Millions of dollars stolen from Shohei Ohtani to pay his former interpreter’s gambling debt were funneled through Resorts World, according to ESPN.
Todd Dewey
Todd Dewey covers sports betting for the Review-Journal. Prior to taking over that beat in January 2017, he covered UNLV football, 51s baseball and a wide range of other events that come to Las Vegas. A native of Cambridge, Mass., and a graduate of the University of Central Florida, Dewey joined the Review-Journal in 1999 and was the 2013 Nevada Sportswriter of the Year.
Michael Kipness, aka “The Wizard,” analyzed the 20-horse field for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby for the Review-Journal. Here’s what he thinks of each horse’s chances.
Scottie Scheffler, the 2022 Masters champion, is the shortest favorite to win the tournament since Tiger Woods a decade ago.
The betting public gave sportsbooks some of their March Madness winnings in the Sweet 16, but they won it all back in the Elite Eight thanks to one major upset.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale lost two major bets on Houston to win the NCAA Tournament this year.
Las Vegas native Kyle Busch has four third-place finishes in the past six races at his home track. But he has won only once at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Gamblers lined up at the Westgate SuperBook to take the first crack at the book’s massive menu of Super Bowl prop bets. Here is some of what they bet.
The Westgate SuperBook posted its massive menu of prop bets Thursday for Super Bowl 58 between the Chiefs and 49ers on Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium.
Betting on the Kansas City Chiefs or San Francisco 49ers to cover the point spread is only one of the many ways to wager on Super Bowl 58 at Caesars Sportsbook.
A Caesars Sportsbook bettor in Nevada turned $200 into $102,801.90 after hitting a 12-leg NFL props parlay. The final two legs cashed on Monday night.
Chiefs bettors suffered a bad beat when Patrick Mahomes slid down to run out the clock rather than score a TD in a 23-20 win on a Taylor Swift-saturated broadcast.
“Dr. Alan” Dumond is a two-time top-five finisher in the Westgate SuperContest. The Wizardraceandsports.com handicapper analyzes all 16 AFC teams.
Same-game parlays, which have become wildly popular in the U.S. in recent years, became available in Nevada in June with the launch of the new Caesars app.
After selecting C.J. Stroud with the No. 2 pick and trading up to take Will Anderson at No. 3, the Houston Texans saw their Super Bowl odds slashed at Las Vegas sportsbooks.
Raiders bettors cashed their tickets as 9½-point underdogs. But most of the money was on San Francisco, which led 34-27 before winning 37-34 in overtime.