Blog: Talking Points

Vegas pick’em: NFL Week 17 winners against the spread

NFL underdogs used the holiday stand-alone televised spots to make their long-awaited stand against the type of favorites that had dominated the season to this point. Favorites have still won more than 67% of games this season outright, but …

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College football by the odds: Bowl pick’em against the spread Part 3

If you thought the first half of bowl season was messy over the last 10 days, just wait until the unofficial second half starts today. …

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Sunday Sweats: Seven bets to add to your NFL Week 16 card

The league has held Christmas Day games in the past — even staging the same three-contest schedule last year — and used Christmas Eve as a normal gameday when it fell on Sundays but the combination of the two makes this year more of a total holiday takeover. …

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College football by the odds: Bowl pick’em against the spread Part 2

The Pac-12 is dissolving — at least in its current state. The Las Vegas Bowl is in no danger of following suit, especially now that it’s become one of the premier games of the early postseason, but it will look a lot different without the Pac-12 …

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Vegas pick’em: NFL Week 16 winners against the spread

The NFL couldn’t have asked for a better setup when it decided to schedule a full day’s worth of Christmas Day games for the second straight year. …

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Sunday Sweats: Seven bets to add to your NFL Week 15 card

The New York Jets and Chicago Bears were both heroes in last week’s Sunday Sweats. Now they turn to villains. …

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College football by the odds: Bowl pick’em against the spread Part 1

Analyzing the transfer-portal and opt-outs and quantifying their impacts is arguably the most important part of bowl handicapping. It requires a lot different approach than 13 years ago …

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Vegas pick’em: NFL Week 15 winners against the spread

Four teams are seen as virtual 50/50 propositions to make the postseason by the odds — the Buffalo Bills, Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts and Tampa Bay Buccaneers …

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Vegas pick’em: NFL Week 14 winners against the spread

Scoring was already down in the NFL this year, and the betting market is indicating it could hit a new low in Week 14. …

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Sunday Sweats: Seven bets to add to your NFL Week 13 card

The end of college football is always bittersweet, but the upside is more time to hone in on the NFL. …

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Vegas pick’em: NFL Week 13 winners against the spread

49ers quarterback Brock Purdy goes up against consensus MVP favorite Jalen Hurts, who’s as low as +125 (i.e. risking $100 to win $125) and outdueling him may ignite a deserved MVP candidacy….

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College football by the odds: Vegas picks for conference championships

Conference-championship week is a unique beast for bettors because much of the handicapping has to revolve around the pre-existing futures positions. …

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Sunday Sweats: Seven bets to add to your NFL Week 12 card

It’s been a huge year for Sunday Sweats and there’s no reason it should stop now. …

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Raiders-Chiefs rivalry hasn’t lost its luster despite mostly lopsided results

Beating Las Vegas still means something to Kansas City as it goes for a sixth straight victory in the AFC West series and looks to improve to 4-0 all-time in Allegiant Stadium at 1:25 p.m. Sunday. …

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Vegas pick’em: NFL Week 12 winners against the spread

The most impactful Week 12 game to the NFL playoff picture is also projected as the most competitive on the slate by the betting market. …

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