Undefeated Seattle, led by -150 NFL MVP favorite Russell Wilson, is coming off a bye, and Arizona is coming off a short week after crushing Dallas 38-10 on Monday night.
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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.
Trump improved from a +225 underdog to +150 at London’s Betfair Exchange. Offshore sportsbook Bovada also moved the line after taking some sharp bets on the president.
Books had a banner day thanks to underdogs going 8-4 ATS with five outright upsets, including Tampa Bay’s 38-10 win over Green Bay and Denver’s 18-12 victory over New England.
Handicapper Chip Chirimbes breaks down every game of Week 6 of the NFL season, with analysis, trends and final scores.
Handicapper Mark Franco leads the contest with a 19-6 ATS record, and Doug Fitz is in second place at 15-10.
Tennessee, led by the NFL’s reigning rushing leader, Derrick Henry, is a consensus 3½-point favorite over Houston, which defeated Jacksonville on Sunday for its first win.
Dana Lane leads the contest with a 19-5-1 ATS record (76 percent), followed by Paul Stone (17-7-1), Ian Cameron (16-8-1) and Wes Reynolds (16-9).
A veteran Las Vegas oddsmaker translates common refrains from bookmakers describing how the sportsbook did, from food references to “Even the Mush wins this week.”
Biden is a -225 favorite and Trump the +225 underdog at Betfair Exchange, which took two $150,000 bets and a $143,000 wager on Biden over the weekend.
The gambler selected the winner of 20 head-to-head matchups at the European Tour’s BMW PGA Championship in Surrey, England.
The Lakers are the +350 favorites at the Westgate win the 2021 NBA title, followed by the Clippers (5-1), Bucks (7-1), Warriors (8-1) and Nets (10-1).
A Westgate bettor made a $10,000 wager to win $50,000 on the Lakers before they acquired Anthony Davis in June 2019, and bettors continued to pound LA at lower odds all season.
The line move was mostly because of Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas, who was ruled out of the game Sunday after reportedly punching a teammate in practice.
Leave it to a team from Las Vegas to beat the odds and pull off the biggest upset of the NFL season.
The Dodgers are -230 series favorites over the Braves and would be the worst-case scenario at the Westgate sportsbook of the four remaining teams to win the World Series.
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