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Jordan Spieth has not won this year on the PGA Tour, but is hoping for his first victory at this week’s Valspar Championship, an event he won in 2015. (Image: Getty)

5 DFS Sleepers for Charles Schwab Challenge

PGA Tour golf is back this week with the Charles Schwab Challenge at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Eager DFS fans are ready to watch their favorite pros hit the links in a stacked field featuring 101 players who have previously won on tour. Kevin Na won […]

2018 World Rapid Chess Champion Daniil Dubov beat Hikaru Nakamura to win the 2020 Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge on the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour. (Image: Lennart Ootes/FIDE)

Chess: Daniil Dubov Upsets Hikaru Nakamura to Win Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge

Russian grandmaster Daniil Dubov defeated Hikaru Nakamura in an Armageddon tiebreaker to win the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge on Wednesday. Dubov earned $45,000 for his victory and a spot in the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Grand Final. Dubov Dominates Armageddon to Secure Title Wednesday’s victory capped an impressive comeback by […]

Much to the delight of DraftKings and FanDuel, legislation to end daily fantasy sports prohibition is moving forward in Missouri, Iowa, and Tennessee. (Image: fox32chicago.com)

DFS Betting Rules May Soon be Set in Louisiana

Louisiana residents may get to bet on both sports games and daily fantasy sports in the next year. Lawmakers Try to Turn Two: DFS and Sports Betting Days after sending a bill to Gov. John Bel Edward’s desk that would let state voters consider in November whether to allow sports […]

Kansas City Chiefs QB, Patrick Mahomes, on the cover of Madden 20 video game by Electronic Arts. (Image: EA)

NFL and EA Extended Madden Football Deal Thru 2026

The National Football League and Electronic Arts agreed to extend their exclusive rights deal for the “Madden Football” video game through 2026. Madden is a popular title for both gamers and eSports pros, despite the urban legend that the player on the cover will succumb to the Madden Curse. Madden […]

Las Vegas casinos are reopening June 4, and D and Golden Gate co-owner Derek Stevens held a promotion giving away 2,000 free one-way flights to the city. (Image: Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas Casinos Offering Free Flights, Parking Upon Reopening

Las Vegas casinos will reopen to gamblers on Thursday, June 4, and Derek Stevens, who co-owns three downtown properties, is helping some lucky tourists with free one-way flights to the city. That’s one of a few ways resorts are enticing patrons back through their doors. Casinos have been closed since […]

DraftKings is facing a civil complaint over its handling of its Sports Betting National Championship contest last weekend. (Image: NJGamblingSites.com)

DraftKings Stock Soars as Online Gaming Booms

Despite the lack of live sports on which to offer daily fantasy games or live betting, DraftKings has seen its stock nearly double in the past month due to both the boom in online gaming and the company’s future potential. Investors See Big Potential As of midday Wednesday, the company’s […]

Nineteen-year-old Donovan TK, aka TekKz, is the top-ranked FIFA player in the world. (Image: FIFA.com)

Esports Money: Which FIFA Players Earn the Most?

Online gaming is huge right now. With the shutdown of almost all professional sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many – including plenty of professional sports stars – are turning to the virtual world to satisfy their appetite for sporting excitement. No game is more popular than FIFA at the […]

Sanhok, the smallest map on PUBG, is made of three islands and lush jungles in a tropical paradise. (Image: Tencent Gaming)

PUBG Sanhok Map: Survival Guide, Best Loot, and Tips

Sanhok, the smallest map in PUBG and PUBG Mobile, offers fast action in a condensed, tropical jungle environment. We compiled a survival guide that includes a list of the best loot spots and other tips for the Sanhok map. Sanhok, inspired by the terrain and architecture of Southeast Asia, is […]

Miramar, the second map on PUBG, draws inspiration from the desert areas of Mexico. (Image: Tencent)

PUBG Mobile: Miramar Survival Guide, Loot Map and Tips

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds revamped its second map, Miramar, with a recent update dubbed Miramar 2.0 by mobile users. After playing nonstop Miramar over the last week, we have plenty of insight and loot tips to share about the revised desert map on PUBG Mobile. Out of all of the various maps […]

Magnus Carlsen announced the formation of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour at a press conference in Oslo, Norway on May 14, 2020. (Image: Chess24.com)

Magnus Carlsen Launches Online Chess Tour with $1 Million Prize Fund

Reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen is building on the success of his first major online chess tournament by announcing the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour, a series of four preliminary events and a final offering a combined prize fund of $1 million. The tour retroactively began with the Magnus Carlsen […]

Data: A Complete Guide to Swearing by Online Gamers

Data: A Complete Guide to Swearing by Online Gamers

We all know that swearing is pervasive in the world of online gaming — you won’t be able to play a session of Call of Duty or often a single match in FIFA without a curse-laden outburst from at least one passionate, angry, or over-excited player. Here at OnlineGambling.com, we’ve […]

Players in the American Cornhole League prepare for a toss. The ACL recently partnered with PrizePicks to bring cornhole contests to DFS users. (Image: ACL)

DFS Players Get Excited: Cornhole Contests Are Here

As live sports disappeared from the landscape, DFS operators got creative. They added more esports. They added nonsports. And now, they’ve added cornhole. First Chance for DFS Players to Wager on Cornhole DFS operator PrizePicks recently announced a partnership with the American Cornhole League to add their games to its […]

Milwaukee Brewers catcher Erik Kratz (15) and pitcher Josh Hader (71) celebrate after the final out of Milwaukee’s 6-0 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. (Image: Russell Lansford/USA Today Sports)

DFS Upstart Monkey Knife Fight Partners With Milwaukee Brewers

Monkey Knife Fight’s announcement that it will partner with the Milwaukee Brewers as its official daily fantasy sports site is the latest move by the new-on-the-block operator to carve itself a foothold in the DFS space. Monkey Knife Fight Offers Innovative DFS Contests The San Jose-based company entered the scene […]

Latest update in PUBG Mobile includes an overhaul of Miramar desert map. (Image: Tencent)

PUBG Mobile New Update: Mad Miramar 2.0 with Facelift, Sandstorms

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, aka PUBG, released a new mobile update featuring a facelift for the Miramar desert map, which has become the least-popular and most difficult map compared to easier options such as Erangel and Sanhok. The post-apocalyptic “Mad Max” film franchise inspired the redevelopment of Miramar to include sandstorms. Miramar, […]

Erangel is first maps introduced on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). (Image: Tencent)

PUBG Mobile: Erangel Survival Guide, Tips, and Loot Map

Erangel, the first and main map for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), is still the most popular venue in the highly successful battle royale game by Tencent Gaming. We share a few tips on where to look for loot on the Erangel map other than the popular places like Pochinki, the military […]

Magnus Carlsen defeated Hikaru Nakamura in the final of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, winning $70,000. (Image: Maria Emelianova/FIDE)

Magnus Carlsen Wins Namesake Invitational, Sportsbooks Add More Online Chess Markets

Magnus Carlsen defeated Hikaru Nakamura 2.5-1.5 in a back-and-forth final to win the first-ever Magnus Carlsen Invitational. Carlsen earned the $70,000 first prize in the online chess tournament, which came together due to the COVID-19 pandemic eliminating live chess events. Carlsen Fends Off Nakamura in Back-And-Forth Final The final saw […]

Magnus Carlsen (left) and Hikaru Nakamura (right) will face off in the final of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational. (Image: Chess.com/Maria Emelianova)

Magnus Carlsen Invitational: Nakamura, Carlsen Overcome Adversity to Reach Finals

The two most prolific speed chess players in the world will meet in the finals of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, as Hikaru Namakura and Magnus Carlsen each advanced after tightly contested semifinal matches. Both players dealt with frustrating moments in their semifinals matches before advancing. Nakamura Prevails in Blitz Tiebreaker […]