The 49ers are consensus 2½-point home favorites (-120) over the Rams on “Thursday Night Football.” The consensus total is 48½.
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.
A Caesars Sportsbook bettor wagered $1.5 million on an SEC team to win the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff.
The Cincinnati Bengals are consensus 5½-point road favorites over the Dallas Cowboys on “Monday Night Football.” The total is 49½.
Carolina, a 14-point underdog at Philadelphia, appeared to score a go-ahead touchdown with less than a minute to play on a diving catch in the end zone.
The College Football Playoff bracket was unveiled Sunday and betting lines are already out for every first-round game.
Nine teams had two wins after Week 9 — which was the most with two wins or fewer at that point since 2006 — and eight have three wins or fewer through Week 13.
Brent Musburger went 5-0 against the spread last week and is in second place in the NFL handicapping contest with a 39-26 record. Scott Kellen is in first at 40-24-1.
Three-time Westgate SuperContest top-15 finisher “Dr. Alan” Dumond analyzes every NFL Week 14 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
The Buccaneers are consensus 6½-point favorites over the Raiders in Sunday’s game at Tampa Bay after the line opened as high as 7½.
“I’m betting on the surgery to be under four hours, and I’m betting on a speedy recovery,” he joked to the Review-Journal. “The over-under on me being in the hospital is seven days, and I think I’ll be out in five.
A bettor at Circa Sports wagered $3 million on an NFL team on the money line. It’s the biggest bet ever placed on a single game at the downtown Las Vegas sportsbook.
Georgia dealt Texas a 30-15 loss Oct. 19 in Austin, but the Bulldogs are underdogs in Saturday’s rematch in the SEC title game in Atlanta.
Based on the line for Friday’s Mountain West football championship game at Boise State, longtime Las Vegas oddsmaker Ed Salmons likes UNLV.
The Lions beat the Packers 24-14 Nov. 3 at Lambeau Field as 2½-point favorites. So why are they only 3-point home favorites over Green Bay on “Thursday Night Football?”
Boise State is a consensus 4-point favorite over UNLV, and the consensus total is 58½ for Friday’s Mountain West football championship game at Boise, Idaho.
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