A bettor with $10,000 to win $200,000 in futures wagers on the Falcons ripped up a check for $75,000 from PropSwap and didn’t hedge a dime before Atlanta’s 34-28 overtime loss to the Patriots in Super Bowl LI.
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The Bob Baffert-trained colt ran a strong race to end the “curse of Apollo,” but his favorable trip over the “sloppy” racetrack means that questions remain to be answered before he can be considered one of the great ones.
A startup secondary market for active sports wagers in Las Vegas, PropSwap has sold 20 Knights bets and has five futures tickets for sale — including a $400 wager at 300-1 odds that pays $120,000. That ticket is on sale for $40,000.
The CG Technology sports book posted lines Monday on every NFL regular-season game from Weeks 1 to 16. Sharp bettors quickly pounced on six games, making limit wagers of $500 on each.
A Wynn Las Vegas bettor won $150,000 on a $500 futures bet placed on Justify at 300-1 odds in February to win Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.
I am going against that curse this year and backing European-trained Mendelssohn. He has been aimed at the Kentucky Derby since he was born 80 miles from Louisville.
Trainers point to have their runners primed to peak on the first Saturday in May, and the biggest upside for that performance comes from Todd Pletcher’s stable and in particular Vino Rosso.
Wynn Las Vegas race and sports book director Johnny Avello handicaps the Kentucky Derby field.
Kentucky Derby favorite Justify is 8-1 to win horse racing’s Triple Crown.
Las Vegas oddsmakers and bettors alike have great expectations for the Los Angeles Chargers this season.
It was anything but easy for William Hill bettors to cash a winning wager on the draft position matchup between No. 1 overall pick Baker Mayfield and Lamar Jackson, who went No. 32 to the Baltimore Ravens.
Those subscribing to the ever-popular zigzag betting theory might blindly back the Knights in Game 5, but handicapper Dana Lane is taking them for other reasons, including their vaunted home-ice advantage.
The 3-1 favorite should get a favorable pace scenario, but can he last 1 1/4 miles? See what horse racing columnist Mike Brunker, the #RJhorseracing handicappers and guest experts Bob Ike, Patrick McQuiggan and Ellis Star think.
William Karlsson is the 7-1 favorite to score the first goal of the game.
The Los Angeles Chargers are the 3-2 favorite to win the AFC West, followed by the Kansas City Chiefs (2-1), Oakland Raiders (3-1) and Denver Broncos (13-2).
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