Massachusetts's Legal Retail and Online Sports Betting

 The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has plans to rollout legal retail sportsbooks in late January and online sportsbook in early March. Sports betting will be legal in the state to capture all the action from bookies in the retail section for the NFL's Super Bowl. All legal online sports betting is tide to March Madness for college basketball.

Doc's Sport Service has the complete article highlighting the MGC's plans for the launch. The post is The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has Plans for Retail and Online Sportsbooks

Thursday Night Football Week 9- Philadelphia Eagles vs. Houston Texans

 Week 9 of the NFL kicks off Thursday night with the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles visiting the Houston Texans as 13-points road favorites. The total line for this game is 44 points. 

Philadelphia is 7-0 SU on the year and 5-2 ATS. The Texans are just 1-5-1 SU but 3-3-1 against the spread. Houston is 2-1-1 ATS on the road and 1-2 ATS at home this season and the total has stayed UNDER in four of the last seven games. 

The Eagles are double-digit favorites on the road in light of the way they performed this season both on offense and defense. The Philadelphia offense has scored 196 points which is third in the NFC while only playing seven games. The Eagles' defense has 23 sacks and 10 interceptions in the same timeframe. 

The Texans are double-digit home underdogs which points to their performance in a bad way. Davis Mills is quarterback for Houston and he only has eight touchdown throws against six interceptions. The offensive rushing attack only equals 647 yards in seven games. The defense of Houston is not that bad but it has been on the field for a long time heading into a short week.

In light in of recent betting stats, Philadelphia is 5-1 ATS in its last six road games going back to the previous season. The Eagles are 10-1 SU in its last 11 games against the AFC South. The total has gone OVER in six of the Eagles' last seven games against the AFC.

Houston is 1-9-1 SU in its last 11 games at home and 0-7 SU againsts the NFC in seven games. The total has gone OVER in four of the last five games against the NFC East. The Texans are 3-10 ATS in the last 13 games played on a Thursday. 

The Eagles should cover the 13 points on the road and the total will go OVER the 44-point line. Philadelphia lights it up on offense to spark the game going over 50 points combined.

This Saturday's Winner at the Twilight Derby in Santa Anita Park

 

Saturday, October 29

Twilight Derby – Santa Anita Park

Win: War At Sea

This Kentucky-bred three-year colt is trained by Ronald Ellis and he has raced for Doubledown Stables. War At Sea recently placed third in the Grade 3 Del Mar Derby on Sept. 3. He won three races at Santa Anita before that event, including the Cinema Stakes on June 4.

Sired by War Front, he has been in the money in every race this year, starting from a six-furlong sprint at Santa Anita in the beginning of January. War At Sea has spent his entire career racing at Santa Anita and Del Mar.

Place: Go Joe Won

Trained by Paula Capestro, this three-year gelding was also bred in Kentucky racing for Hurst Racing Stable. Go Joe Won finished first in the ungraded Shared Belief Stakes in Del Mar on Sept. 3. He completed the one mile run on turf in 1:37.69 over High Connection and Newgrange.

As a son of Protonico, he raced in Santa Anita and Del Mar the entire time he was competitive. Go Joe Won finished first, second or third in the final four races of his young career. All four events were one mile and longer on turf. 

Show: Balnikhov

Despite finish fourth in the Del Mar Derby this past September, Balnikhov is the top of this list for HRN’s ratings with 5.67 in the Twilight Derby. The three-year old gelding was bred in Ireland and competitive at West Coast tracks such as Santa Anita and Del Mar. He won at Del Mar in the Oceanside Stakes on July 22, covered one mile on turf.

Balnikhov is the son of Adaay and he has finish in the money in three of the last five races he ran. All one mile or longer, he has covered the distances with a firm surface on turf.

Featured horse racing post at ScoresandStats.com

 

The NFL "Best Bets" of Week 8

 The NFL Week 8 "Best Bets"

New England Patriots vs. New York Jets

The Patriots lost to Chicago 33-14 this past Monday night to spoil a two-game winning streak SU and a three-game cover against the spread. New England is 3-4 SU and 3-3-1 ATS overall in the year. New York has won four games in a row both SU and ATS. The total has stayed UNDER in the Jets' last two games while giving up a combined 19 points.

New England is 4-1 ATS against the Jets in the last five regular season games but this is not the same old New York team. The new Jets are on top their game both on offense and defense and the best bet prediction this they will win straight up as 2.5-point home underdogs.

San Francisco 49ers vs. Los Angeles Rams

San Francisco lost to Atlanta 28-14 on the road and Kansas City 44-23 at home to fall to 3-4 both SU and ATS on the year. The LA Rams are just 3-3 SU and 2-4 ATS coming off of their bye week but they are underdogs at home. 

All the betting trends are against the Rams in this matchup but one - Los Angeles is 4-1 SU in the last five games of the Week 8 season. The best bet in this NFC West battle is the Rams covers the spread as 1.5-point home underdogs.

Green Bay Packers vs. Buffalo Bills

The Packers have lost three games SU and they have not covered against the spread in the last four outings. Buffalo has won three straight while going 5-1 SU (4-1-1 ATS) in the last six games. There is a separation between these inter-conference ballclubs that is easy to define.

Green Bay +11 on the road is too unimageable to describe but it this the point spread line with a number of top US sportsbooks. The best bet in this matchup could be the UNDER in 47.5 points. The Packers have scored a combined 42 points in three road games this season and Buffalo's defense has allowed a combined 43 points in its last three games.

Fanatics Plans to Launch US Sports Betting in January of 2023

 Fanatics has been toying with the idea of entering US sports betting since New York legislators first had the idea of online sportsbooks in the state. The sports apparel company did not get selected to open up a online book in New York but it never let the goal of legal sport betting for the country.

Earlier in October, Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin announced that the company will be rolling out US sports betting in January of 2023. In September in that year, Fanatics Sportsbook will be legal in 15 to 20 states across the US.

Doc's Sports Service has broken the story in Fanatics Plans to Launch its US Sports Betting Division in January, 2023. 

Thursday Night Football Week 8 - Baltimore Ravens vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

 This week, the Thursday Night Football crew of Amazon Prime will be in Tampa Bay for the matchup between the Ravens and the Buccaneers. Baltimore comes down to Florida as a 1.5 road favorite and the OVER/UNDER line is 45 points.

The money line odds are Baltimore as a -125 road favorite and Tampa Bay as a +105 home underdog. The Ravens have gone 3-2 SU but they are 1-3-1 ATS in their last five games. The Buccaneers have lost four of last five games SU and their have not covered in all five attempts.  

The best bet in this NFL inter-division game could be the UNDER on the total. The total has stayed UNDER in the last four Baltimore games and it has stayed UNDER in six of Tampa Bay's seven games in the regular season.

The Ravens have averages 20.5 points a game over the last four contests. The Buccaneers came up short in back-to-back losses with 18 points against Pittsburgh and three points against Carolina on the road. Tampa Bay has averages 17.1 points-per-game all season long.

Baltimore's Lamar Jackson has 197 passing attempts and he has 121 completions for 1,397 passing yards and just 13 touchdown scores. He is better off running the ball with 66 carries for 510 rushing yards in his seven games.

Tom Brady has a long history of passing the ball in New England and more recently Tampa Bay. The future Hall of Fame quarterback is not living up to his GOAT-like status this season. He is completing 198 passes in seven games for 1,942 yards and eight touchdown receptions. At the prime of his career, Brady could shake this off. But at the age of 45, he does not have a pray with the Tampa Bay players on offense.

Go low on the total point line on Week 8 of Thursday Night Football as scoring points will be a task for both teams.

Doc's Sports Service's Odds on Future NFL Play Props

 All the top US sportsbooks have put futures odds on the major NFL player props. From MVP to Offense Rookie of the Year, Doc's has boiled it down in light of BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings and FanDuel sportsbooks' odds to win these awards.

Right now, Buffalo Bills' quarterback Josh Allen has the necessary odds to win Most Valuable Player in the league but quarterback Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles could be a legitimate contender for the long run. The Dallas Cowboys defensive end Micah Parsons has odds-on favorite odds to win  Defensive Player of the Year at -111 with BetMGM and he has even money odds of +100 to win that award in Caesars, DraftKings and FanDuel sportsbooks.

BetMGM, Caesars, DraftKings and FanDuel have the odds to win the NFL's MVP, Offense and Defensive Player of the Year and Offensive Rookie of the Year rolls up in Doc's Sports Service's special report.

Sportsbook Reviews looks at the top NFL contenders to win these awards and the top US sportsbooks' futures players' odds pull that off.

The Top US Sportsbooks Weigh-In on the 2022 NFL Players Props