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Yahoo Senior Sports Betting Analyst | Former: ESPN, VSiN | Brooklyn born, fan of all teams Minnesota. DMs open

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Week 17 NFL sharp action gathered from a few different sportsbooks:

➡️Bills -1, -1.5, -2, -2.5
➡️NY Giants -2.5
➡️Colts +6.5
➡️Titans +2.5

28.12.2025 16:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Ohio State Buckeyes (6-0-1 ATS) are the last remaining undefeated team against the spread in college football

21.10.2025 04:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Favorites have lost outright in the last four NFL prime-time games:

Rams -8.5 ❌
Bills -8❌
Chiefs -3.5❌
Eagles -7.5❌

10.10.2025 12:59 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Most lopsided Week 1 NFL sides so far by total 💵 at @betmgm-sportsbook.bsky.social sportsbooks (current line shown):

95% of 💰 on Broncos -8
88% on Eagles -8
87% on Cardinals -6.5
83% on Jaguars -3.5
81% on Lions +2.5
76% on 49ers -2.5
74% on Steelers -3

02.09.2025 22:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Five most-bet Week 1 college football sides by total 💵 at @betmgm-sportsbook.bsky.social:

1. Texas +1 ❌
2. Alabama -14❌
3. Notre Dame -3 ❓
4. Clemson -4❌
5. Indiana -24❌

Tough start to the season for the betting public

31.08.2025 13:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Notable Super Bowl 60 futures bet from Nevada bettor at Caesars:

➡️$8,000 on Indianapolis Colts to win Super Bowl LX at 125-1 odds

Bet would win $1 million.

It's the fourth reported seven-figure liability Super Bowl wager at legal U.S. sportsbooks

28.08.2025 18:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Some notable Week 1 college football lines at @betmgm-sportsbook.bsky.social:

No. 1 Texas at No. 3 Ohio State (-1.5, 47.5)

No. 8 Alabama (-13.5, 50.5) at Florida State

No. 9 LSU at No. 4 Clemson (-4, 57.5)

No. 6 Notre Dame (-2.5, 49.5) at No. 10 Miami (FL)

25.08.2025 20:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

One Vegas oddsmaker on Minnesota Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy:

"Until he plays, I don’t know how I can rate him better than [Sam] Howell. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s a bust."

05.08.2025 11:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Top 10 U.S. states by total sports betting $$ wagered, June 2025 (of states reporting so far):

1. New York: $1.65 BILLION
2. NJ: $790.4M
3. Ohio: $587M
4. Massachusetts: $533M
5. Nevada: $496.6M
6. PA: $483.6M
7. VA: $478M
8. NC: $433M
9. Maryland: $404M
10. TN: $352.5M

02.08.2025 13:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Notable Super Bowl LX bet at Hard Rock Bet:

$10,000 on Pittsburgh Steelers to win Super Bowl 60 at 40-1 odds

Bet would win $400,000

#HereWeGo

29.07.2025 12:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (12-1) have their best preseason odds to win the national championship since 2006, when they were +450

22.07.2025 12:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Three most-bet NFL teams to MISS the playoffs (by total wagers) at @betmgm-sportsbook.bsky.social:

1. Detroit Lions (+165)
2. New Orleans Saints (-800)
3. San Francisco 49ers (+150)

18.07.2025 13:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Current NFL divisional favorites at BetMGM:

Bills -275
Ravens -145
Texans +110
Chiefs -120

Eagles -150
Lions +120
Bucs -105
49ers +160

13.07.2025 15:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Oklahoma City Thunder open with a 2025-26 win total of 62.5, the highest since the 2018-19 Golden State Warriors (62.5)

09.07.2025 12:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Miami Marlins have won eight straight games outright as underdogs:

+139 vs. ATL✅
+151 at SF✅
+194 at SF✅
+155 at SF✅
+146 at AZ✅
+142 at AZ✅
+163 at AZ✅
+128 vs. MIN✅

02.07.2025 03:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New York Yankees games have gone UNDER the total in 16 straight

29.06.2025 13:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Oklahoma City Thunder open as +240 favorites to repeat at sportsbooks.

Those are best title odds since 2018-19 Golden State Warriors (-168)

23.06.2025 03:10 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Indiana Pacers are 7-3 ATS as a road underdog in this year's playoffs.

Betting public is backing Pacers to cover in Game 5 tonight in OKC, with 70%+ of wagers on Indiana +9.5 at multiple sportsbooks

16.06.2025 18:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Huge NBA Finals wager placed last night at MGM book in Las Vegas:

$1.05 MILLION on Oklahoma City Thunder to win series at -700 odds

Bet would win $150,000.

Biggest reported finals wager so far

05.06.2025 17:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The @okcthunder.bsky.social are currently 9.5-point home favorites in Game 1 of the #NBAFinals vs. the @indiana-pacers.bsky.social

The last time a favorite that big lost Game 1 outright was all the way back in the 2001 Finals when the Lakers (-12) lost to Allen Iverson's 76ers 107-101 in OT.

03.06.2025 13:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Golden State Warriors (+155 vs. Timberwolves) are underdogs in an NBA Playoff series for the first time in more than 10 years.

They were last underdogs before a series began in Round 1 of 2014 postseason (+170 vs. the Clippers, lost in 7)

05.05.2025 15:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

2025 post-NFL Draft over/unders at @betmgm-sportsbook.bsky.social:

11.5: BAL, BUF, KC, PHI
10.5: DET, SF
9.5: CIN, DEN, GB, HOU, LAC, LAR, TB, WAS
8.5: AZ, CHI, MIA, MIN, PIT
7.5: ATL, DAL, IND, JAX, NE, SEA
6.5: CAR, LV, NO
5.5: NYG, NYJ, TEN
4.5: CLE

28.04.2025 15:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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2025 NFL Draft betting, odds, lines: 'A necessary evil' — Why bookmakers hate the NFL Draft Why do oddsmakers hate the NFL Draft? We asked them (and some sharp bettors) to find out.

“Bookmakers hate the draft. We torch five to six figures a year on it.”

My latest for @yahoosports.bsky.social on why oddsmakers hate the NFL Draft:

sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/...

22.04.2025 13:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Very excited to join @yahoosports.bsky.social as their Senior Sports Betting Analyst

11.03.2025 02:56 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Five biggest reported #SuperBowlLIX wagers:

1. $800K on Eagles ML +110 at @betmgmsportsbook.bsky.social
2. $750K on PHI ML +110 at BetMGM
3. $500K on PHI +1.5 (-115) at @dksportsbook.bsky.social
4. $500K on PHI ML (EVEN) at BetMGM
5. $400K on PHI +4 (-198) at
@caesarssports.bsky.social

09.02.2025 22:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

One bettor at @betmgmsportsbook.bsky.social in Nevada has wagered $1.1 million on the @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social in Super Bowl 59:

$800,000 on Eagles ML +110

$300,000 on Eagles 1H +0.5

04.02.2025 18:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Interesting Super Bowl LIX wager at Caesars Sportsbook:

$550 on @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social kicker Jake Elliot to win MVP at 1,000-1 odds

Bet would win $550,000.

No kicker has ever won Super Bowl MVP

28.01.2025 21:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

One bettor at DraftKings wagered $1 million on Commanders-Eagles UNDER 47.5.

He won’t be cashing that ticket

26.01.2025 22:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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55 best bets for Commanders-Eagles and Bills-Chiefs today Best bets from respected handicappers and where the sharp action is on both games

55 best bets on Commanders-Eagles and Bills-Chiefs from handicappers:

bfawkes22.substack.com/p/55-best-be...

26.01.2025 15:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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55 best bets for Commanders-Eagles and Bills-Chiefs today Best bets from respected handicappers and where the sharp action is on both games

A few other wagers for those interested in such things:

bfawkes22.substack.com/p/55-best-be...

26.01.2025 15:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0