A bettor at a William Hill sportsbook in Las Vegas placed a $1 million wager to win $166,666 on Amanda Nunes over Felicia Spencer in the main event of UFC 250 on Saturday.
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.
South Point sportsbook director Chris Andrews made point values for all 32 starting QBs based on a one-game adjustment to the line from each team’s starter to backup.
UFC handicapper Lou Finocchiaro (@GambLou) said the bantamweight fight between Aljamain Sterling and Cory Sandhagen might be the best bout on the card.
There were more than 40 people each at the South Point and Sunset Station racebooks Thursday. But there were only a handful of people at their sportsbooks.
European sportsbook Betfair listed Biden on Thursday as the -110 favorite over Trump (+110) and offshore book Bovada also has made Biden the -110 favorite over Trump (Even).
Las Vegas casinos will reopen Thursday, and so will many of the valley’s sportsbooks. Here is a list of most of the books that will reopen Thursday.
Only five teams have a lower season win total than the Rebels at Caesars Entertainment. They are in the bottom 11 of 130 FBS schools with a win total of 3.
Every book has implemented protocols to help ensure the health and safety of customers and employees, and try to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Caesars made Rory McIlroy the 8-1 favorite to win the Charles Schwab Challenge, scheduled for June 11 to 14 at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.
Caesars Entertainment sportsbook has graded all NHL division leaders — the Golden Knights, St. Louis, Boston and Washington — as winners in its division futures market.
Handicapper Lou Finocchiaro (@GambLou) has three plays for the event, which is headlined by a welterweight bout between Tyron Woodley (19-4-1) and Gilbert Burns (18-3).
The book has graded all division leaders (Vegas, St. Louis, Boston, Washington) as winners and refunded wagers on the runners-up (Edmonton, Colorado, Tampa Bay, Philadelphia).
Recent developments, including the NCAA lifting its ban on on-campus activities in football and basketball, have given Las Vegas oddsmakers and handicappers newfound optimism.
After President Donald Trump’s threat to move the Republican National Convention from North Carolina, online oddsmakers made Nevada the 9-2 fourth choice among alternate destinations.
The Golden Knights, St. Louis and Colorado are +250 co-favorites at the Westgate sportsbook to get the No. 1 playoff seed in the West in a round-robin tournament.
