Paul Stone leads the contest after going 8-4 ATS in the first round and hitting his best bet. Doug Fitz is in second place and Kelly Stewart third.
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.
The Bulldogs are the BetMGM’s biggest liability after a bettor placed a $100,000 wager to win $150,000 on Gonzaga to win the championship Tuesday at Bellagio.
The Westgate sportsbook initially kept New England’s odds at 40-1 to win the 2022 Super Bowl, but dropped them to 25-1 after taking heavy action on the Patriots.
Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas and Jon Rahm are the 12-1 co-favorites at the Westgate sportsbook to win the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play tournament in Austin, Texas.
The NCAA Tournament games couldn’t have gone much better for Las Vegas sportsbooks, as underdogs went 24-15 ATS with 16 outright upsets Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Favorites won 10 of 15 games Saturday but finished only 4-11 against the spread as Las Vegas sportsbooks enjoyed their second straight winning day of the NCAA Tournament.
Las Vegas sportsbooks welcomed back the NCAA Tournament on Friday after a one-year hiatus, and the biggest betting event of the year did not disappoint.
The roars weren’t as loud as in years past, but even a half-capacity crowd at the Westgate sportsbook created a lively atmosphere on the first day of the NCAA Tournament.
Sharp bettors and the betting public are banking on Ohio to cover the spread against Virginia, which opened as a 10½-point favorite but is down to -7.
VSiN host Mitch Moss and handicappers Kelly Stewart, Paul Stone, Bruce Marshall and Doug Fitz compete in a contest covering NCAA Tournament games Friday and Saturday.
A No. 12 seed has won at least one first-round game in 30 of the last 35 NCAA Tournaments. Will a 12 seed win a game Friday or Saturday? Yes is -280 at William Hill, and No is +240.
Daniel Berger, ranked No. 15 in the world, is the 12-1 favorite at the Westgate sportsbook, followed by Sungjae Im (14-1), Joaquin Niemann (18-1) and Lee Westwood (20-1).
Chadwick Boseman is -1,429 to win the Academy Award for best actor after he was posthumously nominated for his role in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
To commemorate owner Derek Stevens’ betting tradition, Circa sportsbook took $10,000 limit bets on its mobile app Sunday on the opening lines of the NCAA Tournament.
Las Vegas bookmakers have been at odds for years with the NCAA selection committee, but there was only one instance Sunday in which a higher seed was favored over a lower seed.