Las Vegas sportsbook wins big on NFL on ‘best day of the season’

There are nary ascendant teams successful the NFL this play and that’s perfectly good with sportsbooks.

“As a bookmaker, parity is our friend, and that’s precisely what we’re seeing successful the NFL now,” Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay said. “It’s precise unpredictable.”

In the archetypal 7 weeks of the season, determination were lone 2 outright upsets by underdogs of 7 points oregon much arsenic bettors held their ain against the books, compiling a uncommon three-week winning streak.

But during the past 4 weeks, determination person been 9 specified upsets arsenic underdogs and the books person cleaned up.

“If the Steelers screen tonight, it’ll beryllium our champion time of the season,” MGM Resorts manager of trading Jeff Stoneback said earlier Pittsburgh played the Chargers connected “Sunday Night Football.”

Money was connected Los Angeles (-6½) by a 10-1 borderline astatine BetMGM. The Steelers trailed by 14 successful the 4th fourth earlier rallying for a screen successful a chaotic 41-37 shootout loss.

Underdogs went 7-6 ATS with 5 outright upsets Sunday arsenic Tennessee and Buffalo, the AFC’s apical 2 playoff seeds entering Week 11, each suffered stunning losses.

In the day’s biggest upset, the Houston Texans bushed the Titans 22-13 arsenic 10-point underdogs and +375 connected the wealth line.

“We’re not lone seeing parity with the apical teams, we’re besides seeing that with the bottommost teams,” Kornegay said. “Some of the atrocious teams person stepped up present and determination and won immoderate cardinal games for us.”

In different shocker, the Indianapolis Colts crushed the Bills 41-15 successful Buffalo arsenic 7-point ‘dogs and +250 connected the wealth line.

Jonathan Taylor scored 5 touchdowns for the Colts, who delivered 1 of the biggest wins for the books.

“The Colts look similar a scary bully squad due to the fact that they tin tally truthful well,” Red Rock Resort sportsbook manager Chuck Esposito said. “Buffalo didn’t conscionable suffer that game. They got the you cognize what kicked retired of them astatine home.

“I intelligibly don’t look astatine Buffalo arsenic 1 of the apical teams successful the AFC close now.”

Chiefs successful charge

The Chiefs are abruptly playing similar 1 of the NFL’s apical teams again aft winning their 4th consecutive successful a 19-9 triumph implicit the Cowboys arsenic 2½-point favorites.

Kansas City covered its 2nd crippled successful a enactment for the betting nationalist but books won connected the full arsenic it stayed mode nether 56½.

“It’s astonishing how, 3 weeks ago, the Chiefs were successful past spot successful the AFC West and present they look similar they’re the champion squad successful the league,” Esposito said. “Whatever squad is steadfast and gets blistery astatine the close clip is going to beryllium the scary team.”

‘Huge sweats’

In 2 large losses for bettors, the Vikings (+1½) outlasted the Packers 34-31 and the Cardinals (+4½) bushed the Seahawks 23-13.

Arizona opened -2½ earlier the enactment flipped with the quality that backmost Kyler Murray would miss the crippled and beryllium replaced by Colt McCoy. Money poured successful connected Seattle but the Cardinals ne'er trailed successful giving BetMGM and Caesars Sportsbook their biggest triumph of the day.

“We had immense sweats connected the Seahawks,” Caesars vice president of trading Craig Mucklow said. “Almost $1 cardinal successful stakes disconnected of 1 lawsuit who stake +2½ and the wealth enactment aboriginal successful the week, past came successful for $520,000 astatine -2½.”

The Ravens dropped from -5 to -1½ implicit the Bears connected Sunday aft QB Lamar Jackson was a precocious scratch with an illness. Baltimore rallied for a 16-13 triumph and covered the closing line.

But an unfortunate BetMGM bettor mislaid a $357,500 wager placed Friday connected the Ravens -4½.

Off bandwagon

The Raiders burned their backers for the 3rd consecutive week successful a 32-13 nonaccomplishment to the Bengals arsenic 2-point location underdogs. Bettors besides mislaid large connected the total, which stayed nether 51 contempt the teams combining for 26 points successful the 4th quarter.

“It didn’t instrumentality agelong for the section fans to leap disconnected the wagon, arsenic we really needed the Raiders,” Kornegay said. “That was 1 of our biggest losers. I didn’t deliberation successful specified a abbreviated span radical would commencement playing against the Raiders.

“They’re truly struggling offensively.”

Contact newsman Todd Dewey astatine tdewey@reviewjournal.com. Follow @tdewey33 connected Twitter.