Nevada sportsbooks took $1.87 billion in bets last year on football and won $122.4 million. But those numbers could be cut almost in half if the college football season is canceled.
Todd Dewey
Reporter: Sports betting
Email: tdewey@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-0354
X: @tdewey33
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.
The Golden Knights are the +450 favorites to win the Stanley Cup, 2-1 favorites to win the Western Conference and -350 favorites over the Blackhawks in their first-round series.
UFC heavyweight Aleksei Oleinik is known as “The Boa Constrictor,” but handicapper Lou Finocchiaro expects Derrick Lewis to knock the head off the snake in Saturday’s main event.
Wagering on the 2020 PGA Championship — the first major in this unprecedented year — is expected to rival the Masters at Las Vegas sportsbooks.
The hockey bettor had six underdogs: Florida (+175), Arizona (+185), Tampa Bay (+155), Colorado (+115), Montreal (+220) and Chicago (+185). Four games were decided by a goal.
The BetMGM bettor hit a five-team money-line parlay Tuesday of the Nets (13-1), Suns (+310), Blazers (+145), Heat (+135) and Pacers (Even).
Bettors are leery of backing Tiger Woods, who has competed in one tournament since the PGA Tour resumed play June 11, placing 40th (+6) at the Memorial.
William Hill opened a sportsbook Monday at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., and will soon begin operating 11 Nevada books previously operated by Caesars Entertainment.
The Patriots’ odds to win the Super Bowl dropped from 40-1 to 25-1 after they signed former NFL MVP Cam Newton, but they’ve since shot back up to 40-1.
The William Hill bettor hit an $88, 12-team money-line parlay that paid $43,082.23 and a $180, 12-team money-line round robin that paid $53,424.52.
Even without NFL preseason games, the month still shapes up as the biggest August ever with the NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball back on the betting board.
Handicapper Dana Lane is betting against the Golden Knights, who might be without leading scorer Max Pacioretty. Dallas is a +115 underdog to the Knights, who are -125.
The NBA will restart its season Thursday with a doubleheader headlined by the Lakers and Clippers in a battle of Los Angeles and two of the favorites to win the title.
Jon Rahm, coming off a win at the Memorial Tournament, leads a quartet of 12-1 favorites at the Westgate alongside Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau.
A DraftKings sportsbook bettor turned $2 into $1,923.38 after hitting a seven-team baseball parlay Sunday at 961-1 odds. The gambler played seven underdogs on the money line.
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