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Sports BettingBasketballcollege basketballNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday's Elite 8
The overall implication after the first game was clear — Michigan thought it would see Duke again in the NCAA Tournament. ...
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Sports BettingGambling GamingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday's games
For only the second time in modern tournament history, and first time in 34 years, all 16 favorites won their games outright on Friday. ...
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Sports BettingGamingGamblingNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's games
The Blue Devils trailed the Saints 43-32 at halftime but were a 17.5-point favorite for the final 20 minutes. Duke ended up outscoring Siena by ...
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SportsSports BettingNCAANCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the East Region
Duke has been upset out of March Madness in each of Jon Scheyer's first three years at the head of the program. ...
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Sports Bettingcollege basketballTalking Points BlogNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the West Region
Despite an underwhelming shared history, the West sets up as a gauntlet this season and arguably the toughest bracket by the betting market. ...
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SportsSports BettingBasketballNCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Midwest Region
One local shop, Boomer’s Sportsbooks, has moved Michigan to slight favorite status at +320 (i.e. risking $100 to win $320) to win the NCAA Tournament. ...
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SportsSports BettingGamblingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Indiana vs. Miami
If these two teams had played in this same location to start the season, the line would have been flipped. ...
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SportsFootballNFLVegas pick'em: NFL divisional round winners against the spread
Seattle was the big winner of the wild-card round despite not playing as it went from as high as +350 a week ago to now ...
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NewsAggregateHome AggregateVegas pick'em: NFL wild-card weekend winners against the spread
Here are six future bets to target at the start of the NFL playoffs, and full point-spread handicaps of the wild-card weekend slate. ...
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SportsSports BettingFootballVegas pick'em: NFL Week 18 winners against the spread
San Francisco’s recent run, which includes six consecutive straight-up wins as well as victories in seven of its last eight, has elevated it to play ...
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SportsSports Bettingcollege footballCollege football by the odds: Bowl Pick'em against the spread Part 4
A team with a bye in the first round has never won a game in the current iteration of the College Football Playoff. ...
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SportsSports Bettingcollege footballCollege football by the odds: Bowl pick'em Part 3
There have been some strong starts in the 16-year history of this bowl pick’em column, but none quite like the 8-0 tear that kicked off ...
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NFLFootballGamblingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 17 winners against the spread
The Steelers need only one win or one loss from the Baltimore Ravens in the final two weeks to earn the home-playoff game that comes ...
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SportsSports BettingAllVegas pick'em: NFL Week 16 winners against the spread
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have won the NFC South in four consecutive seasons and looked like a shoo-in to make it a half-decade straight as ...
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AllTalking Points BlogGamblingCollege football by the odds: Bowl pick'em Part 1
The College Football Playoff debate is getting tiresome and games are luckily arriving just in time to rescue football fans from the discourse. ...
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Talking Points BlogFootballNFLVegas pick'em: NFL Week 15 winners against the spread
The race for the AFC’s No. 1 overall seed that no one saw coming ramps up in intensity this week. The runaway co-favorite Denver Broncos ...
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Footballcollege footballAllCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of conference championships
There’s far more on the line in this year’s championship week than last year’s — especially in the Big Ten. ...
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Sports BettingGamingGamblingVegas pick'em: NFL Week 13 winners against the spread
The first meeting between the two AFC South teams stands out as the highlight of the Week 13’s Sunday slate with Indianapolis laying 4.5 points ...
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AllGamingGamblingCollege football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of every Week 14 game
The Maize and Blue have owned what many call the best rivalry in college football lately, and the betting odds provide a picture of the ...
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FireswildfiresNewsNevada’s wildfire season looks poised to arrive earlier and hit harder
The restructuring of federal agencies and job cuts could also impact a potentially dangerous wildfire season.
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MusicDon't miss these free summer concerts in Las Vegas
Free concerts, most of them outdoors, are vital this year because hey can fill in the parts of your summer lost to shrinkflation.
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MusicYour guide to the hottest summer concerts in Las Vegas
From Rosalía this month at T-Mobile Arena, to Olivia Dean in July at MGM Grand Garden Arena, to AC/DC in August at Allegiant Stadium, this ...
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A&E'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' makes its Sphere Las Vegas debut in 2027
Sphere has us shivering with antici...pation!
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MusicInterpol’s Daniel Kessler on a new album and nearly three decades of the band’s evolution
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NightlifeDayDream vs. Rouge La Plage: Which Las Vegas pool day is right for you?
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A&EMagic spectacle 'Now You See Me Live' coming to MGM Grand
The show based on the hit films will open at the MGM Grand Theater on October 15.
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A&EWhat to do in Las Vegas this week: June 18-24
Jordan Davis at Sunset Amphitheater, Juneteenth Festival at Water Street Plaza, Mega Block Party at Area15, Father’s Day with LVA Jazz at Vic’s and more.
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NewsBorder Mexican Grill & Cantina has only five locations left — including in Las Vegas
On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina has closed its doors at all but five locations just over a year after filing for bankruptcy.
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DiningThe Golden Tiki remixes its menu of snacks and cocktails
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NV PoliticsPoliticsNewsCortez Masto and 50 members of Congress challenge new DACA immigration court ruling
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A&EIce skating is one of Las Vegas' best-kept summer secrets
The ice is a different world entirely. Every brain cell is occupied: march, glide, bend your knees, arms out, don’t look down.
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DiningWynn chef Sarah Thompson wins James Beard Award
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AggregateAllNewsSierra Club condemns Lombardo’s federal land map as a blueprint for taxpayer subsidized sprawl
The group argued that Nevada’s housing challenges wouldn’t be addressed by selling off public lands, pointing to the state’s status as the driest in the ...
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DiningSushi chef Jae Doan sets the bar high for Doanburi—and follows through
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FoodCasa Playa executive chef Sarah Thompson wins James Beard Award for Best Chef Southwest
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AggregateAllNewsRaiders are stoked with Stukes
The Raiders’ war room, packed with team executives and coaches, celebrated enthusiastically on back-to-back nights to start the NFL draft two months ago.
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SportshockeyNHLGolden Knights had no answers once Hurricanes adjusted in Stanley Cup
All three of the Golden Knights’ trips to the Stanley Cup Final in their nine years since coming into the league have now concluded at ...
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AggregateAllNewsRegents set to vote on new Boring Company tunnel station at UNLV
Months after shelving the idea over parking concerns, UNLV is back on track to host a Vegas Loop station, with the Board of Regents set ...
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SportsDesert Oasis graduate gives US women’s flag football team youthful infusion ahead of world championships
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