Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale wagered $3.3M to win $6.2M at Caesars Sportsbook in Louisiana and $2.2M to win $4.2M at Barstool Sportsbook.
Basketball
The Kansas Jayhawks are consensus 4½-point favorites over the Villanova Wildcats after the line opened as low as -3 at the South Point sportsbook.
A sampling of NCAA Tournament Final Four props at South Point, Caesars Sportsbook, Westgate SuperBook, Circa Sports and Station Casinos.
RJ betting reporter Todd Dewey and Goldsheet.com handicapper Bruce Marshall each went 11-6 ATS and hit both their best bets to tie for first place in the contest.
Duke will face North Carolina for the first time ever in the NCAA Tournament, with the Blue Devils looking to send Mike Krzyzewski into retirement with a national title.
Here’s a sampling of NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 props from Circa Sports, Caesars Sportsbook and Station Casinos sportsbook.
Iowa State opened -1 over Miami in Friday’s Sweet 16 game. But the favorite quickly flipped, as sharp bets on the Hurricanes at Las Vegas sportsbooks made them -2½.
RJ betting reporter Todd Dewey competes against VSiN host Mitch Moss and handicappers Kelly Stewart, Paul Stone, Bruce Marshall and Doug Fitz in an NCAA Tournament contest.
“To have a 15, two 11s and a 10 left right now speaks volumes. That just shows the parity of college basketball,” Red Rock Resort sportsbook director Chuck Esposito said.
The Lady Rebels are out-performing traditional powers Connecticut and South Carolina at the betting window ahead of their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 20 years.
Bettors that slept in on the second day of the NCAA Tournament missed out on another fast start by favorites, who started 5-0 ATS for the second straight day.
Refresh this blog throughout the day to track bad beats, big bets, buzzer beaters, bracket busters, ATS results and more from the second day of the NCAA Tournament.
The first day of the NCAA Tournament was a blessed one for Las Vegas sportsbooks, which won big when No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s knocked off No. 2 Kentucky.
Welcome back to March Madness. We’ll be following the action from all 16 games Thursday in the first day of the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale made a $1 million hedge bet to reduce risk on a promotion that guarantees a refund if a Texas team wins the national title.
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