Sharp bettors have staked out a position for Thursday’s game between New England and Los Angeles. The public is more divided.
Jim Barnes
Reporter: Sports betting
Email: jbarnes@reviewjournal.com
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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.
Over bettors needed only one touchdown in the second half after a frantic first two quarters between Indianapolis and Houston. What could go wrong?
Baltimore is a 9-point home favorite over Dallas, and quarterback Lamar Jackson is expected to play after being out because of the coronavirus.
The Crimson Tide have separated from even Clemson and Ohio State in the title futures market, with Notre Dame and Florida even further behind.
The lines have moved significantly for both Washington at Pittsburgh and the neutral-site game between Buffalo and San Francisco.
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The experts agree that Gonzaga is the top college basketball team in the country. Saturday could show how far the Bulldogs are ahead of the pack.
Several sportsbooks have piled up liability on the Steelers that started when the game opened -3, including with money-line parlays.
A deflected Hail Mary and analytics came together to sink Seahawks backers in the final seconds of Monday’s game against the Eagles.
The poker stars, who have a long-standing feud, have completed 6,227 hands of their 25,000-hand heads-up No-limit Hold’em grudge match.
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Westgate oddsmaker Ed Salmons said he has more than 30 teams ranked within five points of one another at the top of his power ratings as the season starts this week.
Has a bet ever lost because the team leading by 36 points tried a double pass in its end zone with 34 seconds left instead of running out the clock?
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