Ken Jennings won his third match of the prime-time event to finish off Las Vegas professional sports bettor James Holzhauer and earn $1 million.
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.
Sportsbooks give the Tigers the best chance at winning the College Football Playoff next season with quarterback Trevor Lawrence returning for his junior season.
Louisiana State covered as a 4½-point favorite in the College Football Playoff title game, with a late influx of bets from Clemson backers mitigating the books’ losses.
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The line and over/under for the College Football Playoff title game have ticked down at Las Vegas sportsbooks ahead of Monday’s heavily anticipated clash.
LSU is a 5½-point favorite over Clemson and the total is 68½. A survey of opinions from media, oddsmakers and professional bettors and handicappers.
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Baltimore fell to the Tennessee Titans as a 10-point favorite, killing off mountains of money-line parlays tied to the NFL divisional playoff favorites and LSU.
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Las Vegan James Holzhauer evened the “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time” tournament with a victory in the second match Wednesday. He’s tied with Ken Jennings.
Bettors must handicap two questions: Which bubble teams will miss the NCAA Tournament? Which of those teams is good enough to rebound and win the NIT?
Ken Jennings landed the first blow in the “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time” tournament, winning the opening match Tuesday.
LSU moved to a 6-point favorite at most Las Vegas sportsbooks for Monday’s College Football Playoff title game, though Clemson buyback is expected before kickoff.