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Start your day off with a winner! The Pregame.com team breaks down the games, the stories & the bets you need to know every morning. With contributions from Pregame’s RJ Bell, Steve Fezzik & More!, SOV AM is your daily destination for sports conversation with a Vegas lean!

  1. 20h ago

    What I Bet - Thursday June 25th

    Griffin Warner talks betting for Thursday. Episode 54 of the What I Bet show on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed lands on Thursday, June 25, with host Real_G Warner powering through a stacked night even while recovering from a brutal two week bout with E. coli. The focus is the decisive third match day of the World Cup group stage and a full Major League Baseball getaway day card. Warner opens in soccer with Curacao, the plucky one point side that drew Ecuador and collapsed late against Germany, now a two and a quarter goal underdog to Ivory Coast as the total inflates to three and a quarter, where he leans the underdog and likes the under even more. He works through Ecuador at plus three quarters against an already clinched and rotating Germany, a Sweden plus a half spot against Japan headlined by the strike pairing of Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyökeres, the Netherlands laying two and a half goals on an eliminated Tunisia under Ronald Koeman, a low scoring Australia and Paraguay matchup where the total has cratered toward one and three quarters, and a United States and Turkey clash where heavy American rotation, rested yellow carded players, and the Christian Pulisic question all push him to the Turkey plus a half and the under. From there the show turns to baseball, where Warner runs the entire board: the Royals into a Tampa Bay bullpen game behind Casey Legumina with a lean to the under, Bryce Miller against a wild Bubba Chandler in Pittsburgh, Jeffrey Springs and Landen Roupp in a carrying San Francisco yard, Cristopher Sánchez laying a huge number at Cade Cavalli and the Nationals, MacKenzie Gore against Kevin Gausman in Toronto, Matthew Boyd at the Mets, Cam Schlittler at Connelly Early in Fenway without a fully healthy Aaron Judge, and Zac Gallen against Michael McGreevy in St. Louis. The headline spot is Houston at Detroit, where the Astros bats run into Troy Melton and a Tigers club Warner trusts even with a Tarik Skubal injury scare, a Josh Hader return, and a Jeremy Peña hamstring question. After a Kansas City under loss on the prior episode, Warner sets the What I Bet best bet on the Detroit Tigers at home around minus 116, trusting Troy Melton, the Detroit lineup, and manager AJ Hinch against an up and coming Houston team. Listeners can save fifteen dollars on anything at Pregame with promo code HIT15, including the World Cup package, monthly weekenders, and every premium handicapper on the site. Find Real_G Warner across all social platforms and catch every episode wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    22 min
  2. 1d ago

    Cash That Ticket - Thursday June 25th

    Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Thursday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler return to the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed with a full Thursday betting menu on Cash That Ticket, recorded a little earlier than usual for a getaway-day slate that still offers five MLB games with lines plus the next NFL win total on the board. The guys open in the National League East as the Philadelphia Phillies visit the Washington Nationals, with Cristopher Sánchez bringing a scoreless May and a strong track record against right-handed bats while Cade Cavalli tries to steady himself at home after a rough stretch heading into the All-Star break. Dave lays out why the Phillies run line and the under both look live, with Kyle Schwarber ripping the cover off the ball atop a hot Philadelphia lineup. The show heads north of the border for Texas at Toronto, where MacKenzie Gore and his strong home splits meet Kevin Gausman, a pitcher Dave has tried to fade for years and one who has cost him plenty, and the conversation lands on the under and a Blue Jays team total under against an offense the guys simply do not trust. The Chicago Cubs and New York Mets bring Matthew Boyd back from the injured list after more than a month off against Freddy Peralta, who is looking to rebound from a brutal outing, and with Juan Soto banged up the guys weigh recency bias, familiarity, and a Dansby Swanson slump before leaning Mets and a possible first-five team total over. Then comes the best rivalry in sports, the New York Yankees at the Boston Red Sox inside Fenway Park, where Cam Schlittler has been dominant against Boston in two prior starts and Connelly Early has battled home struggles, and with Aaron Judge out and both bullpens flying back from the road the guys zero in on the under, particularly across the first five innings. The MLB slate wraps in St. Louis, where Zac Gallen and his ugly numbers visit Michael McGreevy and the Cardinals, and the cleanest angle on the board becomes the Cardinals and a Cardinals team total over as a straight fade of a struggling arm. From there the focus shifts to the Tennessee Titans and their 2026 win total of six and a half, a team coming off a three and fourteen season that added first-round picks and a new staff with Robert Saleh on defense and Brian Daboll on offense, yet still leans on Cam Ward behind an offensive line that surrendered roughly fifty-five sacks a year ago. Dave makes the case for the under, pointing to processing concerns, a tougher schedule than it appears, and an AFC South that should get better around them, and Munaf agrees, calling Tennessee a six-win team that is a year away from being a year away. The guys close with best bets, doubling up on the Cardinals in the first five innings and adding the under in the Yankees and Red Sox game, before Dave tosses in a bonus daytime angle in San Francisco between the Athletics and Giants. Visit pregame.com and use promo code BAT15 for fifteen off any package on the site, from daily best bets to season-long plays, and ride along with the guys on a loaded Thursday card.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    42 min
  3. 2d ago

    What I Bet - Tuesday June 23rd

    Griffin Warner talks betting for Tuesday. Griffin Warner is back on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed with a full board edition of the What I Bet podcast, sweeping from the World Cup group stage into a fifteen game Major League Baseball card and riding a 2-0 run on his last two best bets, both cashed on Kansas City Royals games. He opens on the soccer pitch with Portugal against Uzbekistan at a neutral site, where the tournament debutant sits as a underdog of more than two goals, and he uses the spot to question both the newcomers and an expanded World Cup he believes is driven by money rather than competition. He cools on Portugal as a disappointing side despite a strong qualifying run, raises whether Cristiano Ronaldo is part of the problem, and tosses in a quick aside about Lionel Messi still finding the net. From there he digs into England against the Ghana Black Stars, calling the two goal favorite price extreme given a leaky England defense, recapping Ghana's stoppage time win over Panama, and landing on the underdog while admitting he likes the under even more. He moves to Panama against Croatia, framing the game around an aging Croatian core that has searched for a goal scorer for years, the departure of Marcelo Brozović, and Luka Modrić's careless early mistakes, leaning Panama plus the points and the under. He closes the international slate with the Democratic Republic of the Congo against Colombia, surprised the juice has drifted off Colombia, and he stakes a position on a stingy Congo side he believes can advance as a third place team, liking the underdog and the under. Then it is all baseball. Warner starts with the Houston Astros at the Toronto Blue Jays as Shane Bieber returns, leaning the Astros as underdogs behind Peter Lambert given the uncertainty. He highlights the New York Yankees at the Detroit Tigers, where Carlos Rodón faces Casey Mize, and he backs a red hot Detroit club fighting to stay in the playoff race so they do not have to trade Tarik Skubal. He reaches the Kansas City Royals at the Tampa Bay Rays, with Luinder Avila opposite Shane McClanahan, praising Avila's stuff and leaning the under again after the same play cashed the night before in a 2-1 final. He runs the rest of the board with quick, sharp leans, touching the Pittsburgh Pirates behind Mitch Keller against George Kirby, the Philadelphia Phillies with Jesús Luzardo against a Zack Littell he calls a walking launching pad, the Cincinnati Reds and Nick Lodolo against Brandon Sproat, the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets where Kodai Senga's number looks expensive, plus spots involving the Dodgers, Diamondbacks, the Boston Red Sox behind Sonny Gray, the Baltimore Orioles behind Shane Baz, and the Athletics against Robbie Ray. He shares promo code KICK50 for fifty dollars off an all access package at Pregame.com, dropping the price from 249 to 199 and covering every best bet through the Hall of Fame game on August 6th. He then locks the What I Bet best bet of the episode, staying where the juice has been made by riding the under in the Royals and Rays matchup with McClanahan and Avila on the mound. Under eight is the play, and Warner signs off chasing a third straight winner. Follow Griffin Warner across all social platforms at the_Real_G_Warner, and catch new episodes daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    15 min
  4. 3d ago

    Cash That Ticket - Monday June 22nd

    Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Monday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler open the new week on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed with a fully loaded Monday edition of Cash That Ticket, working through five MLB matchups and then delivering what Dave calls his strongest NFL win total call of the entire series so far on the Cleveland Browns. The guys come in off a split weekend, both taking their lumps and moving on with the goldfish memory approach that keeps the show rolling. On the baseball side, they start with the pitching matchup of the night in Detroit, where Garrett Cole faces Framber Valdez in a game the market has been moving aggressively, with the total climbing from seven and a half to eight and a half. Munaf lays out Cole's remarkable career dominance over the Tigers, a 10 and 1 record with a 1.84 ERA and the teams he has pitched for going 12 and 2 straight up, while Dave zeros in on the value of Cole at minus 130 and the case for a first five innings under before the bullpens get involved. In Toronto, Hunter Brown faces Dylan Cease in a matchup both hosts see as a first five innings situation, with the Astros bullpen too unreliable to back beyond that point and Cease's home splits revealing an ace-level pitcher who simply has not been getting run support. The Cubs and Mets game carries a significant weather caveat, with a 75 percent rain probability at Citi Field, but if it gets played both hosts fade Kodai Senga despite their deep skepticism about the Chicago offense, reasoning that Senga's recent run of seven home runs allowed and multiple short outings makes the Cubs the better side regardless. In Chicago, Munaf goes with the White Sox as a home underdog behind Anthony Kay, who carries a 3.08 home ERA and gets a Cleveland lineup that struggles against left-handed pitching. The Dodgers and Twins game draws both hosts to the Minnesota side, where Eric Lauer's brutal history against this specific team, thirteen earned runs in ten innings across his last two starts against the Twins, makes laying minus 155 with Los Angeles a non-starter. Both hosts land on the Twins at plus 128, with Munaf adding the Twins team total over in the first five innings. Dave closes the baseball segment with bonus looks at the Reds on the run line against Brendan Woodruff returning from the injured list, a possible under in Texas with Kumar Rocker, and the Red Sox in the first five at Coors. The second half of the episode belongs to the Cleveland Browns, who come in with a win total of six and a half and a roster that looks nothing like the team that went 5 and 12 last season. The Myles Garrett trade to the Rams for Jared Verse and three future draft picks wiped the slate clean, Todd Monken arrives as head coach with prior Cleveland experience and fresh Ravens divisional knowledge, and the quarterback room features Deshaun Watson, Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel competing for snaps. Dave walks through a schedule that he calls extremely favorable, with the Panthers, Jets, Titans, Saints, Falcons, Colts and Giants all on the docket in winnable spots. He counts at least six wins from those matchups alone and calls this the team he feels most confident about in the win total series. Munaf throws out the bold take that the Browns could legitimately threaten for the AFC North title given that three of the four division teams have new coaches. Both hosts take the over. Best bets feature Dave on the Tampa Bay Rays minus half run in the first five innings behind Drew Rasmussen, who has been one of the most quietly dominant starters in baseball with a 0.88 WHIP and 29 strikeouts over his last three starts, and Munaf on the Yankees and Tigers first five innings under four and a half, backing both starters to control the early innings. Dave adds a weather-dependent bonus on the Cubs team total over four and a half against Senga and the Mets bullpen. Get every best bet in every sport from your favorite Pregame pros through the Hall of Fame game on August 6 by visiting Pregame.com and using promo code STEAL50 to take $50 off the Bridge to Football all-access package and pay just $199. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    45 min
  5. 3d ago

    What I Bet - Monday June 22nd

    Griffin Warner talks betting for Monday. Griffin Warner is back on the Pregame.com Podcast Network with episode 52 of What I Bet, the Monday, June 22nd edition, covering the full FIFA World Cup 2026 group stage card and the complete MLB slate before delivering a single best bet to close the show. Griffin opens by confirming the previous episode's winning play, Kansas City Royals at plus 113, a result that held on through a three-run ninth inning for a 6-5 final before moving straight into the World Cup. The first match on the board is Austria taking on defending champion Argentina at noon Central Time in Dallas, where Griffin observed real Austria supporter presence before making the tactical case for Ralf Rangnick's gegenpressing system as the one approach capable of limiting Messi's time and space. Griffin recaps Argentina's Matchday 1 win over Algeria, where Messi survived a red card situation and scored twice in the second half, and frames the Austria plus one and under two and a half combination as potentially live if the press works the way Rangnick, widely credited as the architect of that style and an influence on coaches like Xabi Alonso, designs it to work. Next up is France against Iraq, where Griffin acknowledges France is on another level after Kylian Mbappe's stoppage-time goal from outside the box buried all underdogs and unders in Matchday 1, and sees no compelling case for Iraq to compete. Griffin identifies Norway versus Senegal as the best match of the day, noting Erling Haaland scored twice in Norway's opener while Senegal impressed for 64 minutes against France before conceding a late Mbappe goal, finding the under two and a half and Senegal as a quarter-goal underdog both worth watching. The final group stage match features a must-win Algeria side returning after a 3-0 loss to Argentina taking on a Jordan team whose best European-league player, Mousa Al-Tamari, the so-called Jordanian Messi playing club football in France, did not show up in the opener. Griffin finds the one-goal spread too tight given Algeria's talent depth and expects sharp money to push the line before kickoff. Baseball follows with a ten-game slate preview. Griffin likes the under 8 in Yankees-Tigers with Garrett Cole back and a worrying Detroit bullpen, the under 7.5 in Royals-Rays with Michael Wacha and Drew Rasmussen both going well and a Tampa Bay team not built to score, the Astros at plus 104 against Toronto with Hunter Brown making a second start opposite Shane Bieber's first of the year, a slight Mets lean at plus 103 against the Cubs with Shota Imanaga's fly ball tendencies a concern against Kodai Senga, the White Sox at home over an injury-thinned Guardians roster missing José Ramírez after hamate surgery, a tempting Merrill Kelly plus 122 number against Andre Pallante in St. Louis, the over on Jason Bennett's rookie Coors Field debut for Boston, and a lean toward the under in the Braves-Padres matchup where Grant Holmes faces Michael King, with both bullpens strong and Ronald Acuña Jr. sidelined by a hamstring injury. Griffin closes with his official What I Bet Best Bet: Kansas City Royals under 7.5 at Tampa Bay Rays at minus 120, with a recommendation to sprinkle on the under 4 in the first half as well. Save fifty dollars on the pregame.com bridge-to-football package through June 29th using promo code KICK50 at checkout, bringing the price down from two forty-nine to one ninety-nine for every best bet in every sport through the Hall of Fame game on August 6th. Subscribe to the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed and follow Real G Warner across all social platforms. Want to be notified when Claude responds?Notify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    14 min
  6. 6d ago

    Cash That Ticket - Friday June 19th

    Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Friday. Dave Essler and Munaf Manji are back with a full Friday MLB betting card on Cash That Ticket, working through four sharply analyzed games before closing with an early look at the 2025 New York Jets win total. The show opens with Milwaukee at Atlanta, where Dave breaks down the remarkable turnaround of the Brewers starting pitcher, who allowed 11 earned runs in April but has surrendered just one total earned run in his last eight starts, including a complete game on 95 pitches. With Martin Perez on the mound for Atlanta, Munaf pulls the historical data showing Perez gave up 14 earned runs and 20 hits across two 2024 starts against Milwaukee. Both hosts find the Brewers run line and the Braves team total under three and a half at minus 145 on DraftKings as the most defensible angles, particularly with Ronald Acuna Jr. absent from the Atlanta lineup. The second game is San Diego at Texas, where Jacob deGrom takes the mound coming off four consecutive starts of two runs or fewer. Dave examines Randy Vasquez's road splits and limited Texas exposure, but the first five innings under at four and the Rangers minus a half run in the first five become the consensus plays. Dave makes the Rangers first five his official best bet of the Friday card at minus 130. The third game pits St. Louis against Kansas City, where Seth Lugo is returning from a concussion sustained when a comebacker struck him in the head. Dave questions betting behind any pitcher returning from that kind of head injury, and Lugo's home ERA of 4.06 across eight starts reinforces the concern. The Cardinals team total over four and a half is Dave's preferred market, while Munaf goes Cardinals money line at minus 122 on DraftKings as his official best bet for the card, citing McGreevey's strong rotation work and the line movement from minus 115 to minus 122 confirming market direction. The fourth game takes Boston to Seattle, where Ranger Suarez faces Bryce Miller at home. Despite heavy public money on the Mariners, Dave identifies reverse line movement pointing toward sharp Red Sox money and targets the Red Sox first five at plus 104, refusing to touch the full game given the Boston bullpen. A secondary look at the first five over three and a half rounds out the analysis, with Munaf noting Miller's career struggles against Boston totaling 14 earned runs in 15 and a third career innings against the Red Sox. The second half of the show turns to the Jets win total at five and a half, minus 120 on DraftKings. Both hosts land reluctantly on the over, reasoning that a team which won three games while giving up 503 points and recording zero interceptions on defense cannot realistically repeat that level of dysfunction. Geno Smith, Breece Hall, Garrett Wilson, a legitimate offensive line, and a new defensive scheme give New York enough pieces to reach six or seven wins. Dave jokes he may take the Jets over one interception this season with week one at Tennessee providing the first opportunity. The show closes with a reminder to use promo code STEAL50 at pregame.com for 50 dollars off All Access Bridge to Football, bringing the price to 199 dollars through the Hall of Fame game on August 6th. Happy Father's Day wishes go out to all the dads in the audience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    41 min
4.6
out of 5
160 Ratings

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Start your day off with a winner! The Pregame.com team breaks down the games, the stories & the bets you need to know every morning. With contributions from Pregame’s RJ Bell, Steve Fezzik & More!, SOV AM is your daily destination for sports conversation with a Vegas lean!

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