On a weekend that saw a plethora of popular favorites cover, the Eagles beating the Bills in overtime Sunday was the worst result for the South Point and Caesars.
Todd Dewey
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Pro sports bettor Jeff Whitelaw and SuperBook oddsmaker Ed Salmons expect the Packers to bounce back Sunday, one of eight sharp plays for this weekend.
For the first time since seeding began in 1979, no team seeded better than No. 4 has made the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. No. 4 UConn is the highest remaining seed.
The Kansas City Chiefs are 1-point favorites over the Cincinnati Bengals in Sunday’s AFC championship rematch after the favorite flipped twice this week.
In a span of less than 17 hours starting Christmas Eve, the bettor went from the cusp of being the sole Circa Survivor contest winner to being eliminated.
College football season can’t come soon enough after last week’s feud between Alabama coach Nick Saban and Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher. The SEC rivals square off Oct. 8.
The Houston Texans’ upset helped Las Vegas sportsbooks to a small winning day despite the fact that double-digit favorites went 4-1 ATS and favorites went 7-4 ATS overall.
Bettors were all over the Raiders, who outlasted the Dolphins 31-28 in overtime as 3½-point favorites after squandering an 11-point fourth-quarter lead.
Professional sports bettor Cris Zeniuk claimed second and fifth place in the Circa Million II contest (3,148 entries) last season for $244,444 in prize money.
Bettors bank on Syracuse’s Buddy Boeheim to help No. 11 Orange cover as 6½-point underdogs to No. 2 Houston at Hinkle Fieldhouse, site of the movie “Hoosiers.”
The total number of quarterbacks taken in the first round is four at Caesars Palace, with the over a -140 favorite.
For the sheer amount of pain and suffering it caused in Las Vegas, the Knights’ bitter defeat to the Sharks is No. 1 on our list of the top seven betting bad beats of 2019.
The Cornhuskers are 7-1 against the spread in their last eight Big Ten games, and coach Scott Frost is on a 7-2 cover run as an underdog.
It’s well-documented that the biggest key to success in the Stanley Cup playoffs is having a hot goalie and Vegas netminder Marc-Andre Fleury is sizzling.
The Eagles, Patriots and Falcons all covered double-digit spreads and the Panthers delivered a last-minute cover as favorites went 9-3 against the spread Sunday and Las Vegas sports books were thrown for a loss.
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