Thursday’s Lead: How Sharps Are Betting Ravens-Bengals

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Thursday Night Betting Guide

The Action Network staff is back with all of the tidbits, factoids, and nuggets you need for betting this evening's game between the Bengals and Ravens. Spoiler: nobody believes the Ravens will score 47 points again this week…

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Fresh Pair of Ray-Bons
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Wake and Rake

Money doesn't grow on trees, but that doesn't stop PJ Walsh from raking cash. Tonight, he's targeting the Boston College-Wake Forest game that officials moved up because of Hurricane Florence. Let's just say that sharp bettors don't care about the time change

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This past Saturday, many of college football's biggest and most popular favorites failed to cover. One might say they screwed the pooch, unless you're a sportsbook, in which case your pooch remained very much un-screwed. Adam Staple reports on why last Saturday was an all-time great day for the books


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The $100k No-Show:Gilbert Arenas is once again making headlines in the gambling world. This time around, his would-be opponent in a 3-point shootout for $100,000, Swaggy P, decided not to show up. Turned out to be a wise call

Horses & Committees: Ian Hartitz breaks down snap counts and targets from Week 1 to figure out which NFL backfields are comprised of workhorses or committees

Divisional Values: There's not much to like about the Steelers' season so far. They just tied the Browns, Le'Veon Bell is tweeting when he should be playing, and Big Ben may already be injured. All that said, John Ewing is a man who doesn't dwell on the short-term, and believes it's a great time to buy low

Tales From Vegas: Sunday wasn't as lucrative as Saturday for Vegas sportsbooks, although they were saved by Ryan Fitzpatrick. Meanwhile Duffel Bag Boy's duffel bag just got much, much heavier

The Favorites: Chad Millman and Scooch pick apart the Week 2 lines in the latest episode of The Favorites Podcast


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