The bettor placed two wagers in New Jersey totaling $38,200 to win $1.3 million that the Bucs will go 17-0 ($10,000 at 50-1 and $28,200 at 30-1).
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.
Ciryl Gane, No. 3 in the UFC heavyweight rankings, is a heavy -370 favorite over Derrick Lewis, ranked No. 2, in their interim title fight Saturday in the main event of UFC 265.
Not long after the Westgate posted futures odds on the winner of the NBA Summer League title game, a bettor wagered $500 to win $6,000 on the New York Knicks (12-1).
Pro bettors account for most of the exhibition action, which explains why the preseason limits at sportsbooks are one-tenth of what they are during the regular season.
Quarterbacks are one of the biggest keys to cashing tickets in the NFL preseason. In general, it’s wise to back teams with quarterback competitions.
With Carson Wentz expected to miss five to 12 weeks, the Colts have moved from 3-point home favorites over the Seahawks in their season opener to 3½-point underdogs.
Brooks Koepka won the first WGC event in Memphis in 2019 and is the 13-1 favorite at Circa Sports to top a 66-player field that features 48 of the world’s top 50 golfers.
Station Casinos has launched a new STN Sports mobile betting app with an expanded menu and better prices for bettors under new sportsbook vice president Jason McCormick.
Uriah Hall won his last fight in April at UFC 261 when former champion Chris Weidman suffered a gruesome broken leg throwing a kick. He’s a +170 underdog to Sean Strickland.
After the Dodgers acquired Max Scherzer and Trea Turner in a trade with the Nationals, the Westgate lowered L.A. from 3-1 to 2-1 favorites to repeat as World Series champions.
San Francisco quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is 125-1 at BetMGM to win MVP and 100-1 at Circa, where the 49ers have a win total of 10½ and are 14-1 to win the Super Bowl.
South Korean golfers Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim skipped the British Open to focus on the Olympics.
Marc-Andre Fleury made a major impact on the Golden Knights. But the trade that sent him to the Chicago Blackhawks didn’t impact the team’s odds at Las Vegas sportsbooks.
The Westgate, which took down Green Bay’s division odds and season win total Friday, slashed the Packers’ Super Bowl odds from 40-1 to 12-1 and their NFC odds from 20-1 to 6-1.
Las Vegas-based handicapper Kelly Stewart has been hired by Barstool Sports a month after she was fired by ESPN one month after the network hired her.
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