The poker room has installed plexiglass dividers to allow games with more players at the table, joining most other Las Vegas poker rooms.
Jim Barnes
Jim Barnes covers sports betting and the World Series of Poker for the Review-Journal. He first joined the Review-Journal as a copy editor in 2012. The Fort Worth, Texas, native previously was the sports editor at the Waco Tribune-Herald and also covered high school sports for the Dallas Morning News. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000. He is an experienced gambler who has competed in the Westgate SuperContest and the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Bovada cited “betting irregularities” after a man claimed to have wagered $50,000 on the prop and then ran onto the field himself during Sunday’s game.
World No. 1 Dustin Johnson scrambled the odds for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am when he withdrew late Monday. Patrick Cantlay is now the favorite at 8-1.
A cross-sport prop for Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers was linked to the Serie A match between Cagliari and Lazio.
There was no drama in the point spread in Tampa Bay’s easy victory, but the hundreds of other bets available kept viewers interested.
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The team that lost the first game has a winning record in the 13 previous Super Bowls between teams that played in the regular season.
Most bettors will wait until closer to game time to weigh in. One sportsbook director said he doesn’t want to go to Kansas City -3½.
The bet was made at BetMGM in Pennsylvania. Some sportsbooks in Las Vegas also offer some alternative ways to bet on the coin toss.
Entrants select the winners of 30 prop bets for Sunday’s game. The buy-in is $100, and bettors can have up to three entries.
Bettors need only to insert their Station player’s card, then make their selections. Betting on sports and horse racing is available.
Henderson resident Doug Polk won $255,722 from Daniel Negreanu on Wednesday as the poker stars reached the agreed-upon total of 25,000 hands of heads-up No-limit Hold’em.
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes, receiver Tyreek Hill and tight end Travis Kelce are obvious targets, but so are some secondary receivers for the Kansas City Chiefs.
Most sportsbooks in Las Vegas are at Chiefs -3 (-120) for Sunday’s Super Bowl. But a BetMGM official said he’s comfortable taking bets on Tampa Bay at +3½.
A collapse in the final minute against Texas Tech and an absurd buzzer-beater by the Trail Blazers dealt blows to bettors last week.