Thursday CBB, NHL Best Bets; Wednesday Recaps
Wednesday of Super Bowl Week was spent again following the non-existent line moves on the Super Bowl, but entering several prop contests to diversify our overall action on the game.
The Super Bowl point spread remained a consensus of Eagles -1.5 over the Chiefs with the South Point, Treasure Island and Station Casinos here in Vegas staying at Eagles -2. The Over/Under also remained at 51 at the majority of Vegas sportsbooks with BetMGM joining the rest at 51, leaving Resorts World the only book at 50.5 (note: Treasure Island has the highest total at 51.5 as of early Thursday morning). For more on how the Super Bowl odds have been moving so far, check out South Point sportsbook director Chris Andrews' “Inside the betting action” column at VSiN.com as that’s part of our comprehensive coverage of Super Bowl LVII on the website along with Brent Musburger’s interview with legendary sports bettor Billy Walters. Also check out the VSiN Help Desk or submit your own question in addition to listening/watching to our broadcasts, including those coming from “Radio Row” at the Super Bowl.
As for my own action on Wednesday, I got back on the winning track with my Best Bet on the Canucks-Rangers 1P Over 1.5 -160/Wild-Stars 1P Under -1.5 +110 for a juicy parlay payoff of +241 to make up for the losses on Monday and Tuesday. The Rangers scored in the first 10 minutes (note: Canucks are 26-1 in road games with “goal in first 10 minutes,” according to our VSiN colleague Pauly Howard) on the way to a 2-1 lead after the first period, and we made the right call to go with our first 1P Under as Wild-Stars went scoreless in the first 20 minutes.
Let’s recap the rest of Wednesday’s (full-game) action, and look for some more Best Bets on Thursday. Then, as has been our custom here, we’ll rerun our NFL “takes” column from last Wednesday with our early Super Bowl bets including some related props.