Bruce Marshall and Paul Stone each went 12-5 against the spread to tie for first in the Review-Journal March Madness Challenge. They have the same play in the Final Four.
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The winning team is 48-7-2 against the spread. In other words, there have been only nine Super Bowls in which the favorite has won but failed to cover.
Florida State was a controversial exclusion from this year’s College Football Playoff. Oddsmakers, based on the line on the Seminoles’ bowl game, agree with decision.
Five days before Saturday’s entry deadline, the odds are against Circa meeting its unprecedented $14 million in guaranteed prize money for its two $1,000-entry NFL handicapping contests.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale has wagered more than $3 million to win $8.9 million on TCU over Georgia in Monday’s CFP national championship.
Hank Goldberg, a longtime horse racing analyst and NFL reporter and prognosticator for ESPN, died on his birthday Monday in Las Vegas, where he had lived since 2018. He was 82.
A William Hill bettor in Nevada placed a $3,000 wager to win $300,000 on Texas quarterback Casey Thompson to win the Heisman Trophy at 100-1 odds.
Gonzaga is a consensus 4½-point favorite over Baylor in Monday’s NCAA championship game. The Bears are by far the best outcome on futures bets for Las Vegas sportsbooks.
Sharp bettors are on the Colts over the Texans on Saturday in the opener of the NFL’s wild-card weekend. Houston opened as a 2½-point home favorite, but the line has been bet to 1.
Las Vegas handicapper Kelly Stewart and Sunset Station sports book director Chuck Esposito join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview the New York Giants’ season in the 30th of a series of 32 NFL team videos.