Major League Baseball, the Cuban Baseball Federation, and the MLB Players Association jointly announced an agreement on Wednesday that will allow baseball players from Cuba to join MLB teams without having to defect from their country. The deal will remain in place through at least October 2021, and is modeled […]
The Council of the District of Columbia has passed legislation that authorizes sports betting in Washington, D.C., paving the way for the nation’s capital to become the latest jurisdiction to take legal wagering on sports. The bill now needs the signature of Mayor Muriel Bowser, after which it will need […]
Though famed Mexican cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has escaped from prison twice, one oddsmaker believes it won’t happen a third time. MyBookie.com has the odds of him breaking out of the slammer at +2000 for yes, and -1000 for no. It is one of several proposition bets the […]
Though the 2020 Presidential election is a little less than two years away, that hasn’t stopped possible candidates from testing the waters, and oddsmakers from handicapping their chances. While President, Donald Trump is a favorite to win reelection in November of 2020, there are still prominent members of his own […]
According to a report by The Times, the English Football Association (FA) is planning to limit English Premier League teams to a maximum of 12 foreign players in an effort to deal with the changes that will come with the UK exit from the European Union, better known as Brexit. […]
Alan Page, Roger Staubach, and Babe Ruth are among a list of seven individuals who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Trump during a ceremony at the White House on Nov. 16. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is considered the highest civilian honor in the United States, […]
Christine Blasey Ford received both adulation and condemnation for alleging she was sexually abused by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when they were in high school, and oddsmakers at Paddy Power have made her the favorite to be named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. The professor of psychology at Palo […]
Florida voters came out heavily in favor of Amendment 3 on Tuesday, with more than 64 percent of voters approving the ballot question that will take further gambling expansion, including sports betting, out of the hands of the state legislature. The amendment will now give Florida voters the final say […]
Christine Blasey Ford received both adulation and condemnation for alleging she was sexually abused by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and oddsmakers at Paddy Power have made her the favorite to be named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. The professor of psychology at Palo Alto University, and a research […]
In a case that has kicked around in the judicial system for nearly eight years, a Kentucky Circuit Court ruled this week that historical horse racing machines are indeed a form of pari-mutuel betting and thereby legal in the Bluegrass State. Though applicable only in Kentucky, the court’s determination could […]
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley shocked White House officials and the Washington DC press corp Tuesday by announcing her resignation at the end of the year. Now President Donald Trump has to fill a position that most thought was stable, furthering the view his administration is […]
A Congressional hearing on sports betting held by a House Judiciary subcommittee Thursday suggested that there may be an appetite for some sort of federal regulation of the industry, though no clear path towards legislation has materialized. In what was the first Congressional hearing to deal with the sports betting […]
In a day of testimony before the US Senate Judiciary Committee that left millions of viewers transfixed for hours, the odds of Judge Brett Kavanaugh being confirmed to the Supreme Court proved nearly as volatile as the proceedings themselves. The Judiciary Committee first heard from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who […]
Will Democrats control the US House of Representatives and/or the Senate after November’s midterm elections? One UK betting site believes the races will be incredibly close, and has set the lines accordingly for people wanting to bet midterm election odds. Paddy Power, which offers odds on all American congressional races, […]
Washington D.C. loves a political scandal, and The New York Times Op-ed piece by an anonymous member of President Donald Trump’s administration has given the town, and the country, a mammoth one. It has also provided oddsmakers an opportunity for two proposition bets. The first is on the identity of […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) unveiled a proposal that would provide a federal framework for legalized sports betting in the United States on Wednesday, suggesting solutions that would put more power in the hands of the leagues themselves. In a memo outlining the proposal, which was first provided […]
In a highly unusual move, the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) on Thursday refused to accept a stipulated settlement as proposed by the Nevada Gaming Control Board (GCB) to resolve troubled sports betting operator CG Technology. The five-member commission unanimously rejected a proposed settlement presented by GCB, the investigatory arm of the NGC, […]
Southern Nevada sportsbook operator CG Technology (CGT) is expected to continue normal operations despite being hit with a third significant fine in five years from the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB). In a stipulated settlement awaiting approval by the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) on Aug. 23, all components that make […]
If President Donald Trump survives his first term, oddsmakers have made him the heavy favorite to get a second. The polarizing politician’s popularity has plummeted in polls, but Paddy Power posted the portly Trump as its pick to win in November 2020. The Ireland-based site, which has its own division […]
The odds that the US Congress will impeach Donald Trump, or force him to resign, before the end of his first term as US president shifted significantly in the days following his one-on-one with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki last week. Internet sportsbooks that spread political prop bets such […]
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