The Cavaliers are 300-1 long shots to win the NBA Finals over the Warriors in four games.
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.
Vegas was as low as a minus 155 favorite at the Westgate sports book Wednesday afternoon and as high as a minus 165 favorite at Station Casinos, Boyd Gaming and the Stratosphere sports books.
A long-suffering Maple Leafs fan who was born and raised in Toronto, poker start Daniel Negreanu has lived in Las Vegas for the past 20 years and is a Knights superfan.
The Knights are a consensus minus 155 favorite in Game 2 at Las Vegas sports books, and Washington is available at up to plus 145.
The Washington Capitals and Golden Knights meet in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final at 5 p.m. Wednesday at T-Mobile Arena. The Knights lead the best-of-seven series 1-0.
The Warriors opened as 12-point favorites in Game 1, scheduled for Thursday night at Golden State.
The Golden Knights opened as minus 150 favorites over the Washington Capitals (plus 130) at the Wynn Las Vegas sports book for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final.
As of early Monday afternoon, before the bulk of the action was expected to hit the books, Boyd Gaming sports book director Bob Scucci said the matchup had already generated the largest amount of money wagered on a Knights game all season.
The Golden Knights are minus 150 favorites over the Washington Capitals (plus 130) in the Stanley Cup Final. Here’s a survey of opinions from Review-Journal staff members, other media, oddsmakers and professional bettors and handicappers.
It’s well-documented that the biggest key to success in the Stanley Cup playoffs is having a hot goalie and Vegas netminder Marc-Andre Fleury is sizzling.
Hermin Soriano, a food server at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, was ridiculed when he showed his co-workers his futures wagers on the Golden Knights.
Nevada sports books will lose an estimated $5 million to $7 million if the expansion Golden Knights cap their improbable inaugural season by winning the Stanley Cup.
Each limit bet of $1,000 moved the line between ½-point and 2 points and when the action settled at the South Point sports books, there were eight college football line moves of at least four points.
Las Vegas oddsmakers project the Tampa Bay Lightning to be a minus 150 favorite over the Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Final and the Knights to be minus 140 favorites over the Washington Capitals.
The Golden Knights are underdogs in Game 5 ranging from plus 120 to plus 135.
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