NFL betting market shaping up in Las Vegas

From Sporting News

The LVH SuperBook released its NFL season win totals and games of the year point spreads on Sunday.

The SuperBook, the first Nevada shop to post lines on NFL Week 1 games, followed with numbers on 80 more games on Sunday.

Heading into the final full week of May, the LVH joins Cantor Gaming as the only Las Vegas sports books to have NFL point spreads open for betting and there are some big differences in opinion between the two shops on a few teams, most notably the New England Patriots.

— The SuperBook opened the Patriots as 12.5-point home favorites over the New York Jets in Week 2. Cantor Gaming opened the Patriots at -8.5 vs. the Jets in Week 2.

— In Week 6, the SuperBook opened the Patriots as 7-point home favorites versus the New Orleans Saints, while Cantor had the Patriots as just 4-point favorites (-115) over the Saints.

— In Week 9, the SuperBook opened the Patriots as 9.5-point home favorites against the Pittsburgh Steelers, while Cantor opened the Pats at -4 vs. the Steelers.

— In Week 11, the SuperBook opened the Patriots as 6-point road favorites at Carolina, while Cantor has the Patriots laying just a field goal vs. the Panthers.

The NFL regular season kicks off Thursday, Sept. 5.

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