After the rivals combined for 30 runs Saturday in New York’s 17-13 win over Boston, Sunday’s total opened at 16½ at multiple Las Vegas books before closing at 14½ and 15.
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.
James Holzhauer answered correctly 42 times in 42 attempts in Wednesday’s episode and has now heard a “Jeopardy!” record 181 consecutive clues without giving an incorrect response, according to thejeopardyfan.com.
The New England Patriots opened with the highest win total at 11, before sharp money drove down their number to 10½ — alongside the New Orleans Saints, Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs. The Raiders opened at six wins.
The betting public is all over 6-1 underdog Anthony Smith over heavy favorite Jon Jones in the main event of UFC 235 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
The mystery bettor who beat Las Vegas sportsbooks out of millions of dollars on the 2017 World Series and more than $10 million in Super Bowl LII appears to be back in action on Super Bowl LIII.
Lem Banker picked the winner against the spread in 20 of the first 23 Super Bowls in newspapers across the nation, including the Review-Journal. From 1973 to 1985, he picked 13 straight winners in the game.
Legendary oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro has left Las Vegas after 44 years in the sportsbook industry to become director of sports relations for Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh.
Will the Patriots or Rams score in the first 5½ minutes? The no on this prop is 8-0 in New England’s eight previous Super Bowls, with four of them featuring scoreless first quarters.
The Westgate sports book lost money on the Yankees but won close to six figures on the baseball win totals overall.
Most of the money is on Denver, but the vast majority of tickets is on Kansas City, a consensus 3½-point favorite after the line opened at 5.
Las Vegas handicapper Kelly Stewart and Sunset Station sports book director Chuck Esposito join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview the New York Jets’ season in the 27th of a series of 32 NFL team videos.
The Lakers, mired in a five-year playoff drought, opened at 9-2 odds at the Westgate sports book to win the 2019 NBA title and were quickly moved to 7-2 Sunday shortly after news broke that they’d signed LeBron James.
Thousands of poker pros, amateurs and celebrities from more than 85 different countries are expected to descend on the Rio Convention Center on Monday for start of the World Series of Poker’s 49th annual Main Event.
The Golden Knights are 23-11 in games after a loss, including a 3-0 record in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Handicapper Dana Lane expects them to win Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final at Washington.
The Washington Capitals and Golden Knights meet in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final at 5 p.m. Saturday at Capital One Arena in Washington. The best-of-seven series is tied 1-1.
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