Caesars Sportsbook was the first sportsbook in Nevada to post NFL regular-season win totals in early April. The Steelers’ total has been one of the early movers.
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.
Four long shots of 100-1 or higher won the Masters in a five-year span between 2007 and 2011 at Augusta National Golf Club.
Of the 14 six-figure or higher wagers on Super Bowl 58 against the spread or on the money line, 13 are on the same side in Sunday’s game.
For bookmakers who have been in Las Vegas since the 1960s and ’70s, seeing the NFL change its stance on betting and award a Super Bowl to the city has been surreal.
Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay leads the contest with a 41-20-4 record against the spread (67.2 percent).
VegasInsider.com handicapper Chip Chirimbes analyzes every NFL Week 14 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
The Westgate SuperBook’s Jay Kornegay, who leads the Review-Journal NFL Challenge, offers his best bet on the 49ers-Jaguars game.
Two of the NFL’s worst teams face off on “Thursday Night Football” when the Chicago Bears host the Carolina Panthers. The Bears are favored at home.
The Raiders are 2½-point favorites at BetMGM, the Westgate SuperBook, Boyd Gaming and South Point, and they’re -2 at Circa Sports, Caesars and Station Casinos.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale made a $2 million bet to win $9 million on the Astros to win the World Series at Caesars Sportsbook.
The two legs of the parlay were Wolverines QB J.J. McCarthy to score 2+ TDs and Michigan’s defense/special teams to score 2+ TDs in Saturday’s game against Minnesota.
Systemplays.com handicapper Doug Fitz won the Review-Journal NFL Challenge last season with a 56-32-2 record against the spread (63.6 percent).
Pro sports bettor Scott Pritchard (PritchardsPicks.com) analyzes every NFL Week 1 Sunday and Monday game, with final score projections.
Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is sleeping in a tower high above his Houston furniture store every night until he sells 10,000 mattresses.
After going 3-19-3 ATS down the stretch and placing last in the Circa Sports Million contest, the “Big Booty Juedys” offer their pick for the Super Bowl.