Las Vegas makes 49ers 4.5 point Super Bowl favourites
LAS VEGAS -- If the Baltimore Ravens are to become Super Bowl champions, they'll have to beat the odds again to do it. Bookmakers in this gambling city mostly have the San Francisco 49ers 4.5-point...
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LAS VEGAS — If the Baltimore Ravens are to become Super Bowl champions, they'll have to beat the odds again to do it. Bookmakers in this gambling city mostly have the San Francisco 49ers 4.5-point...
View ArticleSuper Bowl 2013 Gambling: Fans Bet Record $98.9 Million In Nevada
LAS VEGAS -- Sports fans bet a record $98.9 million at Nevada casinos on the Super Bowl, the Nevada Gaming Control Board said Monday. Unaudited tallies show 183 sports books made $7.2 million on the...
View ArticleControversial tweet aimed at Ravens' Torrey Smith
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View ArticleVegas bookies favor 49ers by 4.5 points
LAS VEGAS (AP) — If the Baltimore Ravens are to become Super Bowl champions, they'll have to beat the odds again to do it. Bookmakers in this gambling city mostly have the San Francisco 49ers...
View ArticleHow million-dollar Super Bowl bets are made in Las Vegas
Million-dollar Super Bowl bets are in the works in Las Vegas. Jay Rood, vice president of MGM Race and Sports, says he’s received inquiries from gamblers wanting to bet seven figures on Sunday’s game...
View Article'Lem, who do ya like?' Banker backing Patriots
Ask Lem Banker about the New York Giants and he tells the story of how he won a bet against them in the 1958 NFL Championship Game, when Alan Ameche bowled into the end zone from a yard out in...
View ArticleSharps waste little time attacking opening lines
Quick turnaround stories always make great material for the media. Not long ago, Indiana was in the college basketball dumpster, but then came Cody Zeller, a 6-foot-11-inch freshman with NBA skills,...
View ArticleColumn: A wise guy looks at the Super Bowl
LAS VEGAS Ask Lem Banker about the New York Giants and he tells the story of how he won a bet against them in the 1958 NFL championship game, when Alan Ameche bowled into the end zone from a yard out...
View ArticleSUPER BETTING: FANS WAGER RECORD $98.9M IN NEVADA
LAS VEGAS Sports fans bet a record $98.9 million at Nevada casinos on the Super Bowl, the Nevada Gaming Control Board said Monday. Unaudited tallies show 183 sports books made $7.2 million on the...
View ArticleFans bet record $98.9M in Nevada on Super Bowl
LAS VEGAS Sports fans bet a record $98.9 million at Nevada casinos on the Super Bowl, the Nevada Gaming Control Board said Monday. Unaudited tallies show 183 sports books made $7.2 million on the...
View ArticleColumn: Wise guys and squares all want to be in on Super Bowl action
LAS VEGAS — Ask Lem Banker about the New York Giants and he tells the story of how he won a bet against them in the 1958 NFL championship game, when Alan Ameche bowled into the end zone from a yard...
View ArticleVegas bookies cheer end of football lockout
BOSTON — The end of the NFL lockout will undoubtedly make owners, players and fans very happy that the season has been salvaged. But the end of the four-month-long lockout also drew a prolonged sigh...
View ArticleThe gambler next door
Across South Carolina, the kind of illegal sports bookmaking that accused Richland County killer Brett Parker is said to have conducted happens out of sight of the law and the public and is far more...
View ArticleAuthorities expose $50M betting ring
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown and New York City police commissioner Ray Kelly announced the indictment of 25 people Thursday following an 18-month investigation into illegal sports betting...
View ArticleTiger Woods’s Win Fuels Record-Setting Golf Wagering at Masters
Tiger Woods is fueling record- setting wagering on golf’s Masters Tournament at Las Vegas sports books, where many bettors are convinced the former No. 1 ranked player in the world has regained the...
View Article$300 million changed hands on ref's call in Seahawks-Packers game
LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas oddsmakers say $300 million or more changed hands worldwide on a controversial referee call that decided the Monday Night Football game between the Green Bay Packers and the...
View ArticleLatest NFL call went over the line for gamblers
More than standing as the harshest indictment against the NFL's use of replacement officials, Monday night's meltdown in Seattle also burned a major contingent of the league's fan base — gamblers. The...
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Print Font Resize 49ers favored by Vegas books to win Super Bowl LAS VEGAS—Sports books in Las Vegas made the San Francisco 49ers a favorite in the Super Bowl over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night...
View Article49ers favored by Vegas books to win Super Bowl
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sports books in Las Vegas made the San Francisco 49ers a favorite in the Super Bowl over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night based on the team's solid record and popularity with...
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