Who will draft Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders? As of Tuesday night, the Steelers at No. 21 are the +200 favorites at DraftKings Sportsbook.
Where will Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty go? The betting market says No. 5, currently held by Jacksonville (-125).
These questions and many more will be answered on Thursday night.
Actually, the most important question is: Where are you going to watch the draft? You have many choices, but may I suggest VSiN, where we add the element of sweating the bets to the festivities.
Our schedule for Draft Night:
4-7 p.m. ET / Follow The Money – Draft Preview Special with Mitch Moss and Pauly Howard
7-11 p.m. ET / VSiN Primetime — Draft Edition with Matt Youmans, Matt Brown and Tim Murray. FYI: The draft starts at 8 p.m. ET.
11 p.m.-2 a.m. ET Cashing Out – Draft Recap with Joe Ceraulo.
On VSiN.com, everything you need to know about betting Thursday’s draft is here.
Here are two new features:
>Mike Somich weighs in with his top plays on the draft.
>Gill Alexander, Luke Swain (AKA Vegas Refund & Action Network Contributor) and Drew Dinsick (Analyst for NBC Sports Edge & Deep Dive Podcast) offer their top bets for the draft.
>>Watch.
>>Listen.
If you were a VSiN Pro subscriber, you would have access to more than 100 draft bets from our hosts and their guests.
See offer at top of the email.
NBA Tonight
Contestants in the VSiN KillerSports NBA Playoff Challenge continued their hot hand with their top 2 consensus picks going 2-0. The Thunder covered -14.5 vs. the Grizzlies and the Lakers covering -5.5 vs. the Timberwolves.
Contest selections from 15 handicappers are posted one hour before the first game of the day. Pro bettor Steve Fezzik and BetUS analyst Alex Christenson are co-leaders with 7-1 records. >>Standings.
Tonight’s games:
Game 2: Magic (+10.5) at Celtics (1-0), 7 ET, TNT
Game 2: Heat (+12) at Cavaliers (1-0) 7:30 ET, NBA TV
Game 2: Warriors (+3) at Rockets (0-1), 9:30 ET, TNT
>Check here later this morning for Zach Cohen‘s Best Bets and Steve Makinen‘s Analytics Report.
>Estimated scores from Makinen.
Tonight in the NHL
VSiN hockey analyst Jonathan Davis will have his Best Bets for these games later this morning:
Game 2: Canadiens (+160) at Capitals (-192, 1-0), 7 ET, ESPN
Game 3: Stars (+145) at Avalanche (-175, 1-1), 9:30 ET, ESPN
Game 2: Oilers (+114) at Kings (-135, 1-0), 10 ET, TBS
>Estimated scores from Makinen.
Road Warriors in MLB? Not so much
Adam Burke uncovers a fascinating fact: MLB road teams are off to a historically bad start, winning under 40 percent of the time. Last season, road teams won at a 48 percent rate.
There are some teams off to abominable starts on the road. The Rockies and White Sox are a combined 2-21 away from home, so they are shouldering a big load in this department, but that was expected. However, the Braves were expected to be a very good team and they are 2-11 on the road. The Royals and Twins are a combined 6-20 with identical 3-10 road records.
Adam, Steve Makinen and Josh Appelbaum will file their contributions by mid-morning and you can find them on the MLB page.
Greg Peterson already has filed his top plays for today.
>Our daily matchup page with more detail by clicking on “Matchup Analysis.”
>Makinen’s daily power ratings
>DraftKings/Circa Betting Splits
Quick Hits
Golf: The PGA stops in New Orleans for the gimmicky doubles tournament, but Masters champion Rory McIlroy is back (partnering with Shane Lowry) — and so is Wes Reynolds to give his Best Bets. Wes also exchanges picks with Matt Brown and Kelley Bydlon on the latest episode of the Long Shots podcast.
Horse Racing: Keeneland picks from Ed Sehon and Jeremy Plonk.
Auto Racing: Steve Makinen takes a well-earned victory lap and offers some takeaways from his successful NASCAR race simulations so far this season.
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