VSiN PrimeTime | August 11, 2026 | Hour 2

**SPEAKER_1** (0:02)
This is VSiN PrimeTime, live from the Circa Sports Book in downtown Las Vegas on VSiN, the SportsBetting Network.

**Tim Murray** (0:13)
Chicago Cubs now up to a minus $5 favorite as they lead five to three, Matt, over the Washington Nationals. Seiya Suzuki with an RBI double there in the top of the fourth inning. So the Cubs, once upon a time, excuse me, trailed two nothing, three one, and now they lead five three and five dollar favorites. The Blue Jays have tied it up against the Red Sox. Dylan Cease on the hill tonight for the Blue Jays. If you want to jump in on the Jays around minus one oh three right now, that game tied at one, still scoreless. Yankee Stadium looked like for a moment Yankees were going to hit a homer and it was just a little shy. Warning track power, White Sox out to a one nothing lead on the Cincinnati Reds. I was talking to Derek Stevens, Matt, briefly, as he exited the studio after his Tuesday hit with Follow the Money. I said, man, Tigers Guardians. He said to me, Tigers Guardians, big series. I said, Tigers still in? He said, bet your butt they're still in. He had to use a couple of different words. Tigers up four to one right now over the Cleveland Guardians, despite selling off at the deadline the Detroit Tigers at this point entering the day only three and a half games back of the Chicago White Sox. Speaking of Derek Stevens, he is the owner and CEO of Circa and Circa Sports. Why don't we get a little more insight regarding the Circa Sports book right now.
Where are the lines changing and where's the money going?

**SPEAKER_3** (1:39)
Let's go behind the counter.

**Tim Murray** (1:42)
Same Twitter handle, new job, Jeff Sherman.
Senior Risk Manager here at Circa Sports joins us courtesy of our Progressive Guest Line at Golf Odds. Jeff, we had our first taste of the NFL last Thursday. The ratings were incredible. Seven million people watched that Hall of Fame game. How was the action for you guys at Circa in that 33-30 back and forth game that came down to the wire with Haynes King getting into the endzone as time expired?

**Jeff Sherman** (2:13)
Very solid. A lot of interest in that game. Side total, a lot of movement all day on Thursday. So it was very well wagered upon.

**Matt Youmans** (2:21)
All right, Jeff, how about NFL preseason here? Full week number one, we got six games on Thursday and we got a few lines that are moving a little bit, including Lions, Bengals on Thursday night, Cincinnati now has six and a half point favorite, only three and a half at some spots. Which games on Thursday have you seen a little movement or a little action?

**Jeff Sherman** (2:41)
There's been a lot today because we're just a few days out from that. We'll see some more on ones later in the week, probably tomorrow when more starters get announced in or out. But for Thursday's card, there was a lot. Jordan Love gonna be getting some reps for Green Bay. So Pittsburgh was a one and a half point favorite. Now that flip to Green Bay, one and a half.
The game you mentioned, the Bengals, Bengals expected to play their starters, Burrow, Chase Higgins. Don't know exactly how long, but it went, we opened four up to six and a half. Or actually we opened six and a half. The market was four earlier. We opened at six and a half. That's where it is now. It briefly touched seven, but it's come back. I think seven might have been a little bit too high just cause you don't know exactly how long those guys are gonna play.
So that'd be a thick, a thick number for a preseason game. But the initial move was because with the Lions golf not playing, looking like Luke Altmeyer because Bridgewater retired. So they had to go sign Josh Dobbs off the street. So now you got Dobbs and Altmeyer playing for Detroit.

**Matt Youmans** (3:41)
Probably not a great situation for the Lions. We talked about that on the show last night as well. How about Cardinals Raiders? This is a 5 PM Pacific Time kickoff in Vegas on Thursday night. Cardinals have a game under their belt. Usually that's an advantage. I don't know if it will be here.
Jeff, how would you handicap this matchup? Have you seen any sharp action on Arizona Las Vegas yet?

**Jeff Sherman** (4:05)
Well, we opened Vegas minus two and a half, and then it came out today that the Cardinals starters were going to play.