Joe Fortenbaugh of the National Football Post reported today that the new Cantor Race & Sports Book inside the Palms Hotel & Casino became the first sports book to release point spreads for the 240 games that take place from Week 1 to Week 16 in the 2012 season. Fortenbaugh reports that the wagering is currently capped at $2,000 per game right now, but that amount will be increased to $5,000 per game as the season gets closer.
As you can see by the weekly list of odds below that the Pittsburgh Steelers are right now favored in 11 of their 15 games listed with spreads. The only games they are not favored in are the road games against the Denver Broncos, New York Giants, Baltimore Ravens and the Dallas Cowboys. The largest they are favored in any of their games is 7 points against both the Washington Redskins and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Week 1 : Pittsburgh Steelers (+2) at Denver Broncos
Week 2 : New York Jets (+4.5) at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 3 : Pittsburgh Steelers (-3) at Oakland Raiders
Week 4 : Bye Week
Week 5 : Philadelphia Eagles (+1) at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 6 : Pittsburgh Steelers (-1.5) at Tennessee Titans
Week 7 : Pittsburgh Steelers (-1.5) at Cincinnati Bengals
Week 8 : Washington Redskins (+7) at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 9 : Pittsburgh Steelers (+3) at New York Giants
Week 10: Kansas City Chiefs (+7) at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 11: Baltimore Ravens (+3) at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 12: Pittsburgh Steelers (-6) at Cleveland Browns
Week 13: Pittsburgh Steelers (+3) at Baltimore Ravens
Week 14: San Diego Chargers (+3.5) at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 15: Pittsburgh Steelers (+1.5) at Dallas Cowboys
Week 16: Cincinnati Bengals (+6) at Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 17: Cleveland Browns (no line) at Pittsburgh Steelers
