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Betting
LeBron James scored 44 points Thursday but walked off incredibly disappointed, same as everyone who bet on his Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Golden State stole the game and the money in a 108-100 overtime victory. The Cavaliers, 6-point underdogs, controlled most of the game before imploding in the final five minutes.
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American Pharoah will be the odds-on favorite when he faces a field of rested horses at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. But bettors should look at Mubtaahij, Materiality and Frosted to upset his Triple Crown dreams.
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Game 1 of the NBA Finals will be played Thursday, with the Golden State Warriors a minus-210 betting favorite to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers and win their first championship since 1975. Here’s some of the bets offered at the Westgate Las Vegas sports book.
The Golden State Warriors are favored to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals and win their first championship since 1975. Six members of the Las Vegas Review-Journal sports staff and six handicappers predict the outcome.
Cleveland and Golden State form the perfect NBA Finals pair. The feud features two big-time stars and will play well on TV, blow up Twitter and energize Las Vegas sports books. The Warriors, as a minus-210 series favorite, seem to be the wiseguys’ side. The betting public is backing the Cavaliers.
Two bills backed by the Nevada sports betting industry that could lead to an increase in the $3.9 billion already wagered annually in the state’s sports books were signed into law by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
After eight weeks of thrilling postseason action, the Stanley Cup Final starts Wednesday night, with the Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning facing off against the winners of the West, the favored Chicago Blackhawks.
Micah Roberts, a former race and sports book director who has been setting NASCAR odds since 1995, analyzes the field for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del.
LeBron James’ mission is to lift a pedestrian supporting cast of Cleveland Cavaliers to an NBA championship by conquering a superior Golden State Warriors team led by two of the world’s best perimeter shooters. Golden State opened as a minus-270 favorite to win the series and has been bet down to minus-240.
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