Sportsbooks win on day dominated by double-digit NFL favorites

On the time aft Christmas, NFL double-digit favorites delivered gifts to bettors by going 4-1 ATS.

But bettors mislaid large connected the Chargers, the heaviest favourite connected the committee astatine -13 and the 1 double-digit favourite that didn’t screen Sunday, arsenic they were defeated 41-29 by the Texans.

Houston’s upset helped Las Vegas sportsbooks to a tiny winning time contempt the information that the different double-digit favorites cruised to covers and favorites went 7-4 ATS overall.

The Chiefs (-10) bushed the Steelers 36-10, the Buccaneers (-10½) whipped the Panthers 32-6, the Eagles (-11) bushed the Giants 34-10 and the Cowboys (-10) annihilated the Washington Football Team 56-14.

“The crippled that benignant of saved the time with a batch of favorites coming successful was having the Texans bushed the Chargers outright,” Red Rock Resort sportsbook manager Chuck Esposito said. “As acold arsenic teasers, parlays, wealth lines, everything successful the morning.

“It was the aforesaid happening successful the day having the Bears upset the Seahawks.”

Seattle squandered a 24-14 fourth-quarter pb successful a 25-24 nonaccomplishment to Chicago arsenic a 7-point location favorite.

In the last minutes, third-string Bears backmost Nick Foles directed an 80-yard scoring thrust successful the snow, capped by a 15-yard touchdown walk to choky extremity Jimmy Graham to marque the people 24-23.

Chicago past went for 2 and the triumph and got it erstwhile Damiere Byrd made a one-handed drawback successful the backmost of the extremity portion to crush bettors with teasers connected Seattle.

Raiders mixed container for books

The Raiders’ 17-13 comeback triumph implicit the Broncos astatine Allegiant Stadium was a mixed container for the books. The game, which closed astatine pick, was 1 of the worst results astatine Station Casinos and BetMGM, wherever there’s ever a disproportionate magnitude of wealth and tickets connected the Raiders erstwhile they play astatine home.

But the Raiders produced 1 of the champion results astatine the Westgate SuperBook.

“We had a batch of wealth connected Denver. A large location subordinate stake the Broncos astatine pick’em (Sunday) greeting and was betting the Broncos in-game,” SuperBook manager John Murray said. “The Raiders truly carried the time for us.”

A Caesars bettor mislaid a $330,000 wager connected Denver +1.

First-half Raiders bettors — the enactment was prime — suffered a atrocious beat. With 25 seconds near successful the half, Broncos linebacker Bradley Chubb intercepted a walk by Derek Carr astatine the Raiders’ 22 and returned the shot to the 1 to acceptable up a TD tally by Javonte Williams that gave Denver a 13-7 halftime lead.

Bettors’ best

The champion games for bettors were the Bills (+1, bushed Patriots 33-21), Bengals (-7½, bushed Ravens 41-21) and Rams (-3, bushed Vikings 30-23).

Buffalo ne'er trailed successful avenging its Dec. 6 nonaccomplishment to New England successful the upwind and took implicit archetypal spot successful the AFC East with 2 games left.

“It was a large triumph for Buffalo. That’s a squad that seems to get up for large games,” Murray said. “You tin propulsion that Monday nighttime crippled retired the model due to the fact that of that weather. We had a batch of location players stake Buffalo connected the wealth line.”

Joe Burrow threw for a franchise-record 525 yards and 4 TDs, arsenic Cincinnati dealt Baltimore its 4th consecutive nonaccomplishment and took implicit archetypal spot successful the AFC North. Bettors were each implicit the Bengals, arsenic the enactment soared from -2½ to -7½ aft Ravens quarterbacks Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley were ruled retired for the game.

“The Bengals wounded us,” Caesars Sportsbook vice president of trading Craig Mucklow said.

Caesars won connected the Chiefs, arsenic bettors loaded up connected the Steelers. Kansas City cruised to its eighth consecutive triumph and sixth consecutive screen and clinched its sixth consecutive AFC West title.

Chiefs-Bengals

The Chiefs are 5-point roadworthy favorites implicit the Bengals connected Sunday. Cincinnati tin clinch the part with a victory, and Kansas City needs to triumph to support the No. 1 seed.

“At this point, it’s hard to accidental anyone is amended than Kansas City,” Murray said. “They look ace close now.”

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