# Cash That Ticket - Wednesday April 29th

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Podcast: [Straight Outta Vegas AM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-vegas-am-5721763)
Published: 2026-04-29T19:02:00+00:00
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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Wednesday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Dave Essler are back for the Wednesday edition of Cash That Ticket on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed, coming off a perfect 2-0 Tuesday that included the San Antonio Spurs covering big and the Cincinnati Reds cashing the team total over four and a half thanks to Elly De La Cruz's 10th home run of the season in an eighth-inning two-run blast. Before diving into the card, Uncle Dave makes a point of crediting one of his best decisions of the week as a bet he chose not to make, targeting José Soriano and the Angels in a first-five spot that he ultimately passed on after the market signaled something was off. That discipline is the theme of the early conversation, with both hosts discussing the mental game of hot streaks, the danger of overconfidence, and why the process matters more than any single result. On the NBA side, all three games on the board get deep analysis. In Detroit, Franz Wagner's calf strain puts the Magic in an interesting position with a 3-1 series lead, and Uncle Dave identifies Detroit at plus 210 to win the series as the smart play rather than laying or taking nine-plus points, pointing to a massive Pistons bench edge over a shallow Orlando reserve unit. The Orlando team total under gets flagged as a secondary play, along with a Jalen Suggs regression prop on DraftKings after a historically bad shooting game. In Cleveland, Uncle Dave makes a strong case for Toronto with the eight and a half points and the over, citing brutal combined shooting in Game 4 that he expects both teams to correct at home. Donovan Mitchell's points prop over twenty-seven and a half and Jarrett Allen scoring twelve or more are both identified as supporting plays. The Raptors-Cavaliers game total ov…

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