Football early line changes
Each Sunday at 5:30 p.m., the Stardust Hotel-Casino hosts a "lottery" in which big bettors sign up to get first crack at the opening numbers for the following weekend's football games. The chart below lists the team that drew the money, the opening number that was posted when the Dolphins-Titans game started, the adjusted line when the Dolphins-Titans went to halftime (approximately 90 minutes after the odds went up), and the opposing team:
| COLLEGE GAMES - Thursday | |||
| TEAM | OPEN | BET TO | TEAM |
| Penn St. | -1.5 | -2 | Virginia |
| Friday | |||
| UNLV | -5.5 | -6 | Colorado St. |
| Saturday | |||
| E. Carolina | +4.5 | +4 | Syracuse |
| Ohio St | -17 | -17.5 | San Diego St. |
| Louisville | +6 | +5.5 | Illinois |
| W. Michigan | +17 | +16 | Michigan |
| Vanderbilt | +10 | +9.5 | Mississippi |
| Buffalo | +25.5 | +25 | Army |
| Duke | +26 | +24 | Clemson |
| Kentucky | +9 | +8.5 | Indiana |
| Florida | -10.5 | -12 | Tennessee |
| Iowa | -3 | -4.5 | Iowa St. |
| *Miami-Fla. | -20 | -20 | Washington |
| Washington St. | +4 | +3 | Colorado |
| Missouri | +13 | +12.5 | Michigan St. |
| Alabama | -4 | -4.5 | Southern Mississippi |
| Maryland | -7.5 | -8.5 | W. Virginia |
| E. Michigan | +17.5 | +16.5 | Akron |
| Kent | +14.5 | +12.5 | Miami-Ohio |
| UL Monroe | +29 | +27 | Cincinnati |
| Rutgers | +11.5 | +10 | California |
| Baylor | +17 | +16.5 | Minnesota |
| C. Michigan | +20.5 | +18.5 | Boise St. |
| Auburn | +8 | +7 | LSU |
| Fresno St. | -21 | -22 | Utah St. |
| NFL GAMES - Sunday | |||
| Eagles | +5 | +3.5 | Buccaneers |
| Cardinals | +5.5 | +3.5 | Redskins |
| Saints | -6.5 | -7 | 49ers |
| * Miami-Fla. was bet up to 20.5 before being bet back down to 20. | |||