Tampa Bay beat New England 19-17, but the vast majority of bettors lost on the game because the Buccaneers failed to cover as 7-point favorites.
Todd Dewey
Reporter: Sports betting
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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.
FrancoSports.com handicapper Mark Franco analyzes every NFL Sunday and Monday game and gives final scores for each.
Micah Roberts and Mark Franco are tied for the contest lead with an 11-4 ATS record, and Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay is third at 10-4-1.
Two years after Las Vegan James Holzhauer captivated the game-show world during a 32-game “Jeopardy!” win streak, Matt Amodio won his 33rd game Friday to overtake him.
The Raiders finished the 2020 regular season with the NFL’s best over-under record at 12-3-1 and are 2-1 this season for a 14-4-1 over run (78 percent).
The Los Angeles Chargers opened as 3-point favorites and were bet to -3½ after Right Angle Sports, a respected handicapping service, released a play on the Chargers -3.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers play the New England Patriots on Sunday in Tom Brady’s return to the city where he won six Super Bowls with Bill Belichick as coach.
Review-Journal sports betting reporters Jim Barnes and Todd Dewey post their best college football and NFL bets for Week 4.
The Cincinnati Bengals are consensus 7½-point home favorites over the Jacksonville Jaguars at Las Vegas sportsbooks, and the total is 46 for Thursday’s NFL game.
Fresh off Sunday’s 34-24 win over the defending Super Bowl champion Buccaneers, the Los Angeles Rams are the new Super Bowl favorites at multiple Las Vegas sportsbooks.
Despite being tied for first place with the unbeaten Denver Broncos (3-0), the Raiders remain +550 long shots at BetMGM to win the division after opening the season at 18-1.
Dallas was a 3½-point home favorite over Philadelphia at every Las Vegas sportsbook Monday afternoon and the consensus total was 51½.
Bettors were all over the Raiders, who outlasted the Dolphins 31-28 in overtime as 3½-point favorites after squandering an 11-point fourth-quarter lead.
At Caesars Sportsbook, 94 percent of the tickets and 92 percent of the money wagered are on Arizona, and 89 percent of the tickets and 79 percent of the money are on the Raiders.
VegasInsider.com handicapper Chip Chirimbes analyzes every NFL Sunday and Monday game and gives final scores for each.