The first “Monday Night Football” game of the season, between the New York Jets and San Francisco 49ers, saw the total drop with the news Christian McCaffrey was out.
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 day after Circa set a record for prize money and entries for its $1,000-entry Survivor contest, a huge portion of the field was eliminated in Week 1 of the NFL season.
Northern Illinois handed Notre Dame a shocking 16-14 upset loss as a 28-point underdog and at gigantic odds on the money line.
Circa blew past its $16 million in guarantees for its two NFL handicapping contests, the Circa Survivor and Circa Million VI. Registration closed Saturday.
Professional handicapper Scott Pritchard (Pritchardspicks.com) analyzes every NFL Week 1 Sunday and Monday game and makes predictions for each matchup.
The Westgate SuperBook’s Jay Kornegay went 59-25-6 (70.2 percent) last season en route to winning the Review-Journal NFL Challenge for the second time in three years.
The Chargers opened as 3½-point favorites in May, five months after the Raiders humiliated them while setting a franchise record for points in a 63-21 rout.
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy’s bet on the Ravens-Chiefs NFL season opener eclipsed a $220,000 wager that was placed on Baltimore +3 at the South Point sportsbook.
Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay, who hit 70 percent of his picks last season to win the Review-Journal NFL Challenge, gives his Week 1 best bet.
In June, a South Point bettor placed a $220,000 wager on the Ravens +3 over the Chiefs in Thursday’s NFL opener. The line has since moved.
Dave Portnoy bet $100,000 to win $10 million at DraftKings sportsbook on a 100-1 long shot to win the WNBA title during the league’s Olympic break.
The Raiders are 100-1 long shots at the Westgate SuperBook to win the Super Bowl, and they’re the largest liability at Caesars Sportsbook and BetMGM.
The Patriots begin the post-Bill Belichick era with the NFL’s lowest season win total. One pro bettor chose them as one of six teams to bet on this year.
Less than a week before the entry deadline, the odds are against Circa meeting its $16 million in guaranteed prize money for its two major NFL handicapping contests.
The Chiefs are bidding to become the first team to win three straight Super Bowls. On the eve of the 2024 NFL season, bettors are heavily backing them to do just that.
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