dropped from 80-1 to 40-1 to win the Super Bowl and from 40-1 to 20-1 to win the NFC. Houston, which acquired David Johnson, saw its odds soar.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers closed as -110 co-favorites with the New England Patriots at the Westgate sportsbook to be Tom Brady’s 2020 team.
Holzhauer, a Las Vegas pro sports bettor, was captain of the team “All In For Alex,” named in honor of “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, who is battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
The only sporting events on Friday’s betting card were a pair of Mexican soccer matches and the Westgate sportsbook posted props on both of them.
Nevada sportsbooks won $36.5 million on basketball in March 2019 from $498.7 million in bets, with an estimated $349 million from the NCAA Tournament.
Las Vegas bookmakers expect the decision to ban fans from the NCAA Tournament because of concerns over the coronavirus to have a small impact on the game’s lines.
Oregon is the +175 favorite to win the Pac-12 conference tournament at T-Mobile Arena. But eight teams appear capable of claiming the title, with odds of 15-1 or less.
Nevada’s 2019 horse racing handle of $245 million was the lowest since the state’s Gaming Control Board started tracking numbers in 1988.
After the Westgate sportsbook took the largest wager to date on the Tom Brady prop, it moved the Chargers to the +350 second choice behind the Patriots.
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