Week 1

Two in the book. Sunday is the card.

The season is already 1–1 on the desk. Seattle got the Super Bowl rematch in a slog; Darnold left, Lock and three Maye picks closed it, under cashed. Thursday in Australia the 49ers ran the Rams off the Melbourne Cricket Ground. We were on Los Angeles. That miss stays in the log.

Sunday is the real sheet. The ladder starts with Jacksonville, Detroit, and the Chargers — three mismatches, true-odds moneylines, not a 6-to-1 lounge card. Add Philadelphia, then Cincinnati, then Chicago if you want the extra rungs. Leave Buffalo/Houston, Green Bay/Minnesota, the Jets, and Monday night off the parlay.

If you live south or in Summerlin, South Point and Rampart share a parlay sheet. If you live anywhere else in the valley, Stations (Red Rock, GVR, Durango, Palace, Sunset, Boulder, Santa Fe, Fiesta) is the walk-in. Different book. Read their card. Do not assume Gaughan payouts.

Print the pink ticket. Phones still die at windows. Hedge the weak leg at Circa or Pinnacle if the slip says the hedge is worth it.

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