The last time Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale was in Las Vegas, he left with a wheelbarrow full of cash after collecting on the Astros to win the World Series. But he gave back a chunk of his winnings Friday night.
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.
On Nov. 30, 1987, Bo Jackson rushed for 221 yards and ran over Brian Bosworth in the Raiders’ 37-14 rout of the Seahawks. Seattle is favored over the Raiders on Sunday.
After the public finally gave up on the Raiders last week, they won and covered a game for the first time in a month in a 22-16 overtime victory at Denver.
Miami, which closed as a 4½-point underdog, was one of eight underdogs that won outright Sunday and among nine that covered (9-4-1 against the spread).
A hard way to make an easy living. That’s how professional sports bettor Cris Zeniuk describes betting, though he’s made it look easy in recent years.
Horse racing handicapper Michael “The Wizard’’ Kipness analyzes the eight-horse field for Saturday’s Travers Stakes, designating each horse as a contender or pretender.
The Celtics already were the 6-1 favorites to win the NBA title when it was reported Monday that they’d been in talks with the Nets about a trade for Kevin Durant.
No NBA team has come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series. A bettor at Caesars Palace wagered $50,000 on the Mavericks to win their series against the Warriors.
Georgia defensive end Travon Walker wasn’t even listed when Station Casinos posted odds in January on who would be the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the clear favorites at Las Vegas sportsbooks to win the World Series. They’re 6-1 at Circa Sports and every other team is in double digits.
Phil Hellmuth reached a record seven final tables at the 2021 World Series of Poker, and the “Poker Brat” was at it again this week at the U.S. Poker Open in Las Vegas.
Professional handicapper Scott Kellen (@SixthSenseNFL) analyzes every NFL Sunday and Monday game, with trends and final scores for each.
Review-Journal betting columnist Todd Dewey leads the contest with a 41-33-1 ATS record. Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay is a half point back at 40-33-2.
The Knights are now the +405 second choice at Circa Sports to win the Pacific Division behind the Edmonton Oilers (-160) and they’ve shot up as high as 15-1 at the South Point to win the Stanley Cup.
His Astros wagers are hedge bets to offset potential losses of about $25 million from a promotion that offers customers a refund of any purchase of $3,000 or more if Houston wins the World Series.
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