Professional sports bettors Jeff Whitelaw and Cris Zeniuk won their best bets last week in the Review-Journal, and they are on the same side again.
Todd Dewey
Reporter: Sports betting
Email: tdewey@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-0354
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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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