The wager, which was placed at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, was comprised of eight college football favorites: Michigan State (-4½), Ohio State (-37½), Clemson (-16), Baylor (-7), South Carolina (-1½), Troy (-5), Wisconsin (-3) and Stanford (-2½).
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.
Tampa Bay moved to a 1½-point favorite over Pittsburgh on Monday as bettors are backing the Buccaneers and hot quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick in a big way.
Buffalo, which closed as a 17-point underdog, whipped Minnesota 27-6.
Jay Kornegay and Micah Roberts are each 7-3 ATS through the first two weeks of the NFL season.
Tampa Bay has taken the league by storm behind veteran quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, a Harvard graduate who has thrown for 400 yards and four touchdowns in each of the first two weeks in upsets of the Saints and Eagles.
Paul Stone and Wes Reynolds are each 11-4 ATS through the first three weeks of the college football season.
Handicapper Paul Stone, off to an 11-4 ATS start in the Review-Journal’s College Challenge, likes Stanford to win and cover at Oregon.
The Bengals, Browns, Buccaneers and Chiefs have each covered and gone over the total in their first two games this season.
FanDuel spun a potential public relations nightmare into positive publicity Thursday when it agreed to pay a New Jersey bettor his full $82,000 payout on a disputed $110 live wager at 750-1 odds.
Best bets from Todd Dewey, Bernie Fratto, Mitch Moss and Kelly Stewart.
The Browns-Jets line had climbed to 3½ at the South Point and Station Casinos sports books Thursday afternoon before settling at 3 at every Las Vegas sports book.
The Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey, handicapper Kelly Stewart and The Cromwell sports book director John Lukasik preview Week 3 of the NFL season.
The Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey, handicapper Kelly Stewart and The Cromwell sports book director John Lukasik preview Week 4 of the college football season.
The result wasn’t anywhere near as controversial as Canelo-GGG I, which was ruled a draw, but the majority of Las Vegas sports book directors believed Golovkin won the rematch.
The Chicago Bears opened as 3-point favorites over Seattle in the game at Soldier Field, but the line had climbed to 4½ at six different Las Vegas sports books on Monday afternoon.