Circa Sports sportsbook, which recently celebrated its one-year anniversary in Nevada, announced Wednesday the launch of its mobile sports betting app in Colorado.
Todd Dewey
Reporter: Sports betting
Email: tdewey@reviewjournal.com
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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.
Nearly a quarter-million in winning wagers were placed on Korean and Chinese baseball games after they had begun, a source told ESPN.
Handicapper Wes Reynolds called Dustin Johnson’s win at the Travelers Championship and will try to make it two outright winners in a row at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
The gambler made a $100 bet to win $30,000 on Westgate’s mobile app on Newton to be named NFL MVP before the book cut his odds Sunday night from 300-1 to 40-1.
New England’s Super Bowl odds at the Westgate dropped from 40-1 to 30-1 on Sunday night and to 25-1 on Monday morning. Its odds to win the AFC dropped from 20-1 to 12-1.
A bettor at the Bellagio sportsbook turned $250 into $137,107.38 on Sunday after hitting a 10-team parlay on Korean and Chinese baseball.
A William Hill bettor in Nevada lost a $100,000 wager Saturday on Dan Hooker (+200) over Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC on ESPN 12 in Las Vegas.
To produce a plus price, MMA handicapper Lou Finocchiaro is playing a two-team parlay of Dustin Poirier (-210) and Tanner Boser (-105) that pays +188.
Professional sports bettor Rufus Peabody, Westgate golf oddsmaker Jeff Sherman and VSiN host Brady Kannon recommend betting more on matchups than futures.
A bettor at the MGM Grand has a $192,001.30 wager to win $14,763.33 riding on Orlando Gonzalez-Ruiz over Luis Porozo in their featherweight fight Thursday at the MGM Grand.
The Dodgers and Yankees are still the clear favorites, but bookmakers made their odds a little bit longer after MLB announced that it will play a 60-game season.
Every Las Vegas sportsbook contacted by the RJ will refund all wagers on MLB season win totals because of a house rules stipulation that a minimum of 160 games must be played.
Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that it will play a 60-game schedule that will start July 23 or 24 in empty ballparks because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Bubba Watson will be a popular pick to win the Travelers Championship. He’s one of golf’s biggest hitters, and TPC River Highlands is the second-shortest course on the PGA Tour.
The Golden Knights have dipped to the +275 second choice behind St. Louis, the +180 favorite to get the No. 1 playoff seed in the West in the NHL’s round-robin tournament.
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