A William Hill bettor in Southern Nevada placed a $45,000 wager to win $3.375 million Thursday on Phil Mickelson to win the U.S. Open at 75-1 odds.
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 Bills traded for receiver Stefon Diggs and drafted running back Zack Moss to help spark an offense that has averaged only 18.1 points per game the past three years.
Phil Mickelson, Si Woo Kim and Brendan Steele are the 20-1 co-favorites at the Westgate to win the event at the Silverado Country Club’s North Course in Napa, California.
Patrick Mahomes is the clear +350 favorite at the Westgate to win his second NFL MVP award, and the Chiefs are the +450 favorites to repeat as Super Bowl champions.
In the biggest line move of Week 1, the Raiders are 3-point favorites over the Panthers on Sunday after the line opened at pick’em for the game at Carolina.
Circa had 1,760 entries on Monday in its Circa Sports Million II contest, which needs 3,000 entries to meet its $3 million guarantee.
Biden is the -125 favorite and Trump the +110 underdog at London-based Betfair Exchange, which already has taken $100 million in wagers on the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
New Orleans went 6-1 last season in games decided by seven points or less. But handicapper Scott Kellen expects that record to regress and the Saints to go under 10½ wins.
Tiz the Law is the -160 favorite to win from the No. 17 post position, which hasn’t produced a winner since the gate was first used for the Kentucky Derby in 1930.
Handicapper Lou Finocchiaro is backing former Tennessee football player Ovince Saint Preux over Alonzo Menifield in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas.
Week 1 kicked off Thursday with two of the six games on the Labor Day weekend betting board. But Las Vegas sportsbooks still aren’t sure if the Big Ten is going to play this year.
Tampa Bay’s season win total climbed as high as 10 after it added Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski and suddenly became one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl.
World No. 1 Dustin Johnson is the +150 favorite at the Westgate and No. 2 Jon Rahm is the +250 second choice to win the final event of the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Eleven days before the NFL’s Sept. 10 season opener, Circa had 934 entries in its Circa Sports Million II contest, which needs 3,000 entries to meet its $3 million guarantee.
The Golden Knights are 10-2 in the bubble and have a 7-5 over-under record. Bettors who wagered to win $100 on Vegas on the money line in every game would be up $580.