Major League Baseball:
Yankees (Sabathia 10-3) at Athletics (Cahill 8-2) +150 at 7:05 PM
In what looks to be a low scoring game (total is 7½), we will take our shot with a live home dog -- the A’s who send out their big right-hander Cahill against the Yankee’s left-handed ace Sabathia. The A’s have an excellent home record 24-17 while the Yanks are not the same team on the road as they are at home 28-13 and 23-18 on the road. We will side with the A’s and the big plus and also take the + 1½ run line -120.
A’S +150 and +1½ runs -120
Less than seven hours after completing the linking of Pai Gow progressive jackpots at gaming tables for all 10 Station Casinos, a Virginia man hit that progressive with a 7-card straight flush that included a joker. He won more than $200,000.
The New York Giants just completed a startling three-game run through the NFC playoff jungle with a 3-0 mark ATS. By contrast, the New England Patriots enjoyed a first-round bye and home playoff wins over underdogs Denver and Baltimore.
Wynn Las Vegas sports book director Johnny Avello tried to hang on with the Patriots -3 as long as he could, but finally had to give in on Thursday morning when the culmination of Giants money over the first 11 days of action became too much.
From the time we knew who would be playing in the Super Bowl, I’ve always had a lean on the Patriots to win. As great as the Giants have been on their march to the Super Bowl, I still can’t get their bad losses out of my head.
Being in Las Vegas, it’s easy to forget just how many people are betting the Super Bowl "illegally" around the nation. A survey released Tuesday found that at least 25 million Americans will bet money on this Sunday’s Patriots-Giants NFL title game.
