The schedule for this summer’s World Series of Poker was released Wednesday and includes eight new events. The 48th annual WSOP runs May 31 through July 17 at the Rio Convention Center.
Betting
You are listening live from the South Point sports book, which will serve as the hub of Brent Musburger’s new sports betting network in Las Vegas.
Treasure Island is the only Las Vegas sports book that has New England laying 3½ points, at plus-105. Bettors have to lay minus-125 on Atlanta.
After sports books posted an opening Super Bowl record-high total of 58 on Sunday night for the anticipated shootout between the Patriots and Falcons, money on the over quickly pushed the number to a consensus 59.
The Patriots opened as a 3-point favorite over the Falcons and the total is 59 in a matchup of two of the league’s highest-scoring teams. New England and Atlanta both covered as 6-point favorites and both conference title games went over the total.
There’s no need to wait until Sunday night to place a wager on the Super Bowl LI opening line. Boyd Gaming already has posted point spreads on each possible Super Bowl matchup.
The Daily Racing Form/National Thoroughbred Racing Association National Handicapping Championship will be from Jan. 27 to 29 at the TI.
The Westgate posted 20 prop bets Tuesday on both the NFC and AFC title games, and Station Casinos upped the ante Thursday with the release of more than 100 prop bet options on the games.
The Falcons and Packers are expected to light up the scoreboard in an NFC Championship game featuring what is believed to be the highest playoff total ever.
The Packers, who covered the 5½-point spread and paid plus-180 on the money line, were the first road team to cover this postseason after home favorites won and covered the first six games.
Handicapper Doug Fitz, who has alternated first and second place in the Review-Journal NFL Challenge the last two seasons, said the Green Bay Packers, 4½-point underdogs, are his best bet of the weekend.
The horse racing season is coming out of hibernation and there is no better sign of that than opening day Friday at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
New England is favored by up to 17 points in Saturday’s NFL divisional playoff game against Houston in what is one of the largest point spreads in playoff history.
Most Las Vegas sports books suffered heavy losses as the public pounded Clemson on the money line, which closed at plus-180. William Hill’s 108 books in Nevada lost more than $1 million on the game.
Money continued to pour in on Clemson across Las Vegas on Monday morning as 6½-point underdogs and at plus-185 on the money line in the rematch of last year’s title game won by Alabama, 45-40.
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