South Point took sharp action on Atlanta but it was overwhelmed by public money on Las Vegas, which was the most popular pick in the Circa Sports Million II contest.
Todd Dewey
Todd Dewey covers sports betting for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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In the $1,000-entry Circa Survivor contest — in which entrants pick a winning team straight up every week or get eliminated — Thanksgiving Day is its own contest week.
Sportsbooks notched their third big winning Sunday in four weeks, cashing largely on five outright upsets, with the Broncos and Texans two of the biggest decisions for them.
There are countless cases of unranked teams being favored over ranked teams and ranked teams being favored over teams ranked above them in the college polls.
Cleveland bettors, including one at BetMGM sportsbook in Las Vegas who wagered $100,000 on the Browns -4 over the Houston Texans, were dealt a bad beat.
Tiger Woods, three shots behind leader Paul Casey in fifth place, is 14-1 at updated odds at the Westgate to win the Masters after he was 50-1 earlier this week.
Despite Las Vegas sportsbooks losing on the Raiders, they had one of their best days of the season, as underdogs went 8-4 against the spread with five outright wins.
Clemson star quarterback Trevor Lawrence will miss his second straight game Saturday when the Tigers play at Notre Dame. But No. 1 Clemson still is favored to prevail.
Books won big again Sunday as underdogs went 8-3 ATS with six outright wins heading into Cowboys-Eagles on “Sunday Night Football.”
Three of four popular favorites in the afternoon games covered the spread and went over the total, as the Buccaneers, Chiefs and Chargers cashed tickets for bettors.
Undefeated Seattle, led by -150 NFL MVP favorite Russell Wilson, is coming off a bye, and Arizona is coming off a short week after crushing Dallas 38-10 on Monday night.
Books had a banner day thanks to underdogs going 8-4 ATS with five outright upsets, including Tampa Bay’s 38-10 win over Green Bay and Denver’s 18-12 victory over New England.
A veteran Las Vegas oddsmaker translates common refrains from bookmakers describing how the sportsbook did, from food references to “Even the Mush wins this week.”
Leave it to a team from Las Vegas to beat the odds and pull off the biggest upset of the NFL season.
Three Las Vegas oddsmakers put Seattle’s Russell Wilson, Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes and Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers at the top of the list of most valuable quarterbacks.
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