For the sheer amount of pain and suffering it caused in Las Vegas, the Knights’ bitter defeat to the Sharks is No. 1 on our list of the top seven betting bad beats of 2019.
Betting
The under is 38-22-1 (63.3 percent) in Christmas Day NBA games since 2005 and has been a profitable proposition in 13 of the last 14 years.
Oakland needs to beat Denver as a 3½-point road underdog and needs the Texans to beat the Titans, Ravens to beat the Steelers and the Colts to beat the Jaguars.
The MGM Resorts sportsbook gambler won $200,259 on a seven-team round robin, $94,050 on a six-team round robin and $20,000 on a five-team parlay.
The Knicks-Pacers total was 209 on Saturday. Indiana led 104-100 with 5:05 left and the over looked like a lock. The final score was 104-103.
The Dallas Mavericks second-year star has quickly climbed the NBA MVP charts, ascending to the plus 250 second choice at the Westgate sportsbook after opening at 50-1.
Golden State has the NBA’s worst record at 3-13, is 6-10 ATS and has seen its 2020 NBA title odds soar to 1,000-1 after it was 12-1 in the preseason.
Minnesota, Southern California and Tennessee are among the teams drawing early action after Circa Sports released its Week 13 lines Sunday.
The 2019-20 college basketball season tips off Tuesday with four of the favorites to win the 2020 title, as Michigan State plays Kentucky and Kansas meets Duke.
Michigan State is the 6-1 favorite at the Westgate sportsbook to win the 2020 NCAA title, and Gonzaga has the highest season win total, 27½, at the DraftKings sportsbook.
Golden State’s title odds went from 12-1 to 100-1 after two blowout losses to start the season, then moved to 60-1 after Monday’s 134-123 win over the Pelicans.
In perhaps the most impressive pick on the ticket, the bettor had to sweat out Alex de Minaur’s three-set ATP Tour win over Reilly Opelka in the Swiss Indoors Basel.
A Westgate bettor placed a $100,500 wager to win $2,010 on the 76ers to make the playoffs and $10,000 to win $100 on the Bucks to make the playoffs.
The NCAA will start accepting bids Monday on nearly two dozen sports championships. This is the first year that Las Vegas is eligible to bid after the governing body for college sports indefinitely suspended a ban last year that prevented events from being hosted in states that accept wagers on single games.
The same gambler returned to the Westgate sportsbook Thursday to make a $10,000 bet to win $100 on the Bucks (-10,000) to reach the postseason.
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