BEST BETS: The Denver Gazette’s best picks for today (Saturday, May 27)
Every day the Denver Gazette sports staff will publish its best bets:
1. Celtics at Heat (+2.5, -110): This is the Heat’s best chance to end this series. They don’t want a Game 7.
2. Heat over 104.5 points (-110): Miami was not great on offense in Game 5. They will have a better showing at home in Game 6.
3. Stars (ML, +120) at Golden Knights: Dallas makes Vegas a little nervous with a Game 5 win.
-Odds from SuperBook Colorado
(Chris Schmaedeke’s Best Bets record ATS: 141-127)
New charitable gaming board meets following Gazette series
David Migoya
david-migoya@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 weeks ago
The latest iteration of Colorado’s long-defunct advisory board for charitable gaming met Friday for the first time since legislators revived it more than 18 months ago. The Charitable Gaming Board did little more than elect its chairman, Maytham Alshadood, the...
David Migoya
Reporter
Friday Faceoff: Has legalized gambling ruined sports as we knew it?
Kyle Fredrickson
kyle-fredrickson@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 weeks ago
Friday Faceoff: In the wake of the latest sports gambling scandal, and an FBI investigation featuring Denver’s own Chauncey Billups involving an illegal poker operation, has legalized betting ruined sports as we knew it? Kyle Fredrickson, Broncos beat reporter Answer:...
Kyle Fredrickson
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Former Denver Nuggets guard and current Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups arrested in federal gambling probe
Alanna Durkin Richer
alanna.durkin.richer@associatedpress.com
Updated 4 weeks ago
Former Denver Nuggets guard and current Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in connection with a federal investigation into sports betting, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press...
Alanna Durkin Richer
Reporter
Felons engaged in Colorado’s charitable gaming industry
David Migoya
david-migoya@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 month ago
Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series examining Colorado’s $110 million charitable gaming industry. Howard Geller told police that Big Dog wanted Geller to get some people and head to Akron, Colo., so he hopped into his...
David Migoya
Reporter
Colorado bingo night: It’s all about the prizes, not so much the charity
David Migoya
david-migoya@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 month ago
It’s a Thursday night at Bingo Oasis in Northglenn. Located on the outer edge of a nondescript strip mall just west of I-25, it has a simple façade sign advertising what goes on behind the mirrored and postered windows: BINGO. ...
David Migoya
Reporter
Colorado’s $110M bingo industry is littered with loopholes — and hardly anyone is watching
David Migoya
david-migoya@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 weeks ago
Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series examing Colorado’s $110 million charitable gaming industry. Colorado’s charitable gaming industry – hundreds of bingo nights and raffle drawings across the state – is a $110-million-a-year enterprise that for decades...
David Migoya
Reporter
The Denver Gazette’s best bets for Super Bowl LVIII
Chris Schmaedeke
chris.schmaedeke@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 months ago
Here are our best bets for Super Bowl LVIII: Point spread: Chiefs +2.5 Over/under: Under 47.5 points Super Bowl MVP: Christian McCaffrey (+450) Anytime TD scorer: Travis Kelce (+100) Passing prop: Patrick Mahomes under 262.5 yards (-110) Rushing prop: Deebo Samuel...
Chris Schmaedeke
Reporter
Nuggets vs. Heat: Best bets for NBA Finals Game 4
Chris Schmaedeke
chris.schmaedeke@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 months ago
Some of the best bets for Game 4 of the NBA Finals. 1. Nuggets (-3.5, -108) at Heat: Denver is on a mission after the tough Game 2. The Nuggets get both games in Miami. 2. Michael Porter Jr. over 1.5...
Chris Schmaedeke
Reporter
Nuggets vs. Heat: Best bets for NBA Finals Game 3
Chris Schmaedeke
chris.schmaedeke@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 months ago
Some of the best bets for Game 3 of the NBA Finals. 1. Nuggets (-2.5, -108) at Heat: Denver was not favored on the road in L.A. or Phoenix but is here. Nuggets get it done in Game 3. 2. Nikola...
Chris Schmaedeke
Reporter
Nuggets vs Heat: Best bets for the NBA Finals Game 2
Chris Schmaedeke
chris.schmaedeke@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 months ago
Some of the best bets for Game 2 of the NBA Finals. 1. Heat at Nuggets (-8.5, -110): The Nuggets have a size advantage against the Heat and continue to use it in Game 2. 2. Heat at Nuggets over 214.5...
Chris Schmaedeke
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