The betting public is pounding the Bengals-Ravens game on “Thursday Night Football” to go over the total of 52½. But sharp bettors are backing the under.
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.
Several polling experts had the presidential race at essentially a 50-50 toss-up. Yet Donald Trump remained a solid betting favorite at offshore sportsbooks.
The president-elect was a -159 favorite on Monday night to win the election over Vice President Kamala Harris and climbed to -173 by noon on Election Day.
Former President Donald Trump withstood a weekend surge by Vice President Kamala Harris and remains the betting favorite to win the presidency.
Colorado is one of the betting favorites to win the Big 12, and Buffaloes two-way star Travis Hunter is the co-favorite to win the Heisman Trophy.
Favorites have won 13 of 14 games in NFL Week 9 and are 10-4 against the spread. The Chiefs are consensus 9-point favorites over the Buccaneers on “Monday Night Football.”
NFL Week 9 favorites have won 13 of 14 games and gone 10-4 against the spread, including big covers from the Lions, Commanders, Ravens and Vikings.
Donald Trump had dropped to as low as a -123 favorite Sunday at Betfair Exchange to win the election over Kamala Harris, a +120 underdog. Trump was -210 on Wednesday.
Systemplays.com handicapper Doug Fitz leads the contest with a 26-14 record against the spread. Handicapper Scott Kellen is in second place at 25-15.
Three-time Westgate SuperContest top-15 finisher “Dr. Alan” Dumond analyzes every NFL Week 9 game and makes predictions for each matchup.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ odds improved over the past two days, though former President Donald Trump is still the clear betting favorite to win the election.
The Raiders have lost four straight games but have rewarded their backers with back-to-back backdoor covers. The Raiders are 7-point underdogs Sunday at Cincinnati.
Review-Journal NFL Challenge leader Doug Fitz (26-14 ATS) and legendary sportscaster Brent Musburger (24-16) like the same side in Sunday’s Lions-Packers game.
The Jets moved to consensus 2-point favorites over the Texans on Thursday morning and climbed to -2½ on Thursday afternoon at several Las Vegas sportsbooks.
Michael “The Wizard” Kipness has been a pro horse racing handicapper since 1986. He analyzes Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, designating each horse as a contender or pretender.