Brent Musburger (44-33-3, 45½ points) has a half-point lead over Mark Franco (43-33-4) and Lou Finocchiaro (44-34-2) and a one-point lead over Dave Tuley (43-34-3).
Todd Dewey
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.
Gamblers who bet on Las Vegas (7-8) to go over its win total had to like their chances in November after the Raiders beat the Broncos 37-12 to improve to 6-3.
Paul Stone leads the contest with a 6-2 ATS record and Eric Parkila is 3-1-1 ATS. Here are the updated standings and remaining picks for all seven handicappers.
Clemson, which crushed Notre Dame 34-10 in the ACC title game, has been a cover machine in big games under Swinney, going 14-3 ATS in ACC championships, bowls and CFP games.
Vegas is the +550 favorite at William Hill sportsbook and the 6-1 co-favorite at the Westgate with the Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning.
Buffalo, which has covered six straight games, is a consensus 7½-point favorite at Las Vegas sportsbooks after the line opened at 6½ and the consensus total is 47.
The Jets and Bengals pulled off outright upsets for the second straight week while the Chiefs won but didn’t cover for the seventh consecutive week.
Professional sports bettor Cris Zeniuk (@lasvegascris) breaks down the remaining 12 NFL Week 16 games, with analysis, trends and final scores.
The VSiN host and Raiders radio play-by-play man is 41-31-3 ATS. He leads Dave Tuley (40-32-3) and Scott Kellen (40-32-3) by a point apiece with two weeks left.
Seven handicappers compete in a college football bowl contest. Two-time defending RJ Challenge champ Dana Lane is 42-27-2 ATS this year and Eric Parkila is 41-28-2.
Sharp bettors and the betting public are backing the Dolphins, consensus 3-point favorites over the Raiders after the line opened at 2½ at most Las Vegas sportsbooks.
The under is 41-24-1 (63.0 percent) on Christmas Day NBA games since 2005 and has been a moneymaker in 14 of the last 15 years.
Las Vegan Michael Kipness and his business partner made a $200 money-line parlay on the Jets (+1,100) and Bengals (+700) at Harrah’s that paid $19,000 — a 95-1 long shot.
A day after the Jets beat the Rams 23-20 as 17-point underdogs, the Bengals beat the Steelers 27-17 as 14½-point underdogs on “Monday Night Football.”
A BetMGM bettor placed a $220,000 straight wager to win $200,000 on the Steelers -14 over the Bengals on “Monday Night Football.”