Finally, after a week of stability, there was a little live movement on the Super Bowl.
Circa Sports, for one, moved the line to Chiefs -1 from -1.5 at around 10:30 a.m. on Monday. I asked VSiN/Circa dual threat Mike Palm what drove the move:
Just as it did two years ago, the Eagles money is starting to show up in Week 2.
Caesars and the Westgate also were at -1 as of the end of the day while others – including DraftKings Sportsbook – remained at -1.5.
In the Super Bowl two years ago, the Eagles flipped to favorites (-2.5) by kickoff.
Mike, what say you?
I still don’t think that will happen.
New on VSiN.com: The best prop bets from VSiN’s hosts and writers are starting to pour in. You can find them here. More to come.
Today’s prop submission from a VSiN Daily reader comes from Harry Klein, a nurse practitioner from Boston:
First 1st down of the game: Marquise Brown +1100 on DK.
Since coming back from injury, it looks like the Chiefs try to get him going during their scripted game plan on their first drive.
Chiefs vs Texans: first third down of the game they tried throwing him a pass that was incomplete, but if caught would have had a chance to get the first down.
Chiefs vs Bills: on their first drive, he got the first 1st down on an 11 yard pass on first down.
Seems Andy Reid likes to work him in on the first drive of the game. Obviously, you have to have Philadelphia elect to defer if they win the coin toss since KC always defers.
But 11/1 ain’t bad!
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Sports Betting Blotter
From ESPN: A gambling ring currently under federal investigation for its role in two NBA betting cases also was involved in unusual wagering activity on at least three men’s college basketball programs this season, sources told ESPN on Monday. >>More from David Purdum. (Last season’s Temple team also gets a mention here.)
From The Athletic: Major League Baseball has fired umpire Pat Hoberg after he shared sports betting accounts with a professional poker player who bet on baseball. No evidence was found that Hoberg himself bet on games, though he did delete messages related to the investigation. >>Details here.
Today in College Hoops
Greg Peterson has posted his Best Bets for today’s menu.
Adam Burke will post his top plays later this morning.
Josh Appelbaum will file his Sharp Report on today’s games.
>Makinen’s power ratings with estimated scores
Listen now: Greg’s daily podcast handicapping every game on the menu every day.
Quick Hits
NBA: Zach Cohen‘s Best Bets will be posted later this morning.
>>From my previous life as a newspaper guy, I always liked stories that made me say to myself, “I don’t need to read any more stories on this topic.” I would say that about this ESPN piece on how the Lakers-Mavs trade came about. It explains why it happened and why it was such a surprise.
NHL: Look for Jonathan Davis‘ picks later today.
>>Since there was only one game Monday, JD must have used his free time coming up with this nugget: In games when the favorite is (-400 or higher), the underdog has scored a 1st period goal in 13 of the 17 games, so playing the dog at Over ½ goal in the first period is a profitable wager. >>More insights from Jonathan.
