The main entrance to the Westgate will open at noon Thursday, when the first 50 people in line will receive $50 worth of slot play. The back entrance will open about 10 minutes later.
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.
Friday’s weigh-ins for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 172 card at the UFC Apex facility made handicapper Lou Finocchiaro change his mind on his two best bets.
The Westgate sportsbook has adjusted 2020 NBA title odds and posted odds on which teams will earn the eighth playoff seed in each conference.
The Caesars Palace racebook and sportsbook will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays to Sundays and closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Golfers won’t need to hit bombs off the tee to win at narrow Colonial Country Club. But golf bettors should have a chance to hit a long shot at the wide-open event.
Professional sports bettor Mark DeRosa, a Florida resident, placed the wager at Circa Sports in July at 125-1 odds that Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson would win the MVP award.
The South Point not only is paying the Bruins, Blues, Capitals and Golden Knights as NHL division winners, but it’s also refunding all other division bets.
The gambler made three bets on teams to win their division and four wagers on season win totals. The largest bet was $41,250 on the Jaguars to go under 5 wins (-165).
A bettor at a William Hill sportsbook in Las Vegas placed a $1 million wager to win $166,666 on Amanda Nunes over Felicia Spencer in the main event of UFC 250 on Saturday.
South Point sportsbook director Chris Andrews made point values for all 32 starting QBs based on a one-game adjustment to the line from each team’s starter to backup.
UFC handicapper Lou Finocchiaro (@GambLou) said the bantamweight fight between Aljamain Sterling and Cory Sandhagen might be the best bout on the card.
There were more than 40 people each at the South Point and Sunset Station racebooks Thursday. But there were only a handful of people at their sportsbooks.
European sportsbook Betfair listed Biden on Thursday as the -110 favorite over Trump (+110) and offshore book Bovada also has made Biden the -110 favorite over Trump (Even).
Las Vegas casinos will reopen Thursday, and so will many of the valley’s sportsbooks. Here is a list of most of the books that will reopen Thursday.
Only five teams have a lower season win total than the Rebels at Caesars Entertainment. They are in the bottom 11 of 130 FBS schools with a win total of 3.
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