Six months after the colorful Jimmy Vaccaro left Las Vegas following 44 years in the sportsbook industry for a job promoting Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, the venerable bookmaker has returned to his role as South Point oddsmaker.
Todd Dewey
Reporter: Sports betting
Email: tdewey@reviewjournal.com
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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.
Miami is the 5-2 favorite at Caesars Entertainment to finish with the fewest wins, followed by the Cardinals (4-1), Giants (9-2), Bengals (9-2) and Raiders (7-1).
The same gambler returned to the Westgate sportsbook Thursday to make a $10,000 bet to win $100 on the Bucks (-10,000) to reach the postseason.
After Houston added the right-hander to its stacked rotation with All-Stars Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole, the Westgate made the Astros a 2-1 favorite to win the title.
The Sooners have reached the College Football Playoff in three of the past four years, and Westgate bettors are backing them to return this season.
The Las Vegan, who won $2.4 million during his 32-game “Jeopardy!” win streak, is expected to enter the world’s most prestigious NFL handicapping contest at 10 a.m. Friday.
Bob Hamman, founder of Dallas-based SCA Promotions, reached a deal in 1989 to cover a $1 million donation to Little League Baseball if Ryan, then 42, pitched a no-hitter.
The Westgate sportsbook posted NHL point totals and playoff and division odds Sunday and Vegas is second in points (103½) and the even-money favorite to win its division.
Thurman opened as a minus 140 favorite for Saturday’s WBA welterweight title fight in Las Vegas, but heavy action on Pacquiao made him as high as a minus 170 favorite.
Englishman David Threlfall made a 10-pound wager at 1,000-1 odds at British bookmaker William Hill in 1964 that man would land on the moon by 1971. He won 10,010 pounds.
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.
Hossein Ensan won the 50th annual World Series of Poker Main Event and the $10 million first prize after eliminating Dario Sammartino in a heads-up duel after Alex Livingston was knocked out earlier Tuesday night at the Rio Convention Center.
Henderson resident Garry Gates was eliminated from World Series of Poker Main Event on Monday night at the Rio Convention Center.
Gates, a survivor of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival that claimed the lives of 58 other concertgoers in Las Vegas, is in second place.
Henderson resident Garry Gates, a poker-industry veteran, is in second place of nine players vying for a $10 million first prize in poker’s most prestigious tournament.