The Raiders’ season win total opened at 6½ at multiple sportsbooks before and after the NFL draft, but it has since ticked up as high as 7½.
Todd Dewey
Reporter: Sports betting
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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.
The Colorado Rockies have reached 50 losses faster than any other MLB team since the 1800s and are on pace to finish with the worst record in baseball history.
Oddsmakers don’t expect the Rebels to miss a beat in their first football season under coach Dan Mullen after Barry Odom bolted for the Big Ten to coach Purdue.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is the +120 favorite to be named Super Bowl MVP. Eagles running back Saquon Barkley is the +275 second choice.
Circa Sports has posted its full menu of prop bets for Super Bowl 59 between the Chiefs and Eagles on Feb. 9 in New Orleans. Check out the list.
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Boise State is a consensus 4-point favorite over UNLV, and the consensus total is 58½ for Friday’s Mountain West football championship game at Boise, Idaho.
The Broncos are tied for the best record against the spread in the NFL this season, and they’re favored over the Browns on “Monday Night Football.”
Systemplays.com handicapper Doug Fitz leads the contest with a 26-14 record against the spread. Handicapper Scott Kellen is in second place at 25-15.
Three-time Westgate SuperContest top-15 finisher “Dr. Alan” Dumond analyzes every NFL Week 9 game and makes predictions for each matchup.
The Patriots begin the post-Bill Belichick era with the NFL’s lowest season win total. One pro bettor chose them as one of six teams to bet on this year.
The South Point recently posted lines on more than 100 college football games for this season. Sharp bettors have taken a position on Colorado and coach Deion Sanders.
The NFL Hall of Fame game Thursday was halted in the third quarter. Some bettors who thought they had already won on the total then got some bad news.
Vic Salerno pioneered several key sports betting innovations, and he is part of the second 10-member class to enter the Sports Gambling Hall of Fame at Circa.