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Sports BettingBasketballcollege basketballNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday's Elite 8
The overall implication after the first game was clear — Michigan thought it would see Duke again in the NCAA Tournament. ...
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Sports BettingGambling GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday's games
For only the second time in modern tournament history, and first time in 34 years, all 16 favorites won their games outright on Friday. ...
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Sports BettingGamingGamblingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's games
The Blue Devils trailed the Saints 43-32 at halftime but were a 17.5-point favorite for the final 20 minutes. Duke ended up outscoring Siena by ...
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SportsSports BettingNCAANCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the East Region
Duke has been upset out of March Madness in each of Jon Scheyer's first three years at the head of the program. ...
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Sports Bettingcollege basketballTalking Points BlogNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the West Region
Despite an underwhelming shared history, the West sets up as a gauntlet this season and arguably the toughest bracket by the betting market. ...
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SportsSports BettingBasketballNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Midwest Region
One local shop, Boomer’s Sportsbooks, has moved Michigan to slight favorite status at +320 (i.e. risking $100 to win $320) to win the NCAA Tournament. ...
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SportsSports BettingGamblingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Indiana vs. Miami
If these two teams had played in this same location to start the season, the line would have been flipped. ...
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SportsFootballNFLVegas pick'em: NFL divisional round winners against the spread
Seattle was the big winner of the wild-card round despite not playing as it went from as high as +350 a week ago to now ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateVegas pick'em: NFL wild-card weekend winners against the spread
Here are six future bets to target at the start of the NFL playoffs, and full point-spread handicaps of the wild-card weekend slate. ...
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SportsSports BettingFootballVegas pick'em: NFL Week 18 winners against the spread
San Francisco’s recent run, which includes six consecutive straight-up wins as well as victories in seven of its last eight, has elevated it to play ...
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SportsSports Bettingcollege footballCollege football by the odds: Bowl Pick'em against the spread Part 4
A team with a bye in the first round has never won a game in the current iteration of the College Football Playoff. ...
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SportsSports Bettingcollege footballCollege football by the odds: Bowl pick'em Part 3
There have been some strong starts in the 16-year history of this bowl pick’em column, but none quite like the 8-0 tear that kicked off ...
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NFLFootballGamblingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 17 winners against the spread
The Steelers need only one win or one loss from the Baltimore Ravens in the final two weeks to earn the home-playoff game that comes ...
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SportsSports BettingAllVegas pick'em: NFL Week 16 winners against the spread
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have won the NFC South in four consecutive seasons and looked like a shoo-in to make it a half-decade straight as ...
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AllTalking Points BlogGamblingCollege football by the odds: Bowl pick'em Part 1
The College Football Playoff debate is getting tiresome and games are luckily arriving just in time to rescue football fans from the discourse. ...
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Talking Points BlogFootballNFLVegas pick'em: NFL Week 15 winners against the spread
The race for the AFC’s No. 1 overall seed that no one saw coming ramps up in intensity this week. The runaway co-favorite Denver Broncos ...
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Footballcollege footballAllCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of conference championships
There’s far more on the line in this year’s championship week than last year’s — especially in the Big Ten. ...
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Sports BettingGamingGamblingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 13 winners against the spread
The first meeting between the two AFC South teams stands out as the highlight of the Week 13’s Sunday slate with Indianapolis laying 4.5 points ...
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AllGamingGamblingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of every Week 14 game
The Maize and Blue have owned what many call the best rivalry in college football lately, and the betting odds provide a picture of the ...
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OpinionBrian GreenspunWhere I StandLas Vegas deserves more than just Adelson’s voice
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A&EWhat to do in Las Vegas this week: April 23-29
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AggregateAllNewsProposed Las Vegas arena pitches itself as NBA expansion site
A proposed arena on the Las Vegas Strip is positioning itself as a candidate to host a future NBA expansion team in the city.
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AggregateAllNewsSunset Station to launch jazz concert series this spring
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateHarry Reid airport joining program that aids flyers with nonvisible disabilities
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DiningMaroon at Sahara, tea at Resorts World, Villa’s Tacos at Durango and more
The highly anticipated Afro-Caribbean steakhouse concept Maroon by Chef Kwame Onwuachi will open on April 24.
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NewsOpinionSportsChanging the game: The college transfer model is trickling down to Nevada high schools
The social media post looked like it could be an April Fools’ joke. An eighth-grade football player had announced his commitment to a Las Vegas ...
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AggregateAllNewsThe beat goes on for Foothill’s marching band dynasty. Next stop: Philadelphia
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MusicSick New World festival fills a void with its most diverse lineup yet
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NewsNV PoliticsPoliticsFBI's Patel hits The Atlantic with $250M suit over story claims, including Las Vegas drinking
FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic on Monday for $250 million, claiming an article about his alleged excessive drinking was false and a "malicious ...
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NewsTesla boosts spending plan to $25 billion in AI, robotics push
Tesla Inc. anticipates billions of dollars in additional spending this year to support Elon Musk’s ambitions to transform the electric-vehicle pioneer into an AI and ...
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Vegas Golden KnightsNewsAggregateUtah Mammoth fans buzzing about playoff game with Golden Knights
The NHL playoffs are headed to Utah for the first time and the state is buzzing with anticipation.
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NewsLas Vegas mayor highlights homeless crisis in State of the City speech
Homelessness is worse than Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley expected when she took office in December 2024 and now affects thousands across Clark County, she ...
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AggregateAllNewsLas Vegas to Sonoma wine country just got significantly faster
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NewsAggregateAllGolden Knights fall behind in series against Mammoth after dropping Game 3
Lawson Crouse scored twice in a 5:42 span in the second period and the Utah Mammoth won the first NHL playoff game in the state, ...
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UNLVGibbs-Lawhorn leaving UNLV for Texas Tech, bids farewell to fans
Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn, who led the Mountain West in scoring at 20 points per game in his lone season at UNLV, announced his transfer to Texas ...
