NFL Week 4 betting: Raiders torment public again, help sports betting sites | Todd Dewey

The betting community still doesn’t understand the Raiders, who set gamblers’ money on fire for the fourth consecutive Sunday to start the season.

Sports betting sites should hang silver and black pennants after Raiders improve to 4-0 in games 20-16 victory over the Browns as a 2½-point underdog at Allegiant Stadium.

“The Raiders have been our friends for four weeks. Regardless of who we needed in the Raiders game, it worked out well for us,” said Red Rock Resort sports betting director Chuck Esposito. “We clearly needed the Chargers in Week 1 and we got them. We clearly needed the Raiders in Week 2 against the Ravens and we got them.

“We needed the Panthers in Week 3 against the Raiders and we got them. We needed the Raiders again in Week 4 against the Browns in the absence of Davante Adams and Maxx Crosby and we got them.”

favorite turned upside down In the game played on Friday, the score went from Raiders -2 to Browns -2 after coach Antonio Pierce said Adams and Crosby would not play.

“The Browns didn’t have a huge rush of money when the news broke that Crosby and Adams were out, but it was enough to get the Raiders to where we really needed them in the game,” said Westgate SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay. “The Raiders have been really good to the books since Day 1. The Raiders are 4 for 4 against the books.”

Broncos crack down on bettors

The underdogs prevailed again, going 8-4-1 against the spread with six wins.

The Broncos beat the Jets 10-9 after trailing by 8 points in another big win in the books.

“This game was a toss-up,” said Craig Mucklow, vice president of merchandising for Caesars Sportsbook.

New York was the second most popular pick in the $1,000-entry Circa Survivor, knocking out 110 $1.1 million entries. The record number of 14,266 received has decreased to 481 and the race continues for the $ 14.2 million prize.

Here are other clear upsets: Commanders (+3½) beat Cardinals 42-14; Colts (+2½) beat Steelers 27-24; Vikings (+2½) beat Packers 31-29; and the Buccaneers (+1) beat the Eagles 33-16.

Bengals’ big win

In its first win, Cincinnati beat Carolina 34-24 and was a 4½-point favorite in the best game of the day for bettors.

“While the book had small wins on most games, the biggest winner for customers was the Bengals cover and replay,” Mucklow said. “The afternoon games went in favor of the patrons except for a win by the Raiders which saved the afternoon book.”

Bettors also cashed in on the 49ers, who were 10½-point favorites over the Patriots in a 30-13 victory.

“We won more games than we lost, but we lost a couple of key decisions that kept us close throughout the day, namely the Bengals and the 49ers,” Kornegay said.

quest of the vikings

Despite nearly squandering a 28-0 lead, Minnesota pulled off another big win for bettors and became the NFL’s only team to win and finish its first four games.

“When you look at this division, you think Green Bay and Detroit are superior to everyone else. I think you can put Minnesota in that division right now,” Esposito said. “The impressive part of what the Vikings have done so far is that they’ve beaten teams that want to be Super Bowl teams in the 49ers, Texans and Packers. Based on that, they are absolutely true.”

Washington is 3-1 ahead of the NFC East, another surprise behind rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels, who leads the NFL in completion percentage (82.1) after completing 47 of 53 passes in back-to-back wins against the Bengals and Cardinals. staff.

“We thought it would be a two-team race in the NFC East between the Eagles and Cowboys, but right now it looks like a three-team race,” Esposito said. “The way Jayden Daniels plays is really impressive. He looks balanced in the pocket.”

No safety dance

A Caesars bettor lost $105,000 after the Texans failed to become 6-point favorites over the Jaguars in a 24-20 victory. But oddsmakers on Houston, which closed at -5½, came close to a miraculous cover after scoring a go-ahead goal with 18 seconds left.

On the final play of the game, the Jaguars desperately tried to make several lateral carries from the 10-yard line. Travis Etienne intercepted the final lateral at the 1 and tackled it in the end zone with no more time remaining.

A safety would give Texas bettors a cover and take the game total over 44½. However, officials ruled that Etienne’s progress was halted at 1 p.m.

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