The South Point sportsbook and Westgate SuperBook each took sharp money on the Jets +10½ on Thursday before the consensus Las Vegas line dropped to 10.
Todd Dewey
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Todd Dewey covers sports betting for the Review-Journal. Prior to taking over that beat in January 2017, he covered UNLV football, 51s baseball and a wide range of other events that come to Las Vegas. A native of Cambridge, Mass., and a graduate of the University of Central Florida, Dewey joined the Review-Journal in 1999 and was the 2013 Nevada Sportswriter of the Year.
After the news that Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not play against the Chiefs on Sunday, the line moved from pick’em to Kansas City -7.
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The Dodgers are the 5-1 favorites at the Westgate SuperBook and +550 favorites at Caesars Sportsbook to win the world title next year after losing to the Braves in the NLCS.
Sharp bets on Kansas City pushed the line from 9½ to 10 on Sunday and public money on the favorite moved it to 10½ on Monday at Las Vegas sportsbooks.
NFL Sunday on Halloween was a veritable house of horrors for bettors as the books won big to snap a rare losing streak. BetMGM reported close to a multimillion-dollar win.
Says a professional sports bettor: “If somebody thinks something’s unlucky, I don’t ridicule that. If things are going good, keep whatever you’re doing the same way.”
Handicapper Alex B. Smith (Axsmithsports.com) analyzes every Sunday and Monday NFL game and gives trends and final scores for each.
Sportsline.com handicapper Micah Roberts went 4-1 ATS to take the contest lead at 22-12-1 over Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay at 20-13-2.
The Dallas Cowboys opened as 2½-point favorites, but the line has swung to the Minnesota Vikings -3 after Dak Prescott was limited in practice Wednesday and Thursday.
The Kansas City Chiefs have been mired in a 4-14 spread slump since last season and are in last place in the AFC West after Sunday’s 27-3 loss to the Tennessee Titans.
Review-Journal sports betting reporters Jim Barnes and Todd Dewey post their best college football and NFL bets for Week 8.
The Knights are now the +405 second choice at Circa Sports to win the Pacific Division behind the Edmonton Oilers (-160) and they’ve shot up as high as 15-1 at the South Point to win the Stanley Cup.
His Astros wagers are hedge bets to offset potential losses of about $25 million from a promotion that offers customers a refund of any purchase of $3,000 or more if Houston wins the World Series.
Not surprisingly, the public is on the favorite and the over. The Saints are consensus 4-point road favorites over the Seahawks and the total is 41½.