Sportsbooks notched their third big winning Sunday in four weeks, cashing largely on five outright upsets, with the Broncos and Texans two of the biggest decisions for them.
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.
Kansas City is a consensus 8-point favorite over Las Vegas after the line opened at 6½. The number was as high as 9 on Saturday before ticking down to 7½ at several books.
Handicapper Joe D’Amico breaks down the remaining 13 NFL games in Week 11, with analysis, trends and final scores.
Mark Franco leads the contest with a 29-19-2 against the spread record, Lou Finocchiaro is second at 29-20-1 and Dave Tuley is third at 27-20-3.
Handicapper Lou Finocchiaro has three best bets — all underdogs — for UFC 255 on Saturday night at the Apex facility, and one of them is Tim Means (+105) over Mike Perry.
Paul Stone leads the contest with a 30-19-1 record against the spread. Dana Lane is second at 28-21-1, and Eric Parkila is third at 27-21-2.
Lem Banker picked the correct winner against the spread in 20 of the first 23 Super Bowls for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and many other newspapers across the nation.
There are countless cases of unranked teams being favored over ranked teams and ranked teams being favored over teams ranked above them in the college polls.
William Hill, the Westgate and Stations each reported solid wins on the Masters. But BetMGM, which took a $10,000 wager to win $120,000 on winner Dustin Johnson, reported a loss.
The Bears are 16-3 vs. the Vikings in Chicago since 2001 and 14-4-1 ATS. Minnesota quarterback Kirk Cousins is 0-9 straight up and ATS on “Monday Night Football.”
Cleveland bettors, including one at BetMGM sportsbook in Las Vegas who wagered $100,000 on the Browns -4 over the Houston Texans, were dealt a bad beat.
SixthSenseSports.com handicapper Scott Kellen breaks down every game of Week 10 of the NFL season, with analysis, trends and final scores.
Mark Franco leads the contest with a 27-17-1 ATS record, and Lou Finocchiaro is second at 26-18-1. Doug Fitz (26-19) and Dave Tuley (25-18-2) are tied for third.
The Raiders, favored at Allegiant Stadium for the first time this season, have covered their past four home games against the Broncos and their last five meetings overall.
Paul Stone leads the contest with a 28-16-1 ATS record, and Eric Parkila climbed to second place at 26-17-2 after going 5-0 last week. Dana Lane is third at 26-18-1.
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