A Westgate bettor made a $10,000 wager to win $50,000 on the Lakers before they acquired Anthony Davis in June 2019, and bettors continued to pound LA at lower odds all season.
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Sportsbooks have bumped up the price on the Lakers significantly from Game 1 with Heat starters Goran Dragic and Bam Adebayo expected to be out.
The Lakers opened as -450 series favorites and the Heat as +375 underdogs. But heavy action on Miami caused those numbers to drop Tuesday to -335 and +275.
There’s no Battle of Los Angeles in the Western Conference Finals. Instead, the Lakers are 7-point favorites in Game 1 against the Nuggets.
Westgate vice president of risk Jeff Sherman said he’d prefer to see the Clippers beat the Nuggets to set up a marquee Western Conference Finals matchup with the Lakers.
A BetMGM bettor turned $10 into $152,341.28 after hitting an 11-team multi-sport parlay with nine college football picks, an NBA play and a baseball play.
William Hill and BetMGM reported Denver money-line wagers of $500,000 or more that were decided in a wild final sequence Tuesday night.
Bets on Wednesday’s NBA, WNBA and MLB games that were called off to protest the shooting of a Black man by police will be refunded at most Las Vegas sportsbooks.
Professional bettor Erin Rynning likes Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers to continue their hot streak in Game 1 against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.
A better playoff path helped move Kawhi Leonard and Los Angeles ahead of the Lakers and Bucks in futures odds at the Westgate. The playoffs start Monday.