Circa Sports posted more than 100 NFL draft props Monday, including 51 draft positions. It’s since taken a steady stream of sharp bets on the event.
Betting
Purdue is the money leader at BetMGM, ticket leader at Caesars Sportsbook and one of the largest liabilities at Las Vegas books to win the NCAA Tournament.
The NCAA Tournament betting handle, or amount wagered, in Nevada last year was estimated at $459 million, which almost tripled the 2023 Super Bowl handle.
The lowest seed ever to win the NCAA Tournament is No. 8 Villanova in 1985, but the Wildcats aren’t the biggest long shot to have won it all.
Sharp bettors backed the Lions over the Buccaneers in Sunday’s divisional round game. Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay also likes a side in that game.
San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy is the favorite to win NFL MVP, which means sportsbooks may need to pay out millions on longshot wagers on the award.
At least one big bettor believes a recent “Monday Night Football” trend will continue based on the large wager they placed on the Eagles-Seahawks game.
UNLV improved the best college football record against the spread in the country Saturday, and New Mexico State didn’t play the part of pushover at Auburn.
The Las Vegas Grand Prix is shaping up as a two-man race after Charles Leclerc’s odds were slashed for Saturday night’s Formula One race.
Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay went 5-0 against the spread last week and leads the contest with a 33-15-2 record (68.7 percent).
VegasInsider.com handicapper Mark Franco analyzes every NFL Week 11 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
Bettors rode Colorado and coach Deion Sanders to easy back-to-back covers to start the season. But the money train came to a screeching halt Saturday against Colorado State.
At least one streak has to end when the Steelers host the Browns on “Monday Night Football.” The Panthers host the Saints in Monday’s other NFL game.
The Aces are even-money favorites at the SuperBook to repeat as WNBA champions and the Liberty are the +110 second choice, with the Mystics a distant third pick.
Handicapper Michael “The Wizard” Kipness analyzes the eight-horse field for Saturday’s 148th Preakness Stakes, designating each horse as a contender or pretender to win.