A DraftKings bettor turned a $25 bonus bet into almost half a million dollars Saturday after hitting a 15-leg soccer parlay.
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.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale and the Astros fell short in their bid to beat sportsbooks out of more than $72 million for the second straight year.
LeBron James has called Victor Wembanyama “an alien” and “generational talent,” and bettors are backing the Spurs and their 7-foot-4 rookie center to win the NBA title at long odds.
The 49ers suffered their first loss of the season last week, but bettors are banking on them to bounce back against Minnesota on “Monday Night Football.”
Five underdogs pulled off outright upsets, and four previously 1-5 teams prevailed, including the Patriots, who stunned the Bills as 7½-point underdogs.
Pittsburgh led Wake Forest 17-14 with 1:01 left when Christian Veilleux went down past the first-down marker. But officials ruled that he began his slide a yard short.
Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay has gone 8-1-1 against the spread the last two weeks to take the lead in the contest at 18-10-2.
Vegasinsider.com handicapper Chip Chirimbes analyzes every NFL Week 7 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
The Raiders are 2½-point road favorites over the Bears with both teams’ starting quarterbacks ruled out for Sunday’s game in Chicago.
Pro sports bettor Jeff Whitelaw and SuperBook oddsmaker Ed Salmons like a side in Sunday’s marquee Dolphins-Eagles game — as long as certain players suit up.
The New Orleans Saints are 2-point favorites against the Jaguars on “Thursday Night Football,” with Jacksonville quarterback Trevor Lawrence expected to start.
One bettor wagered $50 to win $42,750 (854-1) and another bettor turned $100 into $78,375 on the same parlay at 784-1 odds. Both wagers were placed at FanDuel sportsbook.
A bettor at Station Casinos is one leg away from hitting a $250 10-team NFL parlay for $199,750. Their fate will be decided in the Cowboys-Chargers “Monday Night Football” game.
The NFL’s last two unbeatens lost Sunday, to the delight of sportsbooks. Meanwhile, Raiders backers got an improbable cover against the Patriots.
Handicapper Lou Finocchiaro (@GambLou) went 4-1 against the spread last week and leads with a 17-7-1 record (70.8 percent). VSiN.com handicapper Dave Tuley is in second.
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