A Station Casinos Sports bettor turned $50 into $135,105 on Friday with an eight-team parlay on the NCAA Tournament that included five underdogs on the money line.
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.
March Madness broke out at Las Vegas sportsbooks on Friday, as No. 13 seed Yale stunned No. 4 Auburn on the second day of the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
There wasn’t much madness at sportsbooks until No. 14 seed Oakland, a 13½-point underdog, eliminated Kentucky on Thursday behind 10 3-pointers by Jack Gohlke.
VSiN host Wes Reynolds is back to defend his Review-Journal March Madness Challenge title and likes Drake as his best bet in the first round.
Review-Journal betting reporter Todd Dewey competes against VSiN host Wes Reynolds and four pro handicappers in a contest covering NCAA Tournament games.
Purdue is the money leader at BetMGM, ticket leader at Caesars Sportsbook and one of the largest liabilities at Las Vegas books to win the NCAA Tournament.
The NCAA Tournament betting handle, or amount wagered, in Nevada last year was estimated at $459 million, which almost tripled the 2023 Super Bowl handle.
The lowest seed ever to win the NCAA Tournament is No. 8 Villanova in 1985, but the Wildcats aren’t the biggest long shot to have won it all.
Moments after the NCAA Tournament bracket was revealed, the South Point sportsbook posted lines on the first 32 games, and sharp bettors pounced.
A year after losing big on a money-line bet on heavily favored Purdue in the NCAA Tournament, pro sports bettor Steve Fezzik sweated a similar wager.
Fairleigh Dickinson pulled off the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament history last season. Here are four other incredible March underdog stories.
UNLV is one of seven teams with odds of +750 or less to win the Mountain West men’s basketball tournament this week at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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With Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament approaching, there are several teams with double- and triple-digit odds that could be worth a wager to win it all.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale bet $1 million to win $7.5 million at Caesars Sportsbook on Houston (+750) to win the NCAA Tournament.
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