After several days of erratic line movement at sportsbooks, the point spread on the AFC Championship Game had settled Friday morning with the Kansas City Chiefs listed as consensus 1.5-point favorites over…
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Notable bets — How two hours of Bengals bets shifted AFC Championship Game line
Only twice in the Super Bowl era have the two conference championship games featured point spreads smaller than a field goal. We’re set up for a third this weekend, but the lines…
Notable bets — How a $1.4 million bet to win $11,200 sparked debate
One of the greatest comebacks in NFL playoff history attracted one of the craziest bets ever reported: $1.4 million to win just $11,200. The bet lost, went viral and then sparked debate…
Texans’ TD on fourth-and-20 decides $6 million survivor contest
Fourth-and-20: On Sunday, that down and distance not only determined which team receives the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft but also decided the largest survivor pool in Las Vegas, worth…
Mattress Mack and the wildest wagers of 2022
That’s a wrap — 2022 is in the books, which, coincidentally, is where a lot of the betting public’s money now resides. Bettors were down more than $6 billion through November, and…
Notable bets – Two-hour flurry of ‘smart’ money came ahead of Jalen Hurts news
The betting market once again was ahead of the news last week, resulting in a two-hour flurry of well-informed wagering that left sportsbooks exposed on the biggest NFL game of the holiday…
Notable bets – The ugliest bets from the greatest NFL comeback ever
The greatest comeback in NFL history — the Minnesota Vikings erasing a 33-0 deficit to beat the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday — produced some of the ugliest losing bets you’ll ever see….