The Westgate sports book opened Giancarlo Stanton’s total at 39½, and it had soared to 43½ as of Tuesday — two days before all 30 Major League Baseball teams take the field Thursday for Opening Day.
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The Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey competes with handicappers Dave Cokin and Micah Roberts, professional sports bettor Frank Carulli and Westgate sports book manager Randy Blum in a contest based on selecting over-under on regular-season win totals for Major League Baseball teams.
New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is the 3-1 favorite to lead the majors in home runs this season.
While handicapper Micah Roberts predicts the Astros will repeat as world champions, the Giants, who won the World Series in 2010, 2012 and 2014, are his sleeper pick at 30-1.
Nevada sports books still won $9.8 million overall in November, their 52nd consecutive winning month.
New York is the 3-1 favorite at MGM Resorts sports books, which took a flurry of wagers on the Yankees at 5-1 odds Saturday morning before moving them to 3-1.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale said he’ll refund about $10 million to customers who cashed in on a promotion offering refunds of any mattress purchase of at least $3,000 when the Astros won the World Series.
Los Angeles, with Yu Darvish starting, is a favorite ranging from minus-152 to minus-163 over Houston and starter Lance McCullers in Wednesday’s Game 7 at Dodger Stadium.
Ticket brokers who will reportedly lose out on more than $20 million dollars in potential profits if the World Series isn’t extended to a Game 7 at Dodger Stadium are betting big on Houston to win Tuesday’s Game 6 to ensure they make some money.
Facing a liability of about $5 million if the Astros upset the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston furniture store owner Jim McIngvale hedged a promotion through insurance policies and bets on the Astros at Las Vegas sports books.