While some superstitious Knights backers are hoping Lane picks against them again in the Western Conference Final, he’s not.
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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.
A bettor with $10,000 to win $200,000 in futures wagers on the Falcons ripped up a check for $75,000 from PropSwap and didn’t hedge a dime before Atlanta’s 34-28 overtime loss to the Patriots in Super Bowl LI.
A startup secondary market for active sports wagers in Las Vegas, PropSwap has sold 20 Knights bets and has five futures tickets for sale — including a $400 wager at 300-1 odds that pays $120,000. That ticket is on sale for $40,000.
The CG Technology sports book posted lines Monday on every NFL regular-season game from Weeks 1 to 16. Sharp bettors quickly pounced on six games, making limit wagers of $500 on each.
A Wynn Las Vegas bettor won $150,000 on a $500 futures bet placed on Justify at 300-1 odds in February to win Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.
Kentucky Derby favorite Justify is 8-1 to win horse racing’s Triple Crown.
Las Vegas oddsmakers and bettors alike have great expectations for the Los Angeles Chargers this season.
It was anything but easy for William Hill bettors to cash a winning wager on the draft position matchup between No. 1 overall pick Baker Mayfield and Lamar Jackson, who went No. 32 to the Baltimore Ravens.
Those subscribing to the ever-popular zigzag betting theory might blindly back the Knights in Game 5, but handicapper Dana Lane is taking them for other reasons, including their vaunted home-ice advantage.
William Karlsson is the 7-1 favorite to score the first goal of the game.
The Los Angeles Chargers are the 3-2 favorite to win the AFC West, followed by the Kansas City Chiefs (2-1), Oakland Raiders (3-1) and Denver Broncos (13-2).
Need help handicapping the 20-horse field in Saturday’s 144th running of the Kentucky Derby?
The Patriots have the league’s highest win total, at 11, after closing at 12½ last season, when they went 13-3.
San Jose’s 4-3 double-overtime win over the Knights on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena was the biggest hockey decision ever for the William Hill sports book.
A record $436.5 million was wagered on basketball, college and pro, at Nevada sports books in March, with the NCAA Tournament accounting for an estimated $305.5 million.