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Derek Carr, Raiders favored to top Houston Texans in Mexico City

Betting support for the Raiders, 7-2 and atop the AFC West, is no surprise. Oakland has emerged as one of the NFLs most popular teams this season.

Pittsburgh covered in Cleveland, and three other popular favorites Dallas, New England and Seattle led a winning Sunday for bettors as favorites finished 9-3 against the spread.

Las Vegas handicapper Mike Scalleat (JimFeist.com) analyzes the 13 games remaining in NFL Week 11.

Ten handicappers post their best bets for Week 11 of the NFL season.

Jimmie Johnson comes into Sundays season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway as the favorite to win his record-tying seventh Sprint Cup championship, and he showed during Saturdays final practices that hes worthy of the status.

Micah Roberts, a former Las Vegas sports book director who has been setting NASCAR odds since 1994, analyzes the field for Sundays Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida.

Ten handicappers post their college football best bets for Saturday.

With their disappointing season essentially on the line, the slumping Green Bay Packers are the play as 3-point underdogs at Washington.

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops has owned West Virginia. But a recipe is in place for a mild upset, so take 3 points with the Mountaineers on Saturday.

A Las Vegas sports book will take the first-ever wagers on an e-sports competition this weekend thanks to a quick administrative approval by the chairman of the state Gaming Control Board.

UNLV is on the road against Boise State tonight. The Rebels are 29-point underdogs.

Daily fantasy sports rivals DraftKings and FanDuel have agreed to merge after months of speculation and increasing regulatory scrutiny.

The Cougars, who closed as 17-point underdogs, knocked the Cardinals out of College Football Playoff contention in a 36-10 blowout that got ugly early.

Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart and Golden Nugget sports book manager Aaron Kessler preview the college football and NFL weekend.

Phil Georgeff is in the Guinness Book of World Records for calling 96,131 horse races. The reason the number is so high is he called thoroughbred races in the daytime and harness races at night for many years.

The Wolverines, looking to protect their No. 3 spot in the College Football Playoff rankings, are 24-point home favorites over Indiana on Saturday.

The Dallas Cowboys continue to lead the league at 8-0-1 ATS. The Cleveland Browns (2-8) have been the worst bet.

New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees has covered all five times as an underdog this season. The Saints are 3-point dogs at Carolina on Thursday.

The chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission says Raiders games arent likely to come off the states betting boards if the NFL franchise moves from Oakland to Las Vegas even if the league asks for a wagering prohibition on the team.

In desperate need of a quality win, the Cincinnati Bengals (3-4-1) go to New York as 1-point favorites over the Giants, who have won and covered three in a row.

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