Professional handicapper Scott Pritchard (Pritchardspicks.com) analyzes every NFL Week 1 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
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.
Pro handicapper Scott Kellen went 51-37-2 against the spread (58 percent) last season to win the Review-Journal NFL Challenge handicapping contest.
The Patriots are consensus 2½-point favorites over coach Pete Carroll and the Raiders in Sunday’s season opener at New England, and the consensus total is 44.
Pro handicapper Scott Kellen, who won the Review-Journal NFL Challenge last season (51-37-2 ATS), likes one side of the Chiefs-Chargers matchup Friday.
The defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles are favored over the Dallas Cowboys in Thursday’s NFL season opener.
A Caesars Sportsbook bettor in Maryland turned $350 into $608,841.08 on Tuesday night after hitting a five-leg home run parlay.
Based on NFL win totals, the Saints (4½), Browns (5½), Giants (5½) and Jets (5½) will be the league’s worst clubs. But a pro bettor likes one of those teams to go over.
Chicago-based handicapper “Dr. Alan” Dumond analyzes all 16 NFC teams, designating each squad as a contender or pretender.
Chicago-based handicapper “Dr. Alan” Dumond analyzes all 16 AFC teams, designating each squad as a contender or pretender.
A $50,000 wager at BetMGM to win $3 million on a NFC West team to win the Super Bowl (60-1) is the single largest Super Bowl liability reported nationally this offseason.
The Raiders went 4-13 last season and haven’t won a playoff game since 2003, but that hasn’t stopped bettors from loading up on them to win the Super Bowl.
The Packers’ Super Bowl odds improved at multiple sportsbooks after they acquired edge rusher Micah Parsons in a trade with the Cowboys.
Texas is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 poll for the first time in program history, but the Longhorns are underdogs at defending national champion Ohio State.
Texas-based handicapper Paul Stone is banking on LSU to return to the College Football Playoff as one of his best bets for the 2025 season.
There were 10,223 entries Monday morning in the $1,000-entry Circa Survivor contest, which needs 15,000 entries to meet $15 million in guaranteed prize money.