{"podcast":{"title":"Straight Outta Vegas AM","slug":"straight-outta-vegas-am-5721763","podcast_index_feed_id":5721763,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/GEMINIMEDIA6214210116","website_url":"https://gemini13media.com/ads.txt","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b260d2f0-da4f-11ee-badf-1bf63c150c7f/image/6f55f3e2186f87b894733a279c17d172.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"RJ Bell","episode_count":1245,"summary":"Start your day off with a winner! The Pregame.com team breaks down the games, the stories & the bets you need to know every morning. With contributions from Pregame’s RJ Bell, Steve Fezzik & More!, SOV AM is your daily destination for sports conversation with a Vegas lean!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T02:17:21.717962+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-vegas-am-5721763"},"episode":{"title":"Cash That Ticket - Thursday May 21st","slug":"cash-that-ticket-thursday-may-21st","published_at":"2026-05-21T17:16:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-vegas-am-5721763/cash-that-ticket-thursday-may-21st","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-vegas-am-5721763","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/GEMINIMEDIA8774653504.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/GEMINIMEDIA8774653504.mp3","summary":"Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Thursday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler are back on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed for a loaded Thursday edition of Cash That Ticket, coming off a perfect 2-and-0 best bet day and ready to attack one of the biggest nights on the spring sports calendar. The guys open with a full breakdown of Game 2 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, where the New York Knicks host the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden as six-and-a-half-point home favorites with a total of 216.5. Cleveland blew a 20-plus-point fourth-quarter lead in Game 1, shot just 40% from the field, got beaten 60-38 in the paint, and watched Donovan Mitchell disappear in overtime, and Uncle Dave makes a compelling case that the sharpest angle in this game is fading the Cavs team total rather than picking a side outright. The Knicks shot a combined 31% from three in Game 1 with every perimeter player ice cold, and positive regression to the mean makes the New York team total over an equally compelling play. Uncle Dave targets Karl-Anthony Towns PRA over 35 as his player prop, pointing to Jarrett Allen's inability to contain Towns and the near-certain shooting efficiency improvement from a 6-for-14 Game 1 outing. Munaf takes Donovan Mitchell over 27.5 points at minus-114 on DraftKings, citing Mitchell's hometown pride at MSG and his overtime disappearance as the motivational fuel for a bounceback performance. Both hosts like the Knicks side for the full game and first half. On the baseball side, Uncle Dave and Munaf work through all four evening games, hitting the Braves and Marlins total with Sandy Alcántara against Spencer Strider in Miami, the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium with Braydon Fisher as opener against a shaky Carlos Rodón, the Sacramento…","meta_description":"Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Thursday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler are back on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed for a loaded…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2347,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/straight-outta-vegas-am-5721763/episodes/cash-that-ticket-thursday-may-21st/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-vegas-am-5721763/cash-that-ticket-thursday-may-21st.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}