Sports Betting Spotlight: College football Week 11

By Todd Dewey / Las Vegas Review-Journal

November 8, 2018 - 11:51 am

Handicapper Kelly Stewart and The Linq Hotel sports book director John Lukasik join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview Week 11 of the college football season.

Kelly Stewart, @KellyInVegas

TENNESSEE (+6) over Kentucky

North Carolina (+10) over DUKE

Best Bet: Northwestern (+11) over IOWA

Last week: 0-3

Season: 13-16-1

Todd Dewey, Las Vegas Review-Journal

IOWA STATE (-14.5) over Baylor

Ohio State (-3.5) over MICHIGAN STATE

Best Bet: Washington State (-6) over COLORADO

Last week: 2-1

Season: 15-15

John Lukasik, The Linq Hotel sports book director

SYRACUSE (-21) over Louisville

Kentucky (-5.5) over TENNESSEE

Best Bet: UTAH STATE (-31) over San Jose State

Last week: 3-0

Season: 12-12

More betting: Follow all of our betting coverage online at reviewjournal.com/betting and @RJ_Sports on Twitter.

Contact reporter Todd Dewey at tdewey@reviewjournal.com. Follow @tdewey33 on Twitter.

Joel Rosario, top, and Nadal head into the Winner's Circle after winning the second division of ...

Kentucky Derby betting futures reset after Nadal injury

By Jim Barnes / RJ

May 29, 2020 - 4:44 pm

Circa Sports is now offering yes/no props on eight horses for the Run for the Roses after an injury ended the career of the early Derby favorite.

Tyron Woodley reacts after his fight against Kamaru Usman in the welterweight title bout during ...

Best bets for UFC on ESPN 9 in Las Vegas

By Todd Dewey / RJ

May 29, 2020 - 4:41 pm

Handicapper Lou Finocchiaro (@GambLou) has three plays for the event, which is headlined by a welterweight bout between Tyron Woodley (19-4-1) and Gilbert Burns (18-3).

Vegas Golden Knights right wing Reilly Smith (19), Vegas Golden Knights center William Karlsson ...

William Hill cashes Golden Knights division title tickets

By Todd Dewey / RJ

May 29, 2020 - 2:12 pm

The book has graded all division leaders (Vegas, St. Louis, Boston, Washington) as winners and refunded wagers on the runners-up (Edmonton, Colorado, Tampa Bay, Philadelphia).

The Las Vegas Strip is largely empty after Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered a mandatory shutdown of m ...

State gaming win down 99.6% in April with coronavirus closures

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

May 29, 2020 - 9:59 am

Clark County win was down 99.5 percent from a year ago with the only win coming from scattered bets from companies with sports betting apps and online poker.

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence scores past LSU safety JaCoby Stevens during the first half ...

Odds favor college football season starting on time

By Todd Dewey / RJ

May 28, 2020 - 7:21 pm

Recent developments, including the NCAA lifting its ban on on-campus activities in football and basketball, have given Las Vegas oddsmakers and handicappers newfound optimism.

Sunset Station sign towers over an empty, blocked off parking lot after casinos were ordered cl ...

Station Casinos to reopen betting app Friday

By Jim Barnes / RJ

May 28, 2020 - 4:28 pm

The app, which has been closed since casinos shut down in March because of the coronavirus pandemic, will be open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily.

President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order aimed at curbing protections fo ...

Nevada among favorites to host GOP convention after Trump threat

By Todd Dewey / RJ

May 28, 2020 - 5:08 pm

After President Donald Trump’s threat to move the Republican National Convention from North Carolina, online oddsmakers made Nevada the 9-2 fourth choice among alternate destinations.

Jockey Drayden Van Dyke, left, talks with trainer Bob Baffert before riding Charlatan in the si ...

Test results on Bob Baffert’s horses could impact Triple Crown

By Mike Brunker / RJ

May 29, 2020 - 3:14 pm

Two of trainer Bob Baffert’s horses tested positive for lidocaine after recent races in Arkansas, including Belmont Stakes contender Charlatan, according to reports.

Poker "vlogger" Jeff Sluzinski, aka Jeff Boski, talks about the possibility of a ban from YouTu ...

Poker ‘vloggers’ try to evade YouTube’s crosshairs

By Jim Barnes / RJ

May 28, 2020 - 1:50 pm

Some of the most popular video creators have struggled with the service’s opaque guidelines, and one temporarily lost his channel.

Vegas Golden Knights right wing Mark Stone (61) and Colorado Avalanche defenseman Ryan Graves ( ...

Golden Knights co-favorites for No. 1 seed in Western Conference

By Todd Dewey / RJ

May 27, 2020 - 6:06 pm

The Golden Knights, St. Louis and Colorado are +250 co-favorites at the Westgate sportsbook to get the No. 1 playoff seed in the West in a round-robin tournament.