The Vikings are 2½-point favorites over the Rams in Monday’s NFL wild-card playoff game in Arizona. Minnesota was a 1-point favorite before the game moved locations.
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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.
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