The retiree and longtime Las Vegas resident outlasted a field of 6,234 entries in Station Casinos’ Last Man Standing NFL contest en route to winning $150,000.
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Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay, handicapper Scott Kellen and pro sports bettor Jeff Whitelaw offer their best bets for the NFL’s Super Wild Card Weekend.
Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay won the Las Vegas Review-Journal NFL Challenge with a 59-25-6 record against the spread (70.2 percent).
Matt Ste. Marie, a married father of two from Minnesota, won the Circa Sports Million with some help from the Buffalo Bills in the final game of the NFL regular season.
Circa Sports made Alabama and Georgia the 5-1 co-favorites to win the College Football Playoff national title next year, when the playoff expands to 12 teams.
Michigan has ticked up to a consensus 5½-point favorite over Washington and the consensus total has dipped to 55½ for Monday’s national championship game.
Quarterback Matthew Stafford is going back to Detroit with the Rams to take on his former team in one of the most intriguing games of Super Wild Card Weekend.
Sportsbooks also need Michigan to win Monday’s College Football Playoff title game to avoid a seven-figure loss in futures bets on Washington.
Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay has clinched the RJ Challenge title with a 56-23-6 record against the spread (70.9 percent).
PritchardsPicks.com handicapper Scott Pritchard analyzes every NFL Week 18 Sunday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay has already clinched the Review-Journal NFL Challenge title with a 56-23-6 record against the spread.
The Steelers are consensus 4-point road favorites over the Ravens, who would be 7½- or 8½-point favorites if they were playing for the No. 1 seed.
Only two entries from a field of 6,324 were still in the running for the $150,000 prize entering the final day of Station Casinos’ Last Man Standing contest.
The betting public normally plays favorites, but they’ve flipped the script for the CFP semifinals and are backing underdogs Alabama and Washington on Monday.
PickDawgz.com handicapper Dana Lane analyzes every NFL Week 17 Sunday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
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