An MGM Resorts sports book bettor has a total of $755,000 to win $311,000 riding on Georgia to top Texas in the Sugar Bowl to cash two money-line parlays.
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.
Minnesota, which simply needed to beat Chicago at home to make the playoffs, closed as a 5½-point favorite but played dead in a 24-10 loss.
Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has won all 10 of his career starts against the Titans, including a 38-10 home victory Nov. 18, and has led the Colts to wins in eight of their past nine games.
A Caesars Entertainment sports book bettor placed a $140,000 money-line parlay to win $64,000 on Alabama and Clemson in Saturday’s College Football Playoff.
Royce Feour, the boxing writer who covered the sport’s most iconic fights for the Review-Journal over nearly four decades and whose career led to enshrinement in at least four halls of fame, died this month after a long illness.
Denver is a consensus 3-point favorite over the Raiders at Las Vegas sports books, but the line dropped to 2½ as of Monday afternoon at South Point and Caesars Entertainment.
The under is 35-20-1 on the holiday since 2005 and has produced a winning record in 12 of the last 13 years.
MGM Resorts sports books will refund any wagers that were made on UFC 232 at T-Mobile Arena now that the event has been moved to the Forum in Inglewood, California.
The Eagles, Browns and Patriots covered their opening lines but didn’t cover the closing lines Sunday.
Eagles defensive end Chris Long has built a locker room shrine to Nick Foles to keep his mojo working after the backup quarterback led Philadelphia to an upset of the Rams on Sunday night.
Pain shared is pain lessened. Maybe that’s why most sports bettors will readily share their bad beat stories. We’ve put together a list of 10 of the worst bad beats of the year with less than two weeks remaining.
The $500 buy-in to the Big 50 No-limit Hold ‘em event is rake-free and the winner will claim $1 million from a $5 million prize pool.
The Saints and Bears are each 10-4 ATS and the Chiefs have a 9-4-1 over-under record.
Offshore sports book MyBookie made odds on the Raiders’ 2019 home after the city of Oakland filed an antitrust lawsuit against the team and the NFL that cites the upcoming “illegal” move to Las Vegas.
The consensus total is 50½ at Las Vegas sports books for the NFC South showdown in Charlotte, North Carolina after it opened as high as 54.
