Sports Betting Spotlight: College Basketball opening weekend
Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart and Ken Thomson look at opening weekend for college basketball.
The betting public went on a roller-coaster ride that included the Seahawks’ 38-37 overtime win over the Rams and the Bears’ miraculous 22-16 comeback victory over the Packers.
Las Vegas resident Jeff Gryczkowski picked 14 straight NFL weekly winners against the spread to win Station Casinos’ Last Man Standing contest and $150,000.
Westgate SuperBook vice president of marketing Jay Kornegay went 3-2 against the spread last week and leads the NFL handicapping contest with a 41-32-2 ATS record.
Systemplays.com handicapper Doug Fitz analyzes every NFL Week 16 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
The NBA reminded its teams that it wants to control which types of bets are offered on its games.
CBS Sportsline handicapper Bruce Marshall provides NFL notes and trends for Week 16 games for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, including the Raiders-Texans game.
The Texans are 14-point home favorites over the Raiders and the total is 38 for Sunday’s game at Houston.
Professional sports bettors and handicappers make predictions on NFL Week 16 games and College Football Playoff first-round games this weekend.
Gamblersworld.net handicapper Chip Chirimbes won last season’s Las Vegas Review-Journal College Bowl Challenge with a 10-3-2 record against the spread.
The Seattle Seahawks are 1½-point home favorites over the Los Angeles Rams on “Thursday Night Football,” and the total is 42½ in a matchup of 11-3 teams.