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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.
The Washington Capitals opened as minus 140 home favorites over the Knights (plus 120) in Game 3 on Saturday at Capital One Arena.
Golden State has gone under in its past five games and nine of 10 and Cleveland is on a 5-2 under run, but professional sports bettor Erin Rynning expects the pace to pick up in the NBA Finals.
The Cavaliers are 300-1 long shots to win the NBA Finals over the Warriors in four games.
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.