money matters

Las Vegas - Before we get to the pick, we have an update for the Nevada casinos' net winnings in March, and PENNIES still RULE! After a lackluster month of February, the Penny slots roared back with a $341 million dollar win. Moral of this story? SAVE your PENNIES! The other takeaway is the sports win. The dollar figure went up by six mill (February was $30.9 million), but as with most months, sports is at the bottom of the win list.

Here are the numbers:

- Penny slots $341.3 million

- Baccarat $131.7 million

- Blackjack $104.6 million

- Roulette $54.0 million

- Craps $41.0 million

- Sports $36.9 million

Back to the baseball diamond and we're looking at the Athletics with Francellis 'Frankie' Montas over the Guardians. Montas is sitting at 2-2, but after an ugly opening day start, he has bounced back strong, winning two of three. And Frankie LOVES to pitch at home in Oakland. Going back to the end of last season, Montas has won four of the last five and allowed just five earned runs over 41 innings for a 1.09 ERA. Cleveland has lost six in a row, not including yesterday against the Angels. If the Guardians did lose yesterday, we would still stay with the A's, but skinny-up the bet.

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