Ken Jennings took a 2-1 lead over Las Vegan James Holzhauer in the “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time” tournament with a victory in the third match Thursday.
Todd Dewey
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.
Sharp bettors liked that the Vikings covered as 7-point underdogs at New Orleans, and they’re backing Minnesota again as a 7-point underdog at San Francisco.
Mitch Moss, Bruce Marshall and Paul Stone each went 11-9 against the spread and hit their best bet to tie for first place in the RJ Bowl Challenge.
Moderator Kevin Ma has a lively exchange with FanDuel CEO Matt King about in-play sports betting on CES panel.
“Tech Has Changed the Live Sports Experience” and “The Future of Sports Betting” were two of the panels that took place Tuesday at Aria during CES.
Four sports and fitness products were entered in CES 2020’s Last Gadget Standing contest: YogiFi, CyclePath, Instabeat and MAXPRO all-in-one smart gym.
The question of whether James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings or Brad Rutter is the best “Jeopardy!” player ever will be settled on the quiz show’s stage.
“I would make the odds that he’ll play for the Patriots minus 500 or he’ll retire,” said Ed Salmons, Westgate sportsbook vice president of risk.
Final scores, opening and closing lines, totals and point-spread highlights from all four NFL Wild Card playoff games.
Jay Kornegay, who won the Review-Journal NFL Challenge with a 50-33-2 ATS record, likes the Seahawks (-1½) over the Eagles and the Titans (+5) over the Patriots.
Westgate sportsbook vice president Jay Kornegay won the contest with a 50-33-2 ATS record (60.2 percent) to edge handicapper Doug Fitz, who finished 49-34-2 (59 percent).
Using the alias Booty Blockers, Isaac Meier went 57-25-3 ATS (69.5 percent) to top a field of 1,875 in the Circa Sports Million Pro Football Contest.
It Ain’t Breezy finished 58-25-2 ATS (69.9 percent) to top a record field of 3,328 entries who paid $1,500 apiece and made five weekly picks ATS.
The victory by Miami (5-11) cost an MGM Resorts bettor two $100,000 five-team money line parlays that would’ve paid a total of $200,000. The gambler won the other four legs.
Final scores, opening and closing lines, totals and point-spread highlights for every NFL Sunday game.