Nevada casinos generated $22 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2011, according to the just released Nevada Gaming Abstract. This aggregate revenue includes $10 billion in gaming, $4.3 billion in rooms, $4.7 billion in food and beverages an additional $2.7 billion in miscellaneous revenue. But Nevada casinos combined to lose almost $4 billion on this… Read more »
NFL Playoffs: Analysis of Point Spreads and Totals For All Games Since 1998
To help give some insight to how favorites and underdogs perform during the NFL playoffs, we’ve gone back through our NFL database to analyze every single playoff game since 1988. Over that time, we have the ATS and o/u results for 248 playoff games including Super Bowls. And here is how the data shakes out…. Read more »
Basketball Today: Charleston vs Wofford, Middle Tenn. State vs Troy & Tenn. State vs Tenn. Tech
Charleston Cougars at Wofford Terriers Current Line: Charleston -2 Current O/U Line: 131.5 Charleston Cougars (10-3 SU, 6-4 ATS) head out on the road tonight to take on the Wofford Terriers (8-6 SU, 5-3 ATS) in this Southern Conference matchup. Charleston looks to get back to winning ways after an eight point home loss to… Read more »
Floyd Mayweather Bets. A Lot.
Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather likes to show off his wealth. You can find him in various YouTube videos counting out cash – like $1 million or so – that’s just hanging around in his nightstand. And if you search Google images for ‘Floyd Mayweather cash,’ the amount of results will likely make your computer blow up…. Read more »
Did You Hear About the Guy Who Lost $44,000 on a Rose Bowl Halftime Bet?
This year’s Rose Bowl was a classic. The fast-paced Oregon Ducks in their shiny new silver helmets faced the high-octane Wisconsin Badgers. Oregon closed as a 4 point favorite in a game that saw mostly sharp action on Wisconsin as the line  was driven down from an opening Oregon (-6.5). The game played out as… Read more »
Basketball Today: St. Louis at Dayton, Tulane at Central Florida & Pacers at Heat
St. Louis Billikens at Dayton Flyers Current Line: St. Louis -2 Current O/U Line: 119.5 St. Louis Billikens (12-2 SU, 8-2 ATS) head out on the road tonight to take on the Dayton Flyers (10-4 SU, 6-6 ATS) in this Atlantic 10 Conference showdown between two of the conference’s top three teams. St. Louis enters… Read more »
2011 Hilton SuperContest: Notable Finishes Including Bill Simmons, Chad Millman and More
The 2011 Hilton SuperContest is over and a new champion has been crowned. Sans Souci, a group of 4 Vegas friends, won the contest with an amazing 71% win rate and won over $300,000. 71% over 85 picks is a remarkable record and surpasses last year’s 66% from Richard Stand. But there are other notable… Read more »
Basketball Today: UConn at Seton Hall, Wis.-Milwaukee at W. Michigan & Rockets at Lakers
Connecticut Huskies at Seton Hall Pirates Current Line: UCONN -2 Current O/U Line: 134.5 The 8th ranked Connecticut Huskies (12-1 SU, 4-5 ATS) head out on the road tonight to take on the Seton Hall Pirates (12-2 SU, 7-3 ATS) in this Big East Conference showdown. UCONN enters tonight’s contest riding a seven game winning… Read more »
Super Bowl Odds for Playoff Teams
With the NFL playoff set, sports books have updated their Super Bowl odds for each of the teams. To the surprise of no one, the Packers remain the favorite to win it all at 9-5 odds. Meanwhile, the Broncos, Lions, and Bengals are tied as the biggest long shots with each at 50-1. Here are… Read more »
NFL Wild Card Playoff Lines
Before the Giants-Cowboys game was even over, the most prominent sports books had already released lines on the other 3 Wild Card games. And while these lines opened just 12 hours ago, there has already been enough betting to cause some line movement. Last night, notable offshore sportsbooks opened with the following lines: Detroit at… Read more »
