Sports Betting

Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 5 winners against the spread

In a betting market as efficient as the NFL, such endgame decisions will present themselves every week and could flip either way. It’s a prerequisite ...

College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 6

The Crimson Tide opened as high as a 13.5-point favorite for the highly anticipated rematch with Vanderbilt, but early action has pushed the spread down ...

College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 5

Oregon has been unstoppable in a 4-0 straight-up start to the season with a +166 point differential, sending its futures back to the top of ...

Wagers on touchdowns, strikeouts and even penalties: States eye limits on prop bets

As a bankruptcy attorney, New Jersey Assemblymember Dan Hutchison said he sees clients “all the time” whose betting on football and baseball quickly leads to ...

Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 2 winners against the spread

Handicapping Week 2 is annually all about interpreting how to interpret one data point with a full offseason worth of preparation. ...

College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 3

South Florida is now co-favorites to earn the Group of Five’s automatic bid into the College Football Playoff with American Athletic Conference rival Tulane at ...

Star of the show: Anthony Colandrea is a perfect match as UNLV’s quarterback

Dan Mullen’s go-to phrase ever since he was introduced as UNLV’s coach last December has been some version of vowing that his team will become ...

Vegas pick'em: NFL Week 1 winners against the spread

The Chiefs are a modest -120 to win the AFC West, but they’ve claimed the crown nine straight times and left too much scar tissue ...

College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of every Week 1 game

A transfer quarterback is the best bet to win the Heisman Trophy ahead of Week 1 of the season. ....

College football by the odds: Handicapping every Big Ten team’s win total

The conference’s Media Days arrive locally for the first time today with six teams doing the rounds daily through Thursday at Mandalay Bay. ...

College football by the odds: Handicapping every Mountain West team’s win total

Boise State has won the Mountain West five times in 12 years but could really set themselves apart with one more championship on the way ...

College football by the odds: Handicapping every SEC team’s win total

The SEC gets us started in what feels like a pivotal year for the league traditionally considered the best in the sport. That reputation is ...

Breaking down the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Final by the betting odds

The Stanley Cup Final and NBA Finals may not attract Super Bowl or March Madness level attention in casinos but they’re far and away the ...

Consider a bet on these five golfers to win the Masters

Rory McIlroy stands alone in having put together the strongest season on the PGA Tour so far this year. There’s a strong case to be ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas pick and preview of Florida vs. Houston

The Blue Devils would have been a clear favorite against the Gators; the Cougars are more or less a coin flip. ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Final Four

The victor of the second Final Four game tonight in San Antonio will go on to cut down the nets Monday night. ...

Prop betting began as another way to bet the Super Bowl and has grown into major wagering attraction

As Chicago roared through the 1985 NFL season, the Bears bullied opponents with the innovative “46 defense.” Sports betting at that time ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday's games

The betting market only implies about a 41% chance both No. 1 seeds win today. ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's games

Barring a shocking change over the next week and a half, a large part of how the 2025 NCAA Tournament will be remember is already ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Sweet 16

The opening weekend of the tournament is traditionally when sports books hang the most proposition bets and index wagers, but one new pool is more ...