They\u2019ve basically been our No. 2 all season in terms of bet count and liability,\u201d <\/strong>said Patrick Eichner, PointsBet’s director of communications, to Casino.org<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019ll be a big loss for us if they go ahead and capture the crown, just with how hyped they were going into the season. They\u2019ve been a popular pick all along.\u201d <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nAccording to the director of publicity Kevin Hennessy, FanDuel will win either way, but the Rays would be the \u201cmuch better\u201d result. The popularity of the New York Yankees is why FanDuel is in a good position.<\/p>\n
Strong Action<\/h2>\n
While the NFL dominates the sports landscape, Eichner said PointsBet has seen strong action on the World Series.<\/p>\n
The Dodgers are one of the few franchises that can dub themselves a national MLB team,\u201d <\/strong>Eichner said. \u201cWith the Dodgers involved, there\u2019s a lot of action. There\u2019s great interest. It is the World Series. It looks like we\u2019ll probably perform better than last year with Houston and the Nationals. Having the Dodgers involved is nice for us.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nAt midday Tuesday, Ed Salmons, the vice president of risk management and oddsmaking at SuperBook, called the series action \u201cdecent.\u201d However, as first pitch approached, he said the \u201caction has really picked up\u201d on Game 1 and the series as a whole.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have seen more money by a 2-1 [ratio] for the Rays,\u201d<\/strong> he noted.<\/p>\nIn Game 1, three-time Cy Young Award winner Kershaw will pitch for the Dodgers against Tampa Bay\u2019s Tyler Glasnow. Not unlike the rosters in total, Kershaw has an enormous edge based on name recognition, which is one reason why the Dodgers are consensus 1.5-run favorites.<\/p>\n
However, his playoff history has zoomed up and down like an elevator. In his last five postseason starts, he\u2019s had an earned-run average of 7-plus three times. On the other hand, he started this postseason by shutting out the Milwaukee Brewers for eight innings.<\/p>\n
Dodgers stars Cody Bellinger and Corey Seager are the favorites in FanDuel\u2019s World Series MVP market at +800.\u00a0 At PointsBet, Betts is +800 and Kershaw +900, with Glasnow the Rays’ best bet at +1,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The big-budget Los Angeles Dodgers are solid favorites over the small-budget Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":152582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[81828,81844,81845,81830,81829,81843,81747],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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