Here are the answers to some commonly asked questions about the 2020 college football season after 54 FBS teams postponed their fall schedules amid coronavirus concerns.
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.
The 6,000-square-foot facility at The Linq Hotel will serve as the epicenter of ESPN’s sports betting-themed content and coverage of teams and marquee events in Las Vegas.
Westgate sportsbook vice president of risk Ed Salmons expects the Chargers to regain their 2018 playoff form this season and top their win total of 8.
Handicapper Lou Finocchiaro is backing Ovince Saint Preux (Even) over Alonzo Menifield on the co-main event as one of his best bets on the card.
To attract more entries, the Westgate is offering those who enter the SuperContest two free hotel room nights for every week during the NFL’s 17-week regular season.
Cleveland has won 20 straight games over Detroit while going 18-2 on the run line. The Indians are 45-8 vs. the Tigers in their past 53 games and 41-12 on the run line.
Lamar Jackson was a 200-1 long shot to win MVP last season, and a professional sports bettor turned $500 into $63,000 at Circa (at 125-1) when Jackson won the award.
Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas, the last two winners at TPC Boston, are the 12-1 co-favorites to win The Northern Trust. Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm are each 14-1.
Professional bettor Erin Rynning likes Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers to continue their hot streak in Game 1 against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.
The Westgate SuperContest, which had a record 3,328 entries last year, had 279 entries Monday, Circa Sports Million II had 287 and the new Circa Survivor contest had 102.
The Raiders took the fastest receiver in the NFL draft in Alabama’s Henry Ruggs, and all the pieces are in place for quarterback Derek Carr to have a career year.
A DraftKings bettor placed a $500,000 wager at adjusted +125 odds Saturday on Si Woo Kim to win the Wyndham Championship. But he squandered his two-shot lead Sunday.
Atlanta has the most difficult schedule based on opponents’ 2020 season win totals (138½) and fifth-toughest based on opponents’ 2019 win percentage (.525).
The Jets have the league’s second-toughest schedule based on opponents’ 2019 winning percentage (.533) and one of the toughest based on opponents’ 2020 season win totals.
Jeff Whitelaw went 3-1 on his NFL win totals in the Review-Journal last year, with winners on the Bills Over 6½ (10-6), Browns Under 9½ (6-10) and Redskins Under 6½ (3-13).
