Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale lost $2.6 million in bets, including exotics, on Kentucky Derby favorite Epicenter, co-owned by Las Vegan Ron Winchell and his mother.
Todd Dewey
Reporter: Sports betting
Email: tdewey@reviewjournal.com
X: @tdewey33
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.
After Kenny Pickett’s hands were measured at the NFL scouting combine, he dropped to the +140 second choice to be the first quarterback picked in the draft.
The Westgate SuperBook has written 32 tickets on Bengals rookie kicker Evan McPherson, who is down to 80-1 to win Super Bowl MVP after opening at 200-1.
The same bettor who caused Caesars Sportsbook to bump up the Super Bowl line to Rams -4½ after placing a $522,500 wager last week on Los Angeles -4 came back for more.
The 49ers whipped the Rams 31-10 in Week 10 for their fifth straight win in the series, and San Francisco has won nine of the past 12 meetings and 23 of 33.
The Chargers are consensus 3-point favorites over the Raiders, and the total is 49½ after Los Angeles opened -2½ for the “Sunday Night Football” matchup at Allegiant Stadium.
Underdogs went 9-3 ATS with seven outright wins, including upsets by the Jaguars (+16) over the Bills and Broncos (+10) over the Cowboys.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale bet $3.35 million in June to win $35.6 million on the Astros to win the World Series.
Review-Journal sports betting reporters Jim Barnes and Todd Dewey post their best college football and NFL bets for Week 5.
Here’s a rundown of the major handicapping football contests offered in Las Vegas, with the clock ticking on Circa Sports to meet its $10 million in guaranteed prize money.
Ciryl Gane, No. 3 in the UFC heavyweight rankings, is a heavy -370 favorite over Derrick Lewis, ranked No. 2, in their interim title fight Saturday in the main event of UFC 265.
William Hill suffered six-figure losses in each of the Golden Knights’ home wins over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday and Sunday. The Knights are +120 underdogs in Game 5.
The Rebels have produced only one winning record in the past 20 seasons. UNLV had eight two-win seasons in that span and went 0-6 last year.
The Tennessee Titans saw their odds to win the Super Bowl shrink at some Las Vegas sportsbooks and stay the same at others after they acquired star receiver Julio Jones.
Following Donald Cerrone’s fifth straight fight without a win, UFC president Dana White said in September that it was time to have a conversation with “Cowboy” about retiring.
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