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.
Football
Most Las Vegas sportsbooks already have posted odds to win Super Bowl LIV and the Patriots are the most popular team among bettors so far at the Westgate sportsbook.
JT Daniels’ TD pass with 48 seconds left for the Trojans made it 24-17 and caused more than $2 million in wagers on Notre Dame to swing from bettors to the books.
The Kansas City Chiefs are 7-0 against the spread this season.
Best bets from Todd Dewey, Bernie Fratto, Mitch Moss and Kelly Stewart.
Dubbed by some in the media as the Duffel Bag Bettor or Duffel Bag Boy, the unidentified gambler won well into six figures last weekend on an unlikely cover by Central Florida.
Houston is a home favorite of 7 or 7½ points at Las Vegas sports books over Miami on “Thursday Night Football.”
Las Vegas handicapper Kelly Stewart and Wynn Las Vegas sports book director Johnny Avello join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview the Houston Texans’ season in the 20th of a series of 32 NFL team videos.
In an annual Las Vegas tradition, some of the city’s sharpest sports bettors waited in line at the Westgate sports book Thursday night to take the first crack at wagering on more than 400 Super Bowl LII prop bets.
A line of sharp bettors quickly pounced on what they perceived as vulnerable numbers as others in the Westgate sports book simply looked up in wonder at the extensive buffet of wagering options on Super Bowl LII prop bets.
There are 948 Super Bowl LII prop betting options at William Hill sports books, which is up from 814 last year.
Handicapper Doug Fitz (Systemplays.com) breaks down Week 12 of the NFL season.
Handicapper Hank “The Hammer” Goldberg leads the contest with a 33-19-3 record against the spread.
MGM Resorts sports book director Jay Rood said Sunday “was probably the second-biggest day we’ve ever had on a regular-season NFL Sunday.”
The Arizona Cardinals are 3-point home underdogs to the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night in the final game of a surprising Week 3 in the NFL that saw underdogs cash at a 12-3 clip against the spread and win eight games outright.