Based on numbers, Tom Brady wins 2020 and the debate against Bill Belichick over who won the “divorce.” But Las Vegas bookmakers and bettors were split in their opinions.
Todd Dewey
Reporter: Sports betting
Email: tdewey@reviewjournal.com
Twitter: @tdewey33
Todd Dewey covers sports betting for the Review-Journal. Prior to taking over that beat in January 2017, he covered UNLV football, 51s baseball and a wide range of other events that come to Las Vegas. A native of Cambridge, Mass., and a graduate of the University of Central Florida, Dewey joined the Review-Journal in 1999 and was the 2013 Nevada Sportswriter of the Year.
The odds at offshore sportsbook BetOnline are against Joe Biden saying the word “Trump” during his inaugural address. No is a -500 favorite. Yes is a +300 underdog.
Long known as the “Bob Hope,” The American Express tees off Thursday at PGA West. Here are the best bets from Wes Reynolds, co-host of VSiN’s “Long Shots” golf betting show.
President Donald Trump was acquitted in his first Senate impeachment trial in February 2020. The betting odds also favor Trump getting acquitted in his second impeachment trial.
Tampa Bay is the largest Super Bowl liability at the BetMGM, William Hill, Westgate and South Point sportsbooks. BetMGM is pushing seven figures in liability in Nevada alone.
Kansas City is a 3-point home favorite over Buffalo in the AFC title game and Green Bay is -4 over Tampa Bay in the NFC championship game at Lambeau Field.
President Trump will reportedly leave the White House and fly on Air Force One on Wednesday morning to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
The Crimson Tide will lose quarterback Mac Jones, receiver DeVonta Smith and running back Najee Harris, but are the +180 favorites at the Westgate to win the 2022 title.
Vice President Mike Pence is the 5-2 favorite at BetOnline to be the Republican nominee for president in 2024, followed by former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley at 5-1.
New Orleans will try to top Tampa Bay for the third time this season on Sunday after rolling to routs of 34-23 and 38-3 in the regular season.
The Golden Knights are 6-1 co-favorites to win the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning, the defending NHL champion.
The Colorado Avalanche are 6-1 co-favorites with the Golden Knights and Tampa Bay Lightning at the Westgate to win the Stanley Cup this season.
Less than an hour before kickoff, a William Hill bettor in Las Vegas made a $515,000 money-line wager to win $1.39 million on the Buckeyes (+270).
The Vancouver Canucks are one of handicapper Alex B. Smith’s three best bets on NHL point totals in the league’s shortened 56-game regular season that starts Wednesday.
If the Packers hold serve in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs, Aaron Rodgers will square off against either Tom Brady or Drew Brees in an instant classic NFC title game.
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