The Westgate reopened the matchup of explosive 9-1 teams with the Rams as 3½-point favorites and a total of 63½. William Hill reopened Los Angeles as a 4-point favorite with a total of 64.
Todd Dewey
Reporter: Sports betting
Email: tdewey@reviewjournal.com
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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 total was 63½ on Monday at every Las Vegas sports book besides Caesars Entertainment and CG Technology, which each had it at 63.
San Francisco is a consensus 3-point home favorite (minus 120) over New York at Las Vegas sports books after the line opened at 2½, with Boyd Gaming sports book offering the Niners at minus 3½ (minus 105).
Underdogs were 7-4-1 ATS on Sunday with outright upsets by the Titans, Browns, Bills, Redskins and Cowboys.
The Seahawks are 9½-point road underdogs to the Rams on Sunday. Seattle QB Russell Wilson has been a cash machine as an underdog of more than three points in his seven-year career, going 10-1 against the spread.
Paul Stone has a stunning 45-15-3 record against the spread (75 percent) to lead the Golden Nugget’s $1,000-entry Ultimate Football Challenge.
The home team has dominated on “Thursday Night Football” this season, winning seven of the nine games while going 6-2-1 against the spread.
Handicapper Kelly Stewart and The Linq Hotel sports book director John Lukasik join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview Week 11 of the college football season.
Handicapper Kelly Stewart and The Linq Hotel sports book director John Lukasik join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview Week 10 of the NFL season.
Handicapper Kelly Stewart and The Linq Hotel sports book director John Lukasik join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview Week 9 of the NFL season.
Handicapper Kelly Stewart and The Linq Hotel sports book director John Lukasik join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview Week 10 of the college football season.
The state’s 190 sports books won a record $44.3 million on college and pro football.
The unlikely ending resulted in a swing of more than $1 million in favor of bettors at Las Vegas sports books: mid six figures at MGM Resorts and William Hill, six figures at the Westgate and just shy of six figures at Caesars Entertainment.
The Colts are on the upswing after a 37-5 win over the Bills in which wideout T.Y. Hilton returned from an injury to catch two of Andrew Luck’s four TD passes. Luck has returned to form this season, passing for 20 TDs.
Dubbed by some in the media as the Duffel Bag Bettor or Duffel Bag Boy, the unidentified gambler won well into six figures last weekend on an unlikely cover by Central Florida.
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