Handicapper Brian Edwards expects South Carolina to easily cover the spread as a 14-point home underdog to Georgia in Week 2, and he loves the Gamecocks to go over their win total of 7.
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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.
Hermin Soriano, a food server at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, was ridiculed when he showed his co-workers his futures wagers on the Golden Knights.
While Nevada’s sports betting handle has skyrocketed from $2.6 billion in 2007 to $4.8 billion in 2017, the state’s racing handle has plummeted from $596.5 million in 2007 to $280.4 million in 2017.
While some superstitious Knights backers are hoping Lane picks against them again in the Western Conference Final, he’s not.
A bettor with $10,000 to win $200,000 in futures wagers on the Falcons ripped up a check for $75,000 from PropSwap and didn’t hedge a dime before Atlanta’s 34-28 overtime loss to the Patriots in Super Bowl LI.
Those subscribing to the ever-popular zigzag betting theory might blindly back the Knights in Game 5, but handicapper Dana Lane is taking them for other reasons, including their vaunted home-ice advantage.
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