Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale lost $13 million in bets on the Astros to win the 2019 World Series and won $12.2 million on Kansas to win the 2022 NCAA men’s basketball title.
Football
A FanDuel gambler hit the first 16 legs of a 17-leg same game NFL parlay Sunday, capped by an improbable under 46½ in Buffalo’s 27-17 win over Green Bay on Sunday night.
Bettors loaded up on the Raiders (-1½) over the Saints and the game to go over 48½. But they never stood a chance on either count in a 24-0 loss.
Axsmithsports.com handicapper Alex B. Smith analyzes every NFL Week 8 Sunday and Monday game, with odds, trends and projected final scores.
VSiN host Brent Musburger and Systemplays.com handicapper Doug Fitz are tied for the lead at 22-13. RJ sports betting reporter Todd Dewey is in third place at 20-14-1.
Russell Wilson was ridiculed this week after saying that he spent four hours of the team’s eight-hour flight to London “doing high knees” in the aisles as his teammates slept.
The Raiders are 1½-point road favorites over the Saints after the line opened at 2½. The total is 49½ and both teams have gone over in their last four games.
Bettors are all over the New England Patriots, consensus 8½-point home favorites over Chicago. The line has climbed to 9 at South Point and the Golden Nugget books.
When the Giants stopped the Jaguars at the 1-yard line with no time left, it not only preserved their 23-17 win, it also kept alive a $48, 14-leg parlay that paid $188,450.37.
For the past two decades, bettors could count on Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers to bounce back from a loss and not only win the next week, but cover. Those days are gone.
Wagertalk.com handicapper Tony Mejia (@MejiaDinero) analyzes every NFL Week 7 Sunday and Monday game, with odds, trends and final scores.
Pro handicapper Lou Finocchiaro leads the way with a 20-10 ATS record. VSiN host Brent Musburger and handicapper Doug Fitz are each 19-11 ATS.
New England, which has won its last two games over the Lions and Browns by a combined score of 67-15, is an 8-point home favorite over Chicago on “Monday Night Football.”
Since the Raiders moved to Las Vegas in 2020, they’re 9-10 against the spread at Allegiant Stadium and 3-5 ATS as home favorites. They host Houston on Sunday.
Unders have cashed at a 60.2 percent rate overall this season and at a sizzling 68.4 percent clip (13-6) on NFL prime-time games on Sunday, Monday and Thursday nights.