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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.
Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay has already clinched the Review-Journal NFL Challenge title with a 56-23-6 record against the spread.
The Steelers are consensus 4-point road favorites over the Ravens, who would be 7½- or 8½-point favorites if they were playing for the No. 1 seed.
Only two entries from a field of 6,324 were still in the running for the $150,000 prize entering the final day of Station Casinos’ Last Man Standing contest.
The betting public normally plays favorites, but they’ve flipped the script for the CFP semifinals and are backing underdogs Alabama and Washington on Monday.
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Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay is 12-1-2 ATS in the past three weeks and leads the contest with a 53-21-6 ATS record (71.6 percent).
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale made his first major wager since October, when he lost $9.9 million on the Astros to win the World Series.
Some bettors started wagering on the Raiders at long odds to win the Super Bowl after their upset win against the Chiefs on Christmas Day.
Only four entries from a field of 9,267 remain in the running for the $9.2 million prize in the Circa Survivor contest. Two weeks remain in the contest.
The Cleveland Browns are consensus 7½-point home favorites over the New York Jets, and the consensus total is 34 for the “Thursday Night Football” matchup.
A bettor dressed in a Santa Claus costume had three gifts delivered to him on Christmas that closed out a $5 parlay that paid nearly $500,000.
UNLV opened as a 9-point favorite at New Mexico, and the line soared to 16½ before the Rebels rolled to a 56-14 rout of the Lobos on Nov. 4.
The 49ers are 6-point home favorites over the Ravens on Monday in a rematch of the 2013 Super Bowl and a possible preview of the 2024 Super Bowl at Allegiant Stadium.
It’s one of the most wonderful times of the year for the NBA, which will showcase the league’s leading title and MVP contenders in its annual Christmas Day games.
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