The state Gaming Control Board granted approval Friday for books to offer wagers on the winner of each virtual race and on matchups between drivers.
Todd Dewey
Reporter: Sports betting
Email: tdewey@reviewjournal.com
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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.
Joe Exotic wants Brad Pitt or “Joe Dirt” (actor David Spade) to play him in a movie. Spade is 4-1 at BetOnline.ag to be cast as Exotic. Kevin Bacon is the +150 favorite.
The consensus opinion of 10 Las Vegas oddsmakers is that the NBA will be the first major U.S. sports league to play a game, with the consensus over-under date July 1.
Here are Tom Brady’s 2020 season props at Circa sportsbook: 4,200½ passing yards, 29½ touchdown passes, 8½ interceptions, 19½ rushing yards and 1½ rushing TDs.
The Review-Journal spoke with six professional sports bettors and handicappers about the impact the sports stoppage has had on them and how they’re dealing with it.
If the NBA and NHL return and go directly to the playoffs, the Westgate’s Jeff Sherman posted on Twitter what the sportsbook would have for first-round series prices.
The gambler played 10 Ukrainian table tennis favorites Saturday on his William Hill mobile app, and they all won.
The total number of quarterbacks taken in the first round is four at Caesars Palace, with the over a -140 favorite.
Less than a month from the draft, the Miami Dolphins are the favorites at Caesars Entertainment and William Hill to select former Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
Rufus Peabody, who splits time between Boston and Las Vegas, was tested for the virus March 17 and posted Saturday on his Twitter page that he had a confirmed positive test.
If Tom Brady doesn’t start for Tampa Bay in Week 1 of the 2020 regular season, “No snap taken in 2020 Week 1,” which opened at 18-1 at William Hill, will be the winner.
The sportsbook took more than 1,000 bets on its Nevada mobile app on the final three days of matches at SUMO Haru Basho 2020, a pro tournament that ended Sunday in Osaka.
Circa sportsbook posted perhaps the earliest NFL season win totals ever Sunday to give sports-starved bettors something to take their mind off of the coronavirus pandemic.
William Hill, Circa Sports, MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment are the only books that plan to keep their mobile apps open during a 30-day shutdown.
Circa sportsbook increased the Patriots’ odds to win Super Bowl LV from 14-1 to 25-1. The Westgate initially bumped New England from 14-1 to 20-1 before moving to 30-1.