Two weeks before the first College Football Playoff rankings are released, let’s take a look at four matchups of teams in the AP Top 25 poll, which is often at odds with Las Vegas power ratings.
Todd Dewey
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.
Best bets from Todd Dewey, Bernie Fratto, Mitch Moss and Kelly Stewart.
The Joes are on the Denver Broncos and the Pros are on the Arizona Cardinals, who are consensus 1-point home underdogs after the line opened at 2½.
The Warriors are minus 200 favorites to claim their third consecutive NBA crown and fourth in five years and Westgate sports book manager and oddsmaker Jeff Sherman predicts a three-peat.
The Golden State Warriors are the minus 200 favorites to win their third straight NBA championship and fourth in five years.
Green Bay has dipped to a 9-point favorite at the MGM Resorts sports book but has climbed to a 10-point favorite at the Station Casinos and Boyd Gaming books.
Countless other bettors also lost on Chicago and the Rams in the day’s two biggest decisions for Las Vegas sports books.
Jay Kornegay and Micah Roberts are tied for the lead with sizzling 18-7 ATS records.
Since 2001, the Patriots are 31-1 at home against first- and second-year quarterbacks such as the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes.
Paul Stone leads the contest with a 19-11 ATS record and Wes Reynolds is 18-12 ATS.
The Knights have not fallen backward after replacing coach Scott Frost with Josh Heupel, who loves to run up the score against bad defenses.
ESPN anchor Scott Van Pelt was interviewed for the keynote chat on the future of legalized, regulated sports betting in the U.S. on Wednesday at the Global Gaming Expo at the Sands and Expo Convention Center.
Best bets from Todd Dewey, Bernie Fratto, Mitch Moss and Kelly Stewart.
The Chiefs are the NFL’s only team with a perfect spread record, at 5-0, and the Buccaneers have a 4-0 over-under mark.
The Philadelphia Eagles opened as 3-point favorites over the New York Giants, but action on the home underdog has dropped the line to as low as 1 on Thursday afternoon at the MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment sports books.