Sports from a Vegas Perspective
James B
Europe’s largest club soccer competition is underway, and the defending champs are the favorites to lift the trophy once again At the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, Bayern Munich is the 3-to-1 favorite to win the 2020-21 Champions League, followed by Manchester City (+450) and Liverpool (+700). Despite winning their opening match, Liverpool’s odds dropped from +550 to +700 after the injury to defender Virgil van Dijk.
Ready or not, the 2020-21 NBA season might be right around the corner. Original reports suggested that the NBA would not be returning to play until January, or potentially February. But the league is now pushing for a pre-Christmas start. Following a virtual NBA Draft in November, the NBA is eyeing December 22 as its opening night. The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has already released their opening 2020-21 NBA Championship odds, and the Los Angeles Lakers have opened as the +350 favorite to repeat their crown, followed by the Los Angeles Clippers (+500), and Milwaukee Bucks (+650). This year’s Eastern Conference champions, the Miami Heat, are 14-to-1 to win next year’s title.
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Read more2020-21 NBA Championship Odds: Lakers +350 to Repeat
We have odds, but we don’t have a schedule. As college basketball teams across the country inch closer to the start of practice, scheduling across the country remains a mystery. For context, Penn State’s 2019-20 schedule was released on July 17 of last year. North Carolina announced their non-conference schedule in June of last year. We’re now approaching November, and there’s been no such progress for this upcoming season. News about preseason non-conference tournaments is slowly beginning to trickle out, but conferences have not announced their league schedules.
How does that uncertainty affect the futures market? At the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, Gonzaga is now the 10-to-1 favorite atop the odds board, followed by Baylor (+1200), Villanova (+1400) and Kentucky (+1600). Other notables include: Duke at 20-to-1; Kansas at 25-to-1; and North Carolina at 40-to-1. The 2021 Final Four is scheduled to be played April 3-5 2021 in Indianapolis.
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Read more2021 College Basketball Championship Odds: Gonzaga 10-to-1 Favorite
Updated 2021 College Football Championship Odds: Welcome back, Big Ten and Mountain West! The Pac-12 is now the only FBS conference left to take the field. We don’t know what the 2020-21 bowl schedule will look like, but the College Football Playoff committee says that it will operate business-as-usual despite the shortened season. The CFP committee will still be in charge of selecting the best four teams at the end of the season and eventually crowning a national champion. Alabama has emerged as the +180 favorite atop the odds board, followed by Clemson (+225) and Ohio State (+350) at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook.
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Read more2021 College Football Championship Odds: Alabama New Favorite
Early indications are that the 2020-21 NHL season is slated to begin on January 1. The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has just released their updated Stanley Cup odds for next year, and the Las Vegas Golden Knights have opened as the +600 favorites, followed by Tampa Bay (+700) and Colorado (+800). The league has already announced the postponement of next year’s Winter Classic and All-Star Game. It is still unknown if the league will be able to complete a normal 82-game schedule in the allotted time. Reports have said that the NHL needs to wrap their season by the start of the 2021 Olympic games, which are currently scheduled to begin on July 23.
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Read more2021 Stanley Cup Odds: Knights +600 Favorites for Next Year
These guys have quite the history. UFC Fight Island 6 will be headlined by Brian Ortega vs The Korean Zombie, Chan Sung Jung in the main event. The featherweights were originally supposed to meet last December in Jung’s home of South Korea, but a knee injury to Ortega forced the postponement. Tensions have been brewing over the last year and are fireworks are sure to fly on Saturday night from the Flash Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. UFC handicapping expert Kyle Anthony breaks down this weekend’s action.
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WagerTalk’s expert boxing handicapper Kevin Dolan offers his thoughts on Saturday’s lightweight title fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez from the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) currently holds the WBO and WBA lightweight world title and the WBC’s “franchise” belt. Lopez Jr. (15-0, 12 KOs) earned the IBF world title after knocking out Richard Commey in December. Current boxing odds from Las Vegas have Lomachenko as the -410 favorite to defeat Lopez.
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The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has just released their NFL Week 6 look-ahead lines and the Dallas Cowboys have opened as a 3-point home favorite over the Arizona Cardinals in a big Monday Night Football clash in the NFC. When totals get released on Sunday night, don’t be surprised if this opens as the highest total of the season. Both teams have struggled on defense to start the 2020 season.
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Read moreNFL Week 6 Look-Ahead Lines: Cowboys -3 vs. Cardinals