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April 17, 2024

Sunday Sweats: Seven bets to add to your NFL Week 11 card

Let’s replenish the futures portfolio with a couple basketball wagers this week in addition to all the usual NFL bets. …

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Vegas pick’em: NFL Week 11 winners against the spread

Expect the quarterback who comes out on top of Eagles at Chiefs in Week 11 to establish himself as the definitive MVP favorite with seven weeks to play …

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 12

One of five major conference championship matchups is set, and two others are all but sure to lock into place. Las Vegas sports books have lines available on all three scheduled to take place in two weeks after the conclusion of the regular season. …

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Sunday Sweats: Seven bets to add to your NFL Week 10 card

A small loss in the pick’em last week was outweighed by a small victory in the Sunday Sweats column. …

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New-look Raiders restoring Josh Jacobs as ‘heart and soul of the team’

The Raiders got back to leaning on Jacobs against the Giants as he set season-highs with 26 carries for 98 yards. And his increased workload on the ground wasn’t just because of a game state that saw Las Vegas lead …

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Vegas pick’em: NFL Week 10 winners against the spread

All three favorites in Week 9’s marquee games won and covered to play the biggest part in handing sports books their biggest loss of the season. …

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 11

Week 11 has a real chance to create some disruption. …

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Sunday Sweats: Seven bets to add to your NFL Week 9 card

Week 9 marks the official midway point of the season, and it sure looks like the NFL has a celebration in store. ..

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Vegas pick’em: NFL Week 9 winners against the spread

The Chiefs and Dolphins are currently the top two seeds in the AFC playoff picture, respectively, and top two choices to reach the Super Bowl out of the conference at +230 (i.e. risking $100 to win $230) and 4-to-1, respectively, at Circa Sports. ..

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 10

Georgia is currently set to be less than 17-point favorites in each of their next three games — hosting Missouri this week, Ole Miss next week and at Tennessee in two weeks. Carrying three point spreads that low in successive weeks hasn’t happened. …

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Vegas pick’em: NFL Week 8 winners against the spread

The most hyped divisional race going into each NFL season historically tends to disappoint and not live up to expectations. That’s not happening this year. If anything, the crowded competition in the AFC North has …

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 9

The NCAA’s two-year postseason ban on programs as they transition up to Football Bowl Subdivision is completely unjust. …

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Sunday Sweats: Seven bets to add to your NFL Week 7 card

Sports betting requires evolving, so let’s do that by moving forward and still looking for edges to build on a profitable season so far. …

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Vegas pick’em: NFL Week 7 winners against the spread

Scoring plummeted to its lowest level in nearly a decade during last week’s NFL slate, and the decline may not yet be complete. …

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 8

Penn State is 6-0 both straight-up and against the spread and gets a chance to start proving it belongs back at the top of college football with a Saturday morning game at Ohio State this week. …

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