Of the 16 NFL Week 1 lines, there are 10 road favorites, including the Buccaneers (-2) over the Cowboys and the Broncos (-4) over the Seahawks.
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Las Vegas sportsbooks won millions Sunday when the Rams defeated the Bengals, but didn’t cover the 4½-point spread and the game stayed under the total of 48½.
The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. But for the first time since 2009, the Super Bowl winner didn’t cover the point spread.
Tony Gordon, a stay-at-home dad from Atascadero, California, went 63-27 ATS (70 percent) to win the Circa Sports Million pro football contest and $1 million prize.
The Curses of the Bambino and Billy Goat have been broken. But some believe the Curse of Bo Jackson continues to haunt the Cincinnati Bengals.
Review-Journal sports betting reporters Jim Barnes and Todd Dewey posted their best college and pro football bets during the NFL regular season.
Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay went 51-37-2 ATS (58 percent) to top RJ betting columnist Todd Dewey, who finished 50-39-1 ATS (56 percent).
The two-time defending AFC champions are the 5-1 favorites at Circa Sports, +450 favorites at the Westgate SuperBook and the South Point, and the 4-1 favorites at Boyd Gaming.
The consensus total is 51 after it opened at 52. Caesars took sharp bets on under 52 early in the week and Circa took a sharp bet Monday morning on under 51½.
Handicapper Chip Chirimbes (VegasInsider.com) analyzes every Sunday and Monday NFL game and gives trends and final scores for each.
Review-Journal sports betting columnist Todd Dewey and VSiN.com handicapper Dave Tuley are tied for the contest lead with 25-19-1 ATS records.
The Kansas City Chiefs failed to cover both meetings against the Raiders last season and are 4-16 ATS in their past 20 games overall.
Colorado has the NHL’s highest season point total at the Westgate SuperBook with 110½. The Golden Knights have the second-highest total at 107½.
There was an outage on the apps that began more than 30 minutes before the 10 a.m. kickoffs of nine NFL season openers and prevented customers from accessing their accounts.
Baltimore dipped to a consensus 3½-point favorite over the Raiders on Monday at Las Vegas sportsbooks after the number dropped from 4½ to 4 last week.
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