Las Vegas, which lost in the semifinals last season, leads a clear division between the top six teams in the league and the bottom six.
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.
The WBC heavyweight champion earned a controversial draw against the lineal champion in 2018. The rematch is Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden.
The best teams in the new football league have started to emerge, and that is reflected in this week’s betting lines and futures odds.
Bettors can feel March Madness coming with this series of tough losses, including a wild sequence at the end of the Xavier-Butler game.
Kyle Busch will have to overcome a disadvantageous starting position to earn his first victory Sunday in NASCAR’s premier race at Daytona International Speedway.
Circa Sports watched bettors drive the totals on Week 1 games for the new football league up from 40½ to 51 or higher, but the results worked out for the book.
Jimmy Vaccaro fielded media requests from all over the world after being the only Las Vegas bookmaker to post odds on James “Buster” Douglas’ shocking victory.
An all-time Super Bowl prop loss and some brutal changes of fortune in basketball make up our first weekly compilation of games bettors want to forget.
Surprisingly strong Baylor, Dayton and San Diego State have climbed in the power ratings, but could run into difficulty in the NCAA Tournament.
The relaunched football league, which opens play this weekend, eliminates extra points, encourages kickoff returns, discourages punts and speeds up play.
The Westgate reported taking sharp action on Houston to lead the majors in victories this season despite the turmoil from the sign-stealing scandal.
Los Angeles has joined the New York Yankees as the clear favorites to win the World Series. The Westgate has posted a prop on whether either team will win the title.
The Chiefs quarterback’s rushing yards took a hit as Kansas City ran out the clock, dealing a bad beat to bettors who took him to exceed his total.
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The Kansas City Chiefs remain favorites of 1 or 1½ points over the San Francisco 49ers at Las Vegas sportsbooks, while the total continued its downward trajectory.
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