Eric Goldstein of Las Vegas won an online satellite into the World Series of Poker’s $10,000 buy-in Main Event while he was asleep. “Kind of a little surreal,” he said.
Betting
Betfred, a United Kingdom-based bookmaker, remains in the Nevada licensing process more than 15 months after the property opened, an official said.
Phil Hellmuth didn’t make it to the first break Thursday before he was eliminated from the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event at Bally’s.
The Cleveland Browns’ Super Bowl odds have soared from 16-1 to 60-1 amid reports that the NFL wants to suspend quarterback Deshaun Watson for at least the 2022 season.
When it comes to golf betting, Westgate SuperBook oddsmaker Jeff Sherman compared the PGA Tour to the NFL and the LIV Golf Invitational Series to the USFL.
Chad Eveslage was involved in one of the wildest hands of the WSOP so far en route to victory in the $25,000 buy-in High Roller No-limt Hold’em 8-handed event.
Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale lost $2.6 million in bets, including exotics, on Kentucky Derby favorite Epicenter, co-owned by Las Vegan Ron Winchell and his mother.
After Kenny Pickett’s hands were measured at the NFL scouting combine, he dropped to the +140 second choice to be the first quarterback picked in the draft.
The Westgate SuperBook has written 32 tickets on Bengals rookie kicker Evan McPherson, who is down to 80-1 to win Super Bowl MVP after opening at 200-1.
The same bettor who caused Caesars Sportsbook to bump up the Super Bowl line to Rams -4½ after placing a $522,500 wager last week on Los Angeles -4 came back for more.
The 49ers whipped the Rams 31-10 in Week 10 for their fifth straight win in the series, and San Francisco has won nine of the past 12 meetings and 23 of 33.
The Chargers are consensus 3-point favorites over the Raiders, and the total is 49½ after Los Angeles opened -2½ for the “Sunday Night Football” matchup at Allegiant Stadium.
Las Vegas handicapper Bruce Marshall is editor of The Gold Sheet (Goldsheet.com). He provides the Review-Journal with NFL tech notes and trends.
Amber Hanover, who won Station Casinos’ NFL Last Man Standing contest last year, plans to finish off a winning season for the Review-Journal on Sunday.
Underdogs went 9-3 ATS with seven outright wins, including upsets by the Jaguars (+16) over the Bills and Broncos (+10) over the Cowboys.
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