The Buccaneers are consensus 6½-point favorites over the Raiders in Sunday’s game at Tampa Bay after the line opened as high as 7½.
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.
“I’m betting on the surgery to be under four hours, and I’m betting on a speedy recovery,” he joked to the Review-Journal. “The over-under on me being in the hospital is seven days, and I think I’ll be out in five.
A bettor at Circa Sports wagered $3 million on an NFL team on the money line. It’s the biggest bet ever placed on a single game at the downtown Las Vegas sportsbook.
Georgia dealt Texas a 30-15 loss Oct. 19 in Austin, but the Bulldogs are underdogs in Saturday’s rematch in the SEC title game in Atlanta.
Based on the line for Friday’s Mountain West football championship game at Boise State, longtime Las Vegas oddsmaker Ed Salmons likes UNLV.
The Lions beat the Packers 24-14 Nov. 3 at Lambeau Field as 2½-point favorites. So why are they only 3-point home favorites over Green Bay on “Thursday Night Football?”
Boise State is a consensus 4-point favorite over UNLV, and the consensus total is 58½ for Friday’s Mountain West football championship game at Boise, Idaho.
The Broncos are tied for the best record against the spread in the NFL this season, and they’re favored over the Browns on “Monday Night Football.”
Favorites won 11 of 14 NFL games Thursday, Friday and Sunday, and the betting public also won on the three popular underdogs that prevailed.
Scott Kellen (@SixthSenseNFL) went 4-0-1 against the spread last week and leads the NFL handicapping contest with a 37-22-1 record (62.7 percent).
GambLou.com handicapper Lou Finocchiaro analyzes every NFL Week 13 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
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The second Las Vegas Grand Prix set record handles at BetMGM and Station Sports, but fell short of the money wagered at Caesars and the Westgate on last year’s event.
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