Dallas climbed from a 7-point favorite to an 8-point favorite over the Raiders on Tuesday before the consensus line settled at -7½ on Wednesday at Las Vegas sportsbooks.
Todd Dewey
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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.
Circa sportsbook took sharp money on the Raiders-Cowboys and Bills-Saints games, and the South Point took sharp action on the Bears-Lions matchup.
Entering Monday, NBA unders were 148-102-3 overall for a 59.2 winning percentage. If a bettor had wagered $110 to win $100 on the under of every game, they would be up $3,580.
New York has dominated the series against the Buccaneers, going 6-0-1 ATS in the last seven meetings at Tampa Bay and 7-1-2 ATS in the last 10 meetings overall.
The parlay, which paid a whopping 22,670-1, was placed on Tuesday and included legs on the NHL, NBA, NFL, college basketball, college football and the LPGA Tour.
In the first seven weeks of the season, there were only two outright upsets by underdogs of seven points or more. But there have been nine such upsets in the last four weeks.
VegasInsider.com handicapper Mark Franco analyzes every Sunday and Monday NFL game and gives trends and final scores for each.
Handicappers Dave Tuley, Doug Fitz and Lou Finocchiaro are tied for the contest lead at 27-22-1 ATS.
Kansas City is favored by 2½ points over Dallas at Arrowhead Stadium. Road underdogs are 56-33 ATS this season and short road ‘dogs (+3 or less) are 16-7 ATS (69.5 percent).
The Cincinnati Bengals are a consensus 1-point favorite over the Raiders at Las Vegas sportsbooks after the line opened at pick’em for Sunday’s game at Allegiant Stadium.
Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy, the 6-1 third choice, and New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, the +850 fourth pick, are the two biggest liabilities at Circa Sports.
Review-Journal sports betting reporters Jim Barnes and Todd Dewey post their best college football and NFL bets for this weekend.
The gambler played the favorites and totals on five college football games and also took two underdogs to hit a 2,343-1 long shot.
Alabama has been an underdog only once in the last 12 years. But that will change in an SEC championship matchup against Georgia, which Circa made a 3-point favorite.
The 49ers have dominated the division rival Rams in recent years, winning the last four meetings and eight of the last 11.