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**Udog** · 08-23-2019, 08:33 AM

Armadillo: Friday's six-pack

Spreads, totals for college games next week:

— UCLA @ Cincinnati (-3, 60.5)

— Utah (-5, 48) @ BYU

— Utah State @ Wake Forest (-3.5, 63.5)

— Colorado State vs Colorado (-12.5, 58)

— Ole Miss @ Memphis (-6, 68)

— South Carolina (-7.5, 63) vs North Carolina

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Armadillo: Friday's List of 13: Random stuff with weekend here…….

13) MGM took two huge bets on the Astros Wednesday:
$55,000 on Houston -$550 to win $10,000
$63,520 on Houston -$575 to win $11,000

Another bookmaker reported from Las Vegas on this game:
“Under our Listed Pitchers market, we have $10 on the Tigers. Literally. And $60K on the Astros.”

12) If you wagered $100 on the Astros in each of Justin Verlander’s last three starts, you’d be out a total of $1,170. Not good.

Verlander has allowed 57 runs this season; 40 of them scored on home runs.

11) I’m anxious to see what the sportsbook at Rivers Casino in Schenectady will be like when college football has its first full Saturday on August 31st. Would expect pretty big crowds, and the sportsbook is not a big area, but they do have lot of betting kiosks, so that should help.

10) SLS Las Vegas will officially become Sahara Las Vegas on August 29; the SLS used to be the Sahara- the original Sahara Hotel & Casino opened in 1952 with 240 rooms. It grew to more than 1,700 rooms after several add-ons and a final renovation in 2000.

I stayed there once, in 2015; good eating places, the tightest video poker machines ever— asked a bartender if anyone ever won there (I couldn’t win a single hand for like an hour). No sports book to speak of, just a counter to bet games. Beer garden was pretty popular.

My room was so small it made me laugh; seriously. They had mirrors all over, to make the room look bigger, even on the ceiling— the last damn thing I want to see while I’m laying in bed is me.

Pretty good place for eating/shopping, but not my kind of place.

9) Raiders 22, Packers 21— This game was played in Winnipeg; NFL fields are shorter than CFL fields, and the turf in one end zone where the goalposts usually are for Blue Bomber games was a little screwed up, so the teams played on an 80-yard field and there were no kickoffs.

Next week’s Hard Knocks should be pretty interesting.

8) Red Sox 5, Royals 4 (10)— This was the completion of a suspended game from August 7; Brock Holt got the game-winning hit.

Royals lost in Baltimore Wednesday night, then flew to Boston for this, which lasted a total of 11 pitches, and then flew to Cleveland, where they’ll likely lose more games this weekend.

7) Baseball stuff:
— Colorado put P Kyle Freeland (leg) on the IL.
— Pirates released C Francisco Cervelli
— Mets DFA’d SS Ruben Tejada.

6) As of Thursday night, 60% of money wagered on Saturday’s Miami-Florida (-7.5) game was on the Gators, while 69% of the money on the Hawai’i-Arizona (-11) game is on the Rainbows.

5) Ravens 26, Eagles 15— Baltimore has now won 16 preseason games in a row (13-2 vs spread), but 40-year old Josh McCown came off the bench and completed 17-24 passes for 192 yards and two TD’s, so Philly has their backup QB.

Game was stopped with 11:54 left (weather) and never resumed, so sides/totals wagers are refunds, which is a bitter pill for Baltimore backers.

4) Major League Baseball is prohibiting major league and minor league ballplayers from participating in the Venezuelan winter league this year, because our country recently placed an embargo on Venezuela.

Jose Altuve, Felix Hernandez, Pablo Sandoval, Ronald Acuna, Gleyber Torres, Ender Inciarte and Avisail Garcia are all from Venezuela; strong baseball country.

3) Bob Cousy received the Presidential Medal of Freedom Thursday night; Cousy, 91, won six NBA titles in his 13 years playing with the Celtics. He was MVP of the NBA in 1957, and also was a decent actor— he was Western U’s athletic director in the excellent movie Blue Chips.

Cousy was the only son of poor French immigrants living in New York City during the Depression; he spoke French only for the first five years of his life. Cousy’s father served in the German army during World War I.

2) Baltimore Orioles gave up their 259th home run this season Thursday, breaking the all-time single-season record previously held by the 2016 Reds.

1) ACC Network made its debut Thursday; it is channel 612 on DirecTV, right next to the Big 14 (610) and SEC (611) channels but nowhere near the Pac-12 Network, since DirecTV doesn’t carry that station.

**Udog** · 08-23-2019, 08:34 AM

WNBA

Friday, August 23

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Trend Report
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Connecticut Sun
Connecticut is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games
Connecticut is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games
Connecticut is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Las Vegas
Connecticut is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing Las Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Connecticut's last 6 games when playing Las Vegas
Connecticut is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Las Vegas
Connecticut is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Las Vegas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Connecticut's last 5 games when playing at home against Las Vegas
Las Vegas Aces
Las Vegas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Las Vegas's last 5 games
Las Vegas is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games on the road
Las Vegas is 4-9-1 ATS in its last 14 games when playing Connecticut
Las Vegas is 2-12 SU in its last 14 games when playing Connecticut
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Las Vegas's last 6 games when playing Connecticut
Las Vegas is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Connecticut
Las Vegas is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Connecticut
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Las Vegas's last 5 games when playing on the road against Connecticut

New York Liberty
New York is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games
New York is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games
New York is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Atlanta
New York is 13-5 SU in its last 18 games when playing Atlanta
New York is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games when playing at home against Atlanta
New York is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of New York's last 17 games when playing at home against Atlanta
Atlanta Dream
Atlanta is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 6 games
Atlanta is 6-3 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Atlanta is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Atlanta is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games when playing New York
Atlanta is 5-13 SU in its last 18 games when playing New York
Atlanta is 3-7 ATS in its last 10 games when playing on the road against New York
Atlanta is 2-8 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against New York
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of Atlanta's last 17 games when playing on the road against New York

Chicago Sky
Chicago is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games
Chicago is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games
Chicago is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Chicago is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 6 games when playing Washington
Chicago is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington
Chicago is 16-6 SU in its last 22 games when playing at home against Washington
Chicago is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington
Washington Mystics
Washington is 4-0-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Washington's last 8 games
Washington is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games on the road
Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games on the road
Washington is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Chicago
Washington is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 6 games when playing Chicago
Washington is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Washington is 6-16 SU in its last 22 games when playing on the road against Chicago

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**Udog** · 08-23-2019, 10:30 AM

WNBA
Long Sheet

Friday, August 23

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ATLANTA (5 - 22) at NEW YORK (9 - 18) - 8/23/2019, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ATLANTA is 3-10 ATS (-8.0 Units) after a division game this season.
ATLANTA is 22-12 ATS (+8.8 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent over the last 2 seasons.
ATLANTA is 26-16 ATS (+8.4 Units) after allowing 75 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
ATLANTA is 10-2 ATS (+7.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record after 15+ games after 15+ games over the last 2 seasons.
ATLANTA is 21-10 ATS (+10.0 Units) versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game after 15+ games over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 1-7 ATS (-6.7 Units) in August or September games this season.
NEW YORK is 7-17 ATS (-11.7 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
NEW YORK is 4-11 ATS (-8.1 Units) after scoring 75 points or more this season.
NEW YORK is 3-12 ATS (-10.2 Units) in home games versus poor defensive teams - allowing 77+ points/game over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
NEW YORK is 4-3 against the spread versus ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons
NEW YORK is 4-3 straight up against ATLANTA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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LAS VEGAS (19 - 8) at CONNECTICUT (19 - 8) - 8/23/2019, 7:30 PM
Top Trends for this game.
LAS VEGAS is 6-13 ATS (-8.3 Units) after scoring 75 points or more this season.
CONNECTICUT is 29-13 ATS (+14.7 Units) as a home favorite of 3 points or less since 1997.
CONNECTICUT is 147-112 ATS (+23.8 Units) revenging a loss versus opponent since 1997.
LAS VEGAS is 89-64 ATS (+18.6 Units) in a road game where where the total is greater than or equal to 150 since 1997.
LAS VEGAS is 68-43 ATS (+20.7 Units) in road games against Eastern conference opponents since 1997.
LAS VEGAS is 68-43 ATS (+20.7 Units) in road games in non-conference games since 1997.
CONNECTICUT is 5-15 ATS (-11.5 Units) on Friday over the last 3 seasons.
CONNECTICUT is 24-41 ATS (-21.1 Units) in home games after 3 or more consecutive wins since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
CONNECTICUT is 5-3 against the spread versus LAS VEGAS over the last 3 seasons
CONNECTICUT is 6-2 straight up against LAS VEGAS over the last 3 seasons
6 of 8 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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WASHINGTON (19 - 7) at CHICAGO (16 - 11) - 8/23/2019, 8:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
WASHINGTON is 196-246 ATS (-74.6 Units) after a division game since 1997.
CHICAGO is 17-9 ATS (+7.1 Units) in all games this season.
CHICAGO is 9-2 ATS (+6.8 Units) after a division game this season.
CHICAGO is 3-13 ATS (-11.3 Units) when playing with 2 days rest over the last 3 seasons.
CHICAGO is 63-92 ATS (-38.2 Units) in home games after allowing 75 points or more since 1997.
CHICAGO is 43-65 ATS (-28.5 Units) in home games versus good offensive teams - scoring 77+ points/game since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
WASHINGTON is 8-0 against the spread versus CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
WASHINGTON is 8-0 straight up against CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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**Udog** · 08-23-2019, 11:13 AM

WNBA
Dunkel

Friday, August 23

Atlanta @ New York

Game 601-602
August 23, 2019 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Atlanta
106.906
New York
105.387
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Atlanta
by 1 1/2
159
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
New York
by 3
155
Dunkel Pick:
Atlanta
(+3); Over

Las Vegas @ Connecticut

Game 603-604
August 23, 2019 @ 7:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Las Vegas
109.773
Connecticut
114.963
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Connecticut
by 5
154
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Connecticut
Pick
161 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Connecticut
Under

Washington @ Chicago

Game 605-606
August 23, 2019 @ 8:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Washington
124.385
Chicago
109.187
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Washington
by 15
169
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Washington
by 5
173 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Washington
(-5); Under

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