An MGM Resorts sports book bettor has a total of $755,000 to win $311,000 riding on Georgia to top Texas in the Sugar Bowl to cash two money-line parlays.
Betting
Minnesota, which simply needed to beat Chicago at home to make the playoffs, closed as a 5½-point favorite but played dead in a 24-10 loss.
Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has won all 10 of his career starts against the Titans, including a 38-10 home victory Nov. 18, and has led the Colts to wins in eight of their past nine games.
Denver is a consensus 3-point favorite over the Raiders at Las Vegas sports books, but the line dropped to 2½ as of Monday afternoon at South Point and Caesars Entertainment.
The Eagles, Browns and Patriots covered their opening lines but didn’t cover the closing lines Sunday.
Eagles defensive end Chris Long has built a locker room shrine to Nick Foles to keep his mojo working after the backup quarterback led Philadelphia to an upset of the Rams on Sunday night.
The Saints and Bears are each 10-4 ATS and the Chiefs have a 9-4-1 over-under record.
Offshore sports book MyBookie made odds on the Raiders’ 2019 home after the city of Oakland filed an antitrust lawsuit against the team and the NFL that cites the upcoming “illegal” move to Las Vegas.
The consensus total is 50½ at Las Vegas sports books for the NFC South showdown in Charlotte, North Carolina after it opened as high as 54.
New England has won the last five meetings against Pittsburgh and six of seven, and it’s riding a 13-4 cover streak against the Steelers since 1997.
The betting public is all over the Chiefs on “Thursday Night Football.” Kansas City is a 3½-point home favorite over the Los Angeles Chargers in a key AFC West game.
The Seahawks are consensus 3-point favorites over the Vikings at Las Vegas sports books after the line opened at 3 and went to 3½ during the week. MGM Resorts was the only book at 3½ on Monday afternoon.
Mark Sanchez will make his first start since 2015 on Sunday against the Giants, who are 3½-point road favorites over the Redskins.
Including Thanksgiving, home teams are 11-2 straight up this season on Thursday night and 9-2-2 against the spread.
There was more money bet at Las Vegas sports books on Saturday’s heavyweight title fight between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury at the Staples Center in Los Angeles than was wagered on any of Saturday’s college football conference championship games.