Forgotten in all the hype of Tiger Woods, and the battle between Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka for the #1 ranking, is Dustin Johnson. For golf gamblers, that may be a costly mistake. Johnson returns to Saudi Arabia this week to defend his title at the Saudi Invitational, played at […]
The Waste Management Phoenix Open is a party disguised as a golf tournament. In a sport that expects decorum, the event at TPC Scottsdale in the Arizona desert, bucks tradition. The event gets approximately 700,000 fans during the week to watch golf, but mostly party. Crowds are raucous, and often […]
Dominic Thiem won three tiebreaks to overcome Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open on Wednesday, a victory that put the Austrian in his first Grand Slam semifinal away from the clay courts of the French Open. Thiem gutted out a 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 7-6 (8-6) victory over Nadal […]
Money not lost is just as sweet as money won. In other words, sometimes, the best decision you can make is the decision not to bet on something that looks too easy. These fundamental laws of sports gambling are something to keep in mind when parsing over the many hundreds […]
One of the oldest rivalries in American collegiate athletics spills onto the hardwood. Yale and Harvard are the top two teams in the Ivy League, with both fighting to win the Ancient Eight’s automatic bid to the 2020 March Madness college basketball tournament. The Yale Elis (14-4) are currently tied […]
In 1967, a 30-second commercial in the first Super Bowl (then called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game) cost $47,500. With the game’s roaring success, the price went up by $5,000 the next year. Public interest quickly compounded, and by Super Bowl XXIX (1990), the price for 30 seconds of airtime […]
After sitting out 53 weeks while rehabbing and recovering from surgery for a ruptured right quad tendon injury, All-Star guard Victor Oladipo will return to the Indiana Pacers. Oladipo will come off the bench in his first game back on Wednesday evening against the Chicago Bulls. Oladipo suffered a gruesome […]
Laura Dern is the runaway favorite at 1/6 odds to win Best Supporting Actress at the 92nd Academy Awards for her role as a ferocious divorce attorney in “Marriage Story.” If there’s anyone who has chance to pull off an upset at the Oscars, it’s Margot Robbie (“Bombshell”), who is […]
New Jersey legislators are considering a bill that would allow sportsbooks in the state to offer esports betting on gaming competitions with relatively few restrictions. Lawmakers introduced a bill to the New Jersey Assembly on Monday that would codify esports contests as being among the approved betting events in the […]
As many as 26 million Americans will place bets on the Super Bowl this year, according to the results of a survey released Tuesday by the American Gaming Association. The AGA estimates that $6.8 billion will be wagered on the Super Bowl by Sunday, either through legal or illegal means. […]
At the start of his 2020 season, Phil Mickelson told reporters that he wants to see how he fares during his first six months of play before he makes a decision on joining the PGA Tour Champions. So far, he’s played in The American Express and the Farmers Insurance Open, […]
Tiger Woods might not have won the Farmers Insurance Open, but his tie for ninth at Torrey Pines on Sunday impressed oddsmakers enough to make him one of the co-favorites at April’s Masters. The 44-year-old moved from 14/1 to 10/1 at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook. Woods joins the top […]
Two quarterbacks are virtually guaranteed to be first-round picks in the NFL Draft come April. But those who are not LSU’s Joe Burrow or Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa needed a strong performance at Saturday’s Senior Bowl if they wanted a chance to go early. In a week of festivities that culminated […]
Roger Federer battled back from the brink of elimination on Tuesday to grab a five-set victory over American Tennys Sandgren in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. Federer saved seven match points in the fourth set, then put away Sandgren in the fifth to win 6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 7-6 (10-8), […]
The Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas released odds on the projected winners of the 2020 Cy Young award for both MLB leagues, and a pair of pitchers in the Big Apple are favorites. Gerrit Cole, who recently signed a record-setting deal with the New York Yankees, is the favorite to […]
The NBA postponed Tuesday’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers in the wake of the accidental death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna. According to William Hill, the tragedy hasn’t changed NBA championship odds. The LA Lakers, LA Clippers, and Milwaukee Bucks are all co-favorites […]
Cris Cyborg scored a fourth-round TKO over Julia Budd in the main event of Bellator 238 to win the Bellator women’s featherweight title on Saturday. Cyborg became the first fighter to win titles in Bellator, Strikeforce, Invicta FC, and the UFC during their career. Cyborg Finds Her Place in Bellator […]
Three NBA teams are in the middle of their worst skids of the season, with the Minnesota Timberwolves on the verge of a double-digit losing streak. Meanwhile, it’s been super cold in Charlotte and Cleveland, with the Hornets stuck in an eight-game losing streak and the Cavs seeking a way […]
It’s become something of an annual pilgrimage. For years now, in the week leading up to the Super Bowl, Las Vegas retiree Charlie Mayle treks to the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook to pour over page after page of Super Bowl prop bets. Seated in a light-brown, leather club chair at […]
Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes is the favorite to be named Super Bowl MVP, and the odds keep trending downward. The second-year player opened at several sportsbooks at +140, but has been bet down to +105. Some places, like Circa Sportsbook, have Mahomes at even money. Could Kansas City quarterback […]
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