The roars from the crowd at the Red Rock Resort sportsbook came one after another late Sunday afternoon as the NFL took fans and bettors on another thrill ride.
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Eleven of the 74 remaining entrants in the Circa Survivor contest, which pays $6.1 million to the winner, might be too stressed to properly enjoy their Thanksgiving feast.
There were several lessons to be learned by bettors on an NFL Sunday won by the sportsbooks. One is that when a line doesn’t look right, it’s probably right on the money.
Bettors were in position to hit an elusive middle — win on both sides — of the Bills-Vikings game after Buffalo fluctuated from a 3- to 7½-point favorite during the week.
Only four teams in NFL history have finished perfect regular seasons: the 2007 Patriots (16-0), 1972 Dolphins (14-0), 1942 Bears (11-0) and 1934 Bears (13-0).
With apologies to Winston Churchill, halfway through the NFL season, handicapping the league remains a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.
While 6,010 entries from the field of 6,133 have been eliminated, Bob DeLuca still has all six of his entries in Circa Survivor, which pays $6.1 million to the winner.
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