Handicapper Lou Finocchiaro is backing former Tennessee football player Ovince Saint Preux over Alonzo Menifield in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas.
Todd Dewey
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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.
Week 1 kicked off Thursday with two of the six games on the Labor Day weekend betting board. But Las Vegas sportsbooks still aren’t sure if the Big Ten is going to play this year.
Tampa Bay’s season win total climbed as high as 10 after it added Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski and suddenly became one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl.
World No. 1 Dustin Johnson is the +150 favorite at the Westgate and No. 2 Jon Rahm is the +250 second choice to win the final event of the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Eleven days before the NFL’s Sept. 10 season opener, Circa had 934 entries in its Circa Sports Million II contest, which needs 3,000 entries to meet its $3 million guarantee.
The Golden Knights are 10-2 in the bubble and have a 7-5 over-under record. Bettors who wagered to win $100 on Vegas on the money line in every game would be up $580.
President Donald Trump continued to gain ground on Joe Biden over the weekend in betting odds on the U.S. presidential election, which now appears to be a toss-up.
At least one bettor at the Westgate is a big believer in the Bills. The gambler on Thursday placed a $3,350 wager to win $100,500 on Buffalo to win the Super Bowl (30-1).
Betfair Exchange lowered Biden to -105 and moved Trump to +105 in what the London-based sportsbook called the “biggest convention comeback in political betting history.”
Handicapper Lou Finocchiaro (@GambLou) is banking on Anthony Smith to bounce back from a brutal beating against Aleksandar Rakic and likes the fight to go over 1½ rounds.
The Westgate offered 25-1 odds on Washington quarterback Alex Smith to win the award. After taking two $200 wagers on Smith at 25-1, the book lowered his odds to 12-1.
New England has won at least 10 games in an NFL-record 17 straight seasons and claimed 11 AFC East titles in a row. But both streaks appear to be in jeopardy.
Handicapper Wes Reynolds picked Dustin Johnson last week in the Review-Journal for his third outright winner since the PGA Tour restart June 11.
There are 519 entries in Million, which needs 3,000 entries to meet its $3 million guarantee. There are 217 entries in Survivor, which needs 1,000 entries to meet its $1 million guarantee.
Jimmy Vaccaro had Joe Biden as a -130 favorite over President Donald Trump before the Democratic National Convention and bumped him to -135 before the Republican National Convention.
