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Las Vegas sportsbooks win big in wild NFL Week 1

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Las Vegas sportsbooks win big in wild NFL Week 1

Las Vegas sportsbooks win big in wild NFL Week 1. The Steelers beat the Bengals in overtime, the Bears beat 49ers, Giants beat Titans, and the Texans tied the Colts. Sportsbooks won big, with BetMGM winning more than $1 million in Nevada alone. The NFL kicked off the season in earnest Sunday with a tie, four outright upsets, five games decided in the final minute and countless missed kicks. Underdogs went 7-7 ATS and unders were 9-5. Chicago erased a 10-0 deficit in a 19-10 win over San Francisco, New York rallied from a 13-3 halftime hole in 21-20 victory at Tennessee.

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