{"id":347033,"date":"2025-12-15T16:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/347033\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:14:08","slug":"sports-betting-roundup-nfl-favorites-deliver-for-bettors-in-week-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/347033\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports betting roundup: NFL favorites deliver for bettors in Week 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

Army-Navy was the only matchup for college football over the weekend, but the NFL<\/a> had plenty of excitement in Week 15, with the playoff picture coming into clearer focus.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at how things played out from a sports betting<\/a> perspective:<\/p>\n

Trends of the Week<\/p>\n

NFL favorites went 9-5 Sunday at the BetMGM<\/a> online sportsbook, including four of five double-digit favorites covering the spread. Three of the five most-bet sides in terms of tickets covered, including Bills -1.5 vs. Patriots<\/a>, Chargers<\/a> +6 at Chiefs<\/a> and Broncos<\/a> +1 vs. Packers<\/a>. When it came to money, the three most-bet sides covered, including Texans<\/a> -10 vs. Cardinals<\/a>, Bills -1.5 vs. Patriots and Eagles -12.5 vs. Raiders.<\/p>\n

Denver won its 11th consecutive game, defeating the Packers 34-26 at home. The Broncos (+100) were the most-bet underdog to win on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Navy beat Army 17-16 on Saturday. The over\/under was set at 38.5, meaning Unders are now 48-13-2 in service academy games since 2005.<\/p>\n

Upsets of the Week<\/p>\n

The biggest upset in the NFL on Sunday was the Chargers beating the Chiefs as six-point underdogs, 16-13. The loss eliminated Kansas City from playoff contention. The Chargers took in 62% of the bets and 43% of the money.<\/p>\n

Another upset came on Sunday Night Football, with the Vikings<\/a> beating the Cowboys<\/a> 34-26 on the road as five-point underdogs. Dallas took in 75% of the bets and 80% of the money.<\/p>\n

In the NBA Cup semifinals, the Spurs upset the Thunder 111-109 in Las Vegas on Saturday night. San Antonio closed as 11.5-point underdogs and were +400 on the moneyline. In against-the-spread betting, the Thunder took in 72% of the bets and 67% of the money.<\/p>\n

Coming Up<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at the Super Bowl<\/a> odds as of Dec. 15:<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

This column was provided to The Associated Press by BetMGM online sportsbook.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP sports: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Army-Navy was the only matchup for college football over the weekend, but the NFL had plenty of excitement…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-347033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}