According to the Westgate SuperBook, a $300 wager was placed on UNLV to win the college football national championship at 10,000-1 odds. The payout would be $3 million.
David Schoen
Reporter: Golden Knights, NHL
Email: dschoen@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 387-5203
David Schoen covers the Vegas Golden Knights/NHL and the World Series of Poker for the Review-Journal. Prior to arriving at the R-J in 2008, the Southern California native was a reporter and editor at the Oakland (Calif.) Tribune and Wisconsin State Journal. A University of Wisconsin graduate, he enjoys golf, Arsenal Football Club, and Ed Hochuli's lengthy penalty explanations.
Nine handicappers and RJ sports betting reporter David Schoen will offer five picks on college football games throughout the season — sides or totals.
Kansas is getting 13½ points at West Virginia and might be starting to turn the corner under second-year coach Lance Leipold.
The Buffalo Bills are consensus 2½-point favorites at Las Vegas sportsbooks after the Los Angeles Rams opened as 1-point chalk in May.
Against Georgia, Oregon was a popular underdog with bettors, as 68 percent of the tickets and 70 percent of the handle at Caesars Sportsbook was on the Ducks.
Nine handicappers and RJ sports betting reporter David Schoen will offer five picks on college football games throughout the season — sides or totals.
Utah State wasn’t all that interested in last week’s game against Connecticut and spent the offseason focused on this matchup against heavily favored Alabama.
Norwegian Espen Jorstad released a statement Monday denying that he agreed to swap a percentage of his winnings from the WSOP Main Event with another player.
Handicapper Paul Stone recommends fading Nebraska, a 13-point favorite over Northwestern at Circa Sports and William Hill. The teams meet Saturday in Dublin, Ireland.
The Golden Knights remain a favorite at Las Vegas sportsbooks to reach the NHL playoffs after missing out last season for the first time in franchise history.
Sharp bettors are high on Southern California to challenge defending champion Utah for supremacy in the Pac-12 Conference.
Golden Knights prospect Lukas Cormier will represent Canada at the IIHF World Junior Championship from Aug. 9 to 20 in Edmonton, Alberta.
Golden Knights single-game tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Aug. 22, with partial-plan season tickets available starting Thursday.
The Silver Knights will face the Tucson Roadrunners in a two-game series as preparation for the American Hockey League season.
The road trip takes place from Aug. 15 to 20 and will visit four states.
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