CHIEF-3, four guys from the Detroit area, won Circa Sports Million's first-place prize of $1 million in the Lions' 20-16 upset of the Packers on Sunday Night Football.
Dave Tuley's daily column recaps the prior day's betting results and tries to use lessons learned to make bets moving forward, including early NFL Week 9 plays in today's edition.
After going 4-1 last week, the Top 5 Consensus went 1-4 in Week 5. The Lions -2.5 was chosen by a SuperContest record 1,053 entrants but went down in flames in a 27-24 loss to the Panthers. The No. 2 choice, Bengals -3, won but the No. 3 Texans, No. 4 Rams and No. 5 Bills failed to cover.
The Broncos -2.5 vs. the Raiders, Chargers -1.5 vs. the Eagles, and Giants plus-3 at the Buccaneers were the top three picks from the record 2,748 entrants in the Westgate SuperContest, where players put up $1,500 apiece. The $5,000 SuperContest Gold, which drew 94 entries in its first year, had the same top three but in slightly different order with the Chargers as the top pick, followed by the Broncos and Giants.
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