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The Over Is Getting the Money in Rio, and the Total Is Already 53.5

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Infographic on the Ravens-Cowboys total in Rio. The total opened at 52 at Borgata and was 53.5 at five of seven books Saturday, the highest of Week 3. Hard Rock had 82% of tickets and 92% of money on the Over. International games are Over 29-34 per Covers.

The Ravens Cowboys total opened at 52 at Borgata last Sunday night and 52.5 at DraftKings, according to the odds site VegasInsider and ESPN. By Saturday morning it was 53.5 at five of the seven sportsbooks VegasInsider tracks, for a game on a Rio de Janeiro field that the players’ union spent Friday worrying about … Read more

The Most Heavily Bet Game on the Board Went to the Home Underdog

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Infographic on college football Week 3 Saturday. LSU closed at -3 with a 58.5 total and lost 32-24 at Ole Miss, with the game finishing under. Texas A&M moved from -16 to -17.5 with 90% of tickets and lost 31-21 to Kentucky.

Yesterday we flagged LSU at Ole Miss because Borgata sportsbook director Tom Gable had called it the most heavily bet game on the Saturday slate, with LSU money pushing the road favorite to 3. The LSU Ole Miss odds sat at 3 with a 58.5 total in the last listings before kickoff, at Yahoo Sports, … Read more

The Panthers Allowed 59 Points and Are Now Road Favorites

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Infographic on Panthers at Falcons Week 2 odds. Carolina allowed 59 points in Week 1 but moved from a 1.5-point underdog at the Sunday open to a 2.5-point favorite by Wednesday, with 86% of DraftKings bets on the Panthers.

Carolina allowed 59 points on Sunday, the most in franchise history, according to the Associated Press. Three days later, the Panthers are road favorites in Atlanta. BetMGM opened the Falcons at -1.5 on Sunday night, the betting news site VegasInsider reported, and by early Wednesday Carolina was laying 2.5 at most major books. That’s four … Read more

The Opener Sat on 3.5 All Summer, Then Paid to Step Onto 3 Focus keyphrase: Seahawks Patriots betting splits

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Infographic on the NFL kickoff game between the Patriots and Seahawks. DraftKings opened Seattle -3.5 in mid-May and moved to -3 at -118 on Monday, half a point in four months, with the total steady at 44.5 and four venues reporting the money four different ways.

DraftKings posted Seattle as a 3.5-point favorite over New England in mid-May and then left it alone. “There was absolutely no movement for months,” DraftKings oddsmaker Johnny Avello told FOX Sports on Tuesday. Monday it moved. Half a point, to Seahawks -3 at -118, with the Seahawks Patriots betting splits behind it pointing in four … Read more

LSU Is a 78 Percent Favorite at One Book and 83 Percent at Another Focus keyphrase: Clemson LSU odds

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Infographic on the Clemson LSU odds for Week 1, 2026. LSU's moneyline ran from -355 at DraftKings to -480 at Rivers Casino on one board Tuesday, or 78.0 to 82.8 percent implied. Published spread splits disagree: VegasInsider had 54 percent of tickets on LSU, SportsBettingDime 54 percent on Clemson.

Clemson plays at LSU on Saturday night, and depending on where you looked this week, the Clemson LSU odds made the home side anywhere from a 78 percent favorite to an 83 percent favorite. Same game. LSU’s moneyline has appeared in print at -355, -376, -380, -405, -425, -450 and -480 over the past four … Read more

Belichick Was a 3.5-Point Home Underdog Last Year. He Is Getting 7.5 in Dublin.

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Infographic comparing the North Carolina TCU spread one year apart. TCU were 3.5-point favorites at Kenan Stadium in 2025 and won 48-14, so UNC missed the number by 30.5. In Dublin on August 29 TCU lay 7.5 after opening at 6.5, with 92 percent of early tickets and 94 percent of early money.

TCU beat North Carolina 48-14 at Kenan Stadium on Labor Day night last September, spoiling Bill Belichick’s college coaching debut in front of a full house and ESPN’s entire pregame apparatus. The Horned Frogs were 3.5-point favorites that night, and they were the road team. Saturday the two programs open the 2026 season in Dublin, … Read more

The Public Took the Under in Canton and the Game Went 63

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Infographic on the 2026 Hall of Fame Game betting splits. The Under drew 74 percent of the money, Arizona 93 percent of spread dollars and 81 percent of moneyline cash. Carolina won 33-30 and the total finished on 63 against a 35.5 opener.

Carolina beat Arizona 33-30 in Canton on Thursday night, on a five-yard scramble by an undrafted rookie quarterback with the clock showing zero. The Hall of Fame Game opened the 2026 preseason with 63 combined points. The total opened at 35.5. This site previewed the game on Monday, arguing that the preseason trend lists circulating … Read more