A Nevada bettor won seven figures from BetMGM and Circa sportsbooks when this NFL team won its conference championship Sunday.
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The New England Patriots are 5½-point road favorites over the Denver Broncos in the AFC title game and the Seattle Seahawks are 2½-point favorites over the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC championship.
Sharp bettors lost wagering against popular public underdogs in the NFL wild-card playoffs in the Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers.
The Rams are 10-point road favorites over the Panthers in the NFL’s super wild-card weekend opener on Saturday afternoon at Carolina.
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The betting public went on a roller-coaster ride that included the Seahawks’ 38-37 overtime win over the Rams and the Bears’ miraculous 22-16 comeback victory over the Packers.
NFL Week 15 favorites went 8-6 against the spread on Sunday, overs went 8-6 and double-digit favorites went 4-1 ATS.
Underdogs started NFL Week 13 on a 9-2 against the spread run with seven outright wins, including all four games on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday.
It was a comeback Sunday in Week 12 of the NFL as the Chiefs, Lions, Patriots and Cowboys erased double-digit deficits, but only Dallas covered the spread.
NFL favorites went 9-4 straight up but only 5-8 against the spread on Sunday as four favorites won but didn’t cover and four underdogs won outright.
The Dolphins pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the season in a 30-13 blowout win over the Bills as 8-point home underdogs.
After favorites went 11-2 against the spread in NFL Week 8, underdogs went 8-4 against the spread on Sunday with five outright wins.
NFL Week 8 was dominated by favorites and overs, normally a recipe for success for the betting public. But upsets by the Dolphins and Jets helped sportsbooks.
The Chiefs crushed the Raiders 31-0 as NFL Week 7 favorites went 6-0 ATS in the morning games, and the Broncos scored 33 fourth-quarter points in an historic comeback win over the Giants.
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