The Los Angeles Clippers might be the favorites to win the 2020 NBA championship, but the Lakers continue to be the favorite team of bettors at Las Vegas sportsbooks.
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After the rivals combined for 30 runs Saturday in New York’s 17-13 win over Boston, Sunday’s total opened at 16½ at multiple Las Vegas books before closing at 14½ and 15.
The U.S. is plus 130 on the three-way money line at the Westgate sportsbook in its quarterfinal match Friday against France, which is plus 230. A draw is plus 215.
Live in-play wagering on Saturday night’s Lights-Sacramento match will be available in Nevada on the William Hill sports book mobile app.
Based on wagers to make $100 on each game, Justin Verlander backers have lost $952 this season despite Houston going 12-9 in his starts.
It’s the second-largest World Series of Poker’s Main Event field ever, trailing only the 2006 tournament that featured 8,773 players at the height of the online and TV poker boom.
Westgate sports book manager Jeff Sherman’s best bet at adjusted odds to win the World Cup is Croatia, which is the 12-1 sixth choice after beating Nigeria, Argentina and Iceland by a combined score of 7-1 in the group stage.
Mexico, which can clinch a spot in the round of 16 with a win or draw Wednesday against Sweden, was as high as 66-1 at CG Technology, which took a $500 wager to win $25,000 at 50-1 odds and a $250 bet to win $15,000 at 60-1 odds.
Soccer handicapper Jeremy Pond is sticking with Spain as his choice of champion even though it fired Julen Lopetegui as its national team coach Wednesday after he took the coaching job at Real Madrid.
The five World Cup favorites with single-digit odds are Brazil (7-2), Germany (4-1), France (13-2), Spain (13-2) and Argentina (8-1).