The Dodgers are the 5-1 favorites at the Westgate SuperBook and +550 favorites at Caesars Sportsbook to win the world title next year after losing to the Braves in the NLCS.
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.
Sharp bets on Kansas City pushed the line from 9½ to 10 on Sunday and public money on the favorite moved it to 10½ on Monday at Las Vegas sportsbooks.
Two years after Las Vegan James Holzhauer captivated the game-show world during a 32-game “Jeopardy!” win streak, Matt Amodio won his 33rd game Friday to overtake him.
The Raiders finished the 2020 regular season with the NFL’s best over-under record at 12-3-1 and are 2-1 this season for a 14-4-1 over run (78 percent).
The Los Angeles Chargers opened as 3-point favorites and were bet to -3½ after Right Angle Sports, a respected handicapping service, released a play on the Chargers -3.
A 100-1 long shot at BetMGM sportsbook in April to win the World Series, the San Francisco Giants entered Thursday’s games with baseball’s best record at 50-29.
Jason Kokrak delivered a 62-1 winner for handicapper Wes Reynolds in the Review-Journal last week at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
In a span of 11 days that began Thursday, fans and bettors can feast their eyes on a smorgasbord of baseball, the Final Four and NCAA championship and the Masters.
Handicapper Kelly Stewart went 4-1 ATS in the Sweet 16 and 12-5-1 ATS overall in the NCAA Tournament to beat Doug Fitz, who finished 10-6-1 ATS.
Sportsbetting.com, an online sportsbook in Colorado, made the Raiders 4-1 favorites to be Wilson’s next team if he’s traded, followed by the Cowboys (6-1) and Dolphins (8-1).
Tom Brady will be a betting underdog for only the second time in 10 Super Bowl appearances. He helped the Patriots to a 20-17 upset of the Rams as 14-point underdogs in 2002.
Gamblers who bet on Las Vegas (7-8) to go over its win total had to like their chances in November after the Raiders beat the Broncos 37-12 to improve to 6-3.
Books won big again Sunday as underdogs went 8-3 ATS with six outright wins heading into Cowboys-Eagles on “Sunday Night Football.”
Wearing a Chargers hat, mask, jersey, socks and, ahem, boxer shorts that he felt compelled to show a reporter, bettor Steve Rogers marveled at the massive, 78-million-pixel screen.
Seattle, last in the NFL in total defense, had 25 names appear on this week’s injury list. Safety Jamal Adams and running back Chris Carson are questionable for Sunday’s game.
