Monthly Archives: October 2016

Week 8 Monday Night Football Betting Preview

Whether the Minnesota Vikings bounce back against the Chicago Bears might hinge on the health of Jay Cutler’s thumb.

Odds courtesy of OddsShark.com

The Vikings are listed as the six-point favorite against the Bears, with a 40.5-point total. Minnesota is coming off a defeat last week against the Philadelphia Eagles, while Cutler is conveniently back from his thumb injury for the Bears’ first game since Brian Hoyer (broken forearm) went down for the season.

Minnesota is 5-1 both straight-up and against the spread. The Vikings’ 5-2 ATS record in their last seven games against the Bears covers up the fact Cutler is 8-5 as a starter against Minnesota, his best mark against an NFC North team.

Camelot pulls wonky National Lottery app

Lottery operator Camelot has pulled its National Lottery app in the UK after players reported the app incorrectly verifying draw results.

Earlier this week, reports emerged on social media that lottery players who used Camelot’s app to check their tickets were being told the tickets were losers when they were actually winners. Some players reported telling Camelot about the problem as early as last week.

On Friday, Camelot posted a message to the National Lottery website saying it was “currently working through a reported technical issue” that its app was displaying “an incorrect non–winning message when checking results with either the QR ticket scanner or manual–entry results checker.”

Camelot said it believes the problem is a very recent one, likely inspired by the latest software releases: October 13 for Android and October 20 for iOS. Camelot said the app was temporarily locked on October 26 and urged players to check tickets via the website or at a lottery retailer.