VSiN PrimeTime | August 18, 2026 | Hour 2

**Unknown** (0:02)
This is VSiN PrimeTime, live from the Circus Sports Book in downtown Las Vegas on VSiN, the sports betting network.

**Tim Murray** (0:14)
Got ourselves a grand slam tonight. Gabriel Moreno of the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Monster in left center field. And just like that, the Arizona Diamondbacks, who gave up three runs in the bottom of the first, have a 4-3 lead against Ranger Suarez in the top of the third inning. It was a two out grand slam. And with that, the Diamondbacks have moved to a pick them with the Boston Red Sox.
4-3 at Fenway Pock.

**Matt Youmans** (0:43)
Just when you thought you might be good on that Red Sox bet, you're not. Hey, was that was that Ketel Marte? Who was that?

**Tim Murray** (0:50)
No, he hasn't showed up yet.

**Matt Youmans** (0:51)
Where is he, by the way?

**Tim Murray** (0:53)
We don't know. He showed up and didn't didn't didn't go to work. Bottom of the fifth, still one to one. Yankees and Orioles is the score and the Brewers have taken a one nothing lead against the Seattle Mariners. So one nothing lead Brewers minus 255 favorites. Our game of the night about to get underway, Matt, at Wrigley Field. What a game it was a night ago. Seven to five, Pete Crowe Armstrong, lead off homer, walk off homer, and also another run scored during the game. Quite a day for PCA. Seven five is the score. Brian Hudson starts for the Chicago White Sox, Kevin Gossman in his third start as a member of the Chicago Cubs. All right, Matt, let's find out a little bit more about the happenings of week one and week two of the NFL preseason, a little golf as well as let's hit his intro right now. Where are the lines changing and where's the money going? Let's go behind the counter.
Our good friend, Jeff Sherman, he's still our friend, even though he has switched jobs, but he has the same Twitter handle at GolfOz. He's the senior risk manager here at Circus Sports. So Jeff, we were just talking about the line moves that we saw in week one of the preseason, the line moves of three or more side or total when a whopping 0, 10, and 1
Those line moves tend to be pretty sharp. Correct us if we're wrong. So was it a rough week for the Wise Guys in the NFL preseason?

**Jeff Sherman** (2:22)
It was a rough week for them. And yeah, so much information based on those wagers and the market movement, but it didn't work out. And you had the Bengals playing their starters that went from four to seven against the Lions. Bengals win by two.
The Jets was a large move too against Tampa going from two to six. And Tampa wins 24-16. So just, you know, you take the information and try to play with it. And the Sharps had a rough week.

**Matt Youmans** (2:51)
It's not always work out. We talked about betting the NFL preseason week one not good for the betters in general. How about Thursday? We've got the Raiders and Texans in Houston. Looks like Circa has bumped this total up a little bit.
Texans one and a half point favorites. What did you see from the Raiders in their first preseason game?

**Jeff Sherman** (3:09)
Nothing much positive. I mean, Mendoza played OK, but the defense, a lot to be desired on the defensive side of the ball. So you know, that's I could see, you know, if they're going to roll out the same type of game plan, get Mendoza a lot of reps, the total being bet up, like you mentioned, probably because of what we saw last week.

**Matt Youmans** (3:28)
Texans didn't show much offensively. They lost to the Chargers 27-7.
Jeff, how about this 40 Niners Chargers game in LA on Thursday night? We had a flip here. I believe the Chargers were one and a half point favorites at circuit this morning. That's not the case now, right?

**Jeff Sherman** (3:44)
Yeah, we opened the Chargers two and a half and taking some sharp money to the Niners one and a half. So not too much on that game from an information standpoint ourselves that we've received, but somebody has got something to move that one the 49ers way.

**Matt Youmans** (4:02)
What circuit take here initially on these preseason games when you're moving lines? I know some books, it will be 2,000 on a side, 1,000 on a total. Does circuit have larger limits for the initial bets on these?

**Jeff Sherman** (4:15)
Well, that's what we take initially early in the week and we'll bump them up to three times. So it's progressive through the week.