The line on UNLV’s game against Fresno State on Saturday dropped after Rebels quarterback Matthew Sluka announced his departure Tuesday night on social media.
Todd Dewey
Reporter: Sports betting
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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.
The Crimson Tide, who were last listed as home underdogs in 2007 to LSU, are getting from 1 to 2 points from Georgia in Saturday’s showdown at Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Teams have won back-to-back Super Bowls nine times in NFL history. The Chiefs are attempting to become the first team to win three straight this season.
There are only three winless teams left in the NFL. Two of them will try to get in the win column in a “Monday Night Football” doubleheader.
A bettor at Caesars Palace placed a $1 million wager on the “Sunday Night Football” game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons.
Bettors lost for the third consecutive week in the NFL with seven underdogs winning outright, and there also was more carnage in the $14.3 million Circa Survivor contest.
VSiN handicapper Dave Tuley went 5-0 against the spread last week and is tied for the contest lead with a 7-3 mark with SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay (6-2-2).
Systemplays.com handicapper Doug Fitz (@fitz_doug) analyzes every NFL Week 3 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
It’s unusual for a team to bench its starting quarterback and then see the betting line move in its favor. But that’s what happened to the lowly Carolina Panthers.
Underdogs went 10-4-1 against the spread in NFL Week 2 with eight outright wins to crush most bettors. But it was a glorious week for one dogmatic gambler.
Tom Brady and Bill Belichick aren’t walking through that door for the New England Patriots, who are decided underdogs Thursday at the New York Jets.
UNLV’s chances to make the College Football Playoff improved to 12-1 at BetMGM sportsbook after the Rebels upset Kansas for their first 3-0 start in 40 years.
A Caesars Sportsbook bettor hit a 9-team NFL money line parlay after correctly calling all six outright upsets and throwing in three favorites for good measure.
The betting line for the Falcons-Eagles “Monday Night Football” game dropped a point after Philadelphia wide receiver A.J. Brown was ruled out with a hamstring injury.
For the second straight week, the biggest NFL favorite on the board lost outright, as the Raiders stunned the Ravens 26-23 as 9-point road underdogs.
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