Handicappers Paul Stone, Wes Reynolds and Ian Cameron each went 4-1 ATS in Week 1 to take the lead in the college football contest.
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.
Fresh off their biggest August ever, sportsbooks followed that up with a huge betting handle — or amount of money wagered — on Week 1 of the NFL season.
President Donald Trump is one of the betting favorites to win the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
Handicappers Wes Reynolds and Jeff Sherman came up with the same answers when asked for their best bets to win the U.S. Open, which tees off Thursday at Winged Foot Golf Club.
Westgate vice president of risk Jeff Sherman said he’d prefer to see the Clippers beat the Nuggets to set up a marquee Western Conference Finals matchup with the Lakers.
The downtown Las Vegas sportsbook was slammed with sign-ups the last two weeks and ended up with 4,538 $1,000 entries — 3,148 in the Million and 1,390 in Survivor.
All of the bets were placed at BetMGM books, most notably The Mirage and Bellagio, except for a $275,000 wager on the Patriots -7 that was placed at William Hill.
A BetMGM bettor turned $10 into $152,341.28 after hitting an 11-team multi-sport parlay with nine college football picks, an NBA play and a baseball play.
Sharp money poured in on the Tennessee Titans when Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller suffered a potential season-ending ankle injury Sept. 8.
New England almost singlehandedly made Sunday a losing day for BetMGM in Nevada when a bettor won a $525,000 wager on the Patriots (-7) placed at the counter at The Mirage.
Westgate sportsbook vice president Jay Kornegay won the contest last season with a 50-33-2 ATS record, and handicapper Doug Fitz finished second at 49-34-2.
For social distancing purposes, only 50 guests will be allowed in the 1,500-seat Westgate International Theater on NFL Sundays.
There has been more money bet on the Raiders to win Super Bowl LV than on any other team at Boyd Gaming, where Las Vegas is 60-1. The Raiders are 80-1 at MGM Resorts.
Defending Las Vegas Review-Journal College Football Challenge champion Dana Lane and nine other handicappers give their five weekly best bets.
A William Hill bettor in Southern Nevada placed a $45,000 wager to win $3.375 million Thursday on Phil Mickelson to win the U.S. Open at 75-1 odds.