A day after the Jets beat the Rams 23-20 as 17-point underdogs, the Bengals beat the Steelers 27-17 as 14½-point underdogs on “Monday Night Football.”
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A BetMGM bettor placed a $220,000 straight wager to win $200,000 on the Steelers -14 over the Bengals on “Monday Night Football.”
Kansas City is a consensus 8-point favorite over Las Vegas after the line opened at 6½. The number was as high as 9 on Saturday before ticking down to 7½ at several books.
Handicapper Joe D’Amico breaks down the remaining 13 NFL games in Week 11, with analysis, trends and final scores.
Mark Franco leads the contest with a 29-19-2 against the spread record, Lou Finocchiaro is second at 29-20-1 and Dave Tuley is third at 27-20-3.
Sunday’s game at Allegiant Stadium was off the board at several sportsbooks after the Raiders’ offensive line was sent home because of coronavirus protocols.
BetMGM took an avalanche of late Saints money, including a $180,000 bet on New Orleans (-4) at the Bellagio that was placed as the teams were lining up for the opening kickoff.
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A BetMGM bettor lost a $35,000 bet to win $1,050 on Atlanta, which was a -3,333 favorite on the in-play money line with a 39-24 lead over Dallas.
Wagers on the Raiders +5½ over the Saints on Monday morning caused the consensus line to drop to 4 and to as low as 3½ at the Westgate.
To attract more entries, the Westgate is offering those who enter the SuperContest two free hotel room nights for every week during the NFL’s 17-week regular season.
The 2019 second-round draft pick took over a team that was 3-8 last season and led Denver to a 4-1 finish to make a believer out of general manager John Elway.
Las Vegas was dealt the league’s most difficult home schedule, with its eight Allegiant Stadium opponents totaling an NFL-high 71½ wins at the Westgate sportsbook.
With the NFL draft taking center stage Thursday on an otherwise barren sports landscape, Las Vegas sportsbooks have posted a record number of props on the event.
The aftershocks of the deal that reunites Rob Gronkowski with Tom Brady reverberated at Circa Sports, where Tampa Bay’s odds to win the Super Bowl dropped from 15-1 to 11-1.