Registration for the NFL handicapping contest will run from June 1 to Sept. 7. The entry fee is $1,000, and players will pick five weekly sides against the spread.
Betting
Several Las Vegas sportsbooks posted lines on Week 1 games when the NFL released its schedule in April, and the Westgate also has posted lines on 80 “Games of the Year.”
After the Chiefs suspended All-Pro wideout Tyreek Hill on Friday for alleged child abuse, oddsmakers at the Westgate sportsbook made only a slight adjustment to Kansas City’s season win total, which opened Sunday at 10½.
Here are the team win totals and playoff prop odds for the 2019 NFL season posted at Westgate sportsbook in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas oddsmakers and handicappers expect the NFL draft prop of quarterbacks taken in the first round to go over 3½.
Dwayne Haskins’ draft position is a minus 260 favorite at William Hill to go over 6½ after the line opened at minus 110.
A Westgate sportsbook bettor wagered $100,000 to win $500 on the Milwaukee Bucks to win their NBA playoff series over the Detroit Pistons.
The NFL released its 2019 schedule Wednesday, and Las Vegas sportsbooks then unveiled their lines for Week 1, giving bettors spring and summer to prepare for the openers.
The cast of Fox Sports 1’s “Lock It In” weighs in on the Vegas Golden Knights’ chances of making another run at the Stanley Cup and if the Raiders will find themselves in the Super Bowl in 2020.
When the Odell Beckham news broke, the Browns ascended to the 7-1 third choice to win the AFC behind the Chiefs and Patriots, the 3-1 co-favorites.
The Westgate moved Oakland’s odds to 80-1 to win the Super Bowl and 40-1 to win the AFC following the trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers for wide receiver Antonio Brown.
A game that set a Super Bowl record for futility fell well short of setting a Nevada record for betting handle. The books won $10.7 million on the game, which was the lowest-scoring Super Bowl ever, for a 7.4 percent hold, or win percentage.
South Point bettor wins a 400-1 prop on a $250 bet when Greg Zuerlein misses 48-yard field goal with five seconds left in Rams’ 13-3 loss to Patriots in Super Bowl LIII.
One index prop that always gives the books a huge liability is for either team to finish with two points, which pays 10,000-1 odds.
A late flurry of money poured in on the Rams and Patriots before Super Bowl LIII, including at least three $1 million-plus wagers, giving bookmakers reason to believe the total amount wagered in the state could eclipse last year’s record of $158.6 million.
