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Texas and USC have been perfect to bettors

Texas and USC have been perfect to bettors

We’re through three weeks of the college football season and we’re beginning to learn a bit about these teams. This week features a lot more conference play. Within the next few weeks, things will crystalize about some things we still have questions about. One way to see which teams have been impressive or unimpressive is to take a look at how they’re performing against the spread. By definition, teams that cover spreads are surpassing expectations while teams that are failing to cover… Source link

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Bettors don’t believe in the Dallas Cowboys

Bettors don’t believe in the Dallas Cowboys

As of Wednesday, there are 50 days remaining until the NFL season kicks off on Sept. 8. We’ve survived over five months without football, and less than two months remain before it’s back in our lives. It’s officially football preparation season. Season win totals have been posted at BetMGM since April, and they’ve received plenty of action over the past three-and-a-half months. Surely, even more action will come in over the next 7 weeks ahead of kickoff. Which teams are getting love in the… Source link

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Bettors expect Phoenix and Philly to meet in Finals

Bettors expect Phoenix and Philly to meet in Finals

Even Galileo would be shocked at how many bet slips are revolving around the Suns as we begin the NBA playoffs. Nearly 30% of all money wagered on championship futures is on Phoenix, who’s also seeing 55.2% of the Western Conference champs handle on BetMGM. If they rise from the ashes of last year’s Finals defeat to avenge themselves with a title, the sportsbooks are going to get burned by everyone who jumped onboard the Suns bandwagon. The cream of the NBA After Phoenix started this season… Source link

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Last-second dunk tortures Blue Devils bettors

Duke bettors lost a deal with the devil Friday night when Coach K’s team abandoned the defensive paint with the game already in the bag, allowing a last-second dunk to Cal State Fullerton‘s Dante Maddox Jr. It may have seemed like just another meaningless thing to originate from California, but the free jam had serious betting implications. Duke was an 18.5-point favorite on BetMGM. The dunk cut its 19-point lead down to 17 to end the game. A wild finish Bettors definitely got their money’s… Source link

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Syracuse bettors suffer horrific beat in OT

It’s not just that Syracuse didn’t cover. It’s that it never was in danger of not covering, until overtime. Syracuse was an 8- or 8.5-point underdog at BetMGM vs. North Carolina on Monday night, and it almost won straight up. Somehow, the Orange didn’t cover the spread. There are garden-variety bad beats like a meaningless 3-pointer going in at the buzzer, but the worst type of beat might be having a healthy underdog play well for two halves, then somehow not cover in overtime. Syracuse… Source link

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Bettors prefer Suns and Grizzlies over Warriors

Everyone loves a winner and that’s all the Phoenix Suns have been doing this season. After starting the year 1-3, the Suns quickly doused “flash in the pan” takes by reeling off 18 consecutive victories. They entered the All-Star break with a 48-10 record, winning their last seven games and 18 of their last 19. This dominant showing in the West has translated into significant money being wagered on BetMGM that the Suns repeat last year’s conference championship feat. Everything revolves… Source link

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Bengals, under bettors happy over Raiders FG

The Las Vegas Raiders‘ decision to kick a late field goal was debatable. Cincinnati Bengals bettors won’t debate it.  With 3:37 left, the Raiders trailed 26-16 in Saturday’s AFC wild-card game. They had fourth-and-3 from the Bengals’ 10. The Raiders needed a touchdown and a field goal at that point, but it’s a lot harder to go the length of the field and score a touchdown. They could have gone for the touchdown there, at the risk of the game being practically over if they didn’t get it on… Source link

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Bucks last-second layup is bad beat for Nets bettors

A controversial call at the end of the first half of Game 1 of the Brooklyn Nets versus Milwaukee Bucks Eastern Conference semifinal series resulted in a bad beat for some bettors. The first-half spread was Nets -2 over at BetMGM. And if you put money on the Nets covering the two points going into halftime, you were sitting pretty when they took an 11-point lead with 3:22 left in the second quarter. The lead for Brooklyn was eight points, 61-53, at the 1:57 mark and then seven points, 63-56,… Source link

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March Madness betting: Bettors favoring Gonzaga again

There’s no line too high for Gonzaga bettors. Even though the Bulldogs were 14-point favorites at BetMGM, the largest spread for a national semifinal game in at least 25 years, it’s another round of bettors loading up on Gonzaga. Of all the money bet on the Gonzaga-UCLA game at BetMGM, 79 percent is on Gonzaga laying a huge number.  That pattern follows the first four rounds of the NCAA tournament. Bettors haven’t lost on Gonzaga yet. Gonzaga has covered in each tournament game Despite having… Source link

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