As the sports card market climbs to new heights, the industry witnessed its first card purchase exceeding $5 million on Thursday. Venture capitalist Rob Gough bought a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card graded Mint 9 by Professional Sports Authenticators for $5.2 million through the PWCC Marketplace, ESPN reported. Few […]
Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers Lead Super Bowl MVP Odds
The divisional round of the NFL playoffs hasn’t even been played yet, but sportsbooks are already taking bets on the Super Bowl 55 MVP. Unsurprisingly, the QBs from the top two seeds are the betting favorites. At BetMGM, Patrick Mahomes leads at +350, followed by Aaron Rodgers at +525. Both […]
Biden, Harris Top Updated 2024 Presidential Election Odds
The incoming president and vice president are now the betting leaders for the 2024 presidential election. Ladbrokes’ latest odds for the next US president in 2024 feature Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as co-leaders at 4-to-1. Others in the Field Despite threats of impeachment as he prepares to leave the […]
DFS Strategy for the College Football National Championship Game
As the college football season comes to a close on Monday with the national championship game, the DFS sites will offer their last showdown contests. On DraftKings, we must select a captain (at 1.5x the salary but also while earning 1.5x points) and five other roster spots. While it’d be […]
Gambling Stocks Jump After NY Gov. Cuomo Endorses Online Betting
Several gambling stocks saw notable increases in share price this week after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he’s OK with legalizing online sports betting in his state to help make up a budget shortfall. Cuomo has long been an opponent of allowing online sports betting, but New York is […]
Ryan Tannehill Among DFS Picks for NFL Wild-Card Weekend
The expanded 2020 playoffs mean this wild-card weekend will give us six games instead of the usual four. Quite a few players are nursing injuries heading into the weekend, but the majority should be able to gut it out. It bears watching the injury – and, as always in 2020, […]
Watch Out for Scams When Buying Sports Card Packs Online
With their popularity at perhaps an all-time high, it’s becoming increasingly harder to find sports card packs or boxes on retail shelves. And, hobby shops that sell online now jack up new product prices because the demand allows them to increase profits. In short, it’s tough out there for a […]
Here’s Where You Can Buy a $50,000 Box of Basketball Cards Tomorrow
What could you do with $50,000? Buy a nice sedan? Put a healthy down payment on your forever home? Maybe go on the blowout vacation of a lifetime across the globe? Or, you can use it to buy a box of basketball cards. Panini Eminence Starts at $5,000 Per Card […]
College Football New Year’s Day DFS: Mac and DeVonta Could Rule the Slate
College football fans get a four-game slate for New Year’s Day, as we say goodbye to a terrible 2020 and hope for a better 2021. In addition to the two College Football Playoff semifinals, Auburn takes on Northwestern in the Citrus Bowl while Georgia plays Cincinnati in the Peach Bowl. […]
NFL Week 17 DFS Value Plays: Do You Dare Start John Wolford?
We’ve reached Week 17 — the final week of the NFL regular season. There’s no Monday night game, so we get a 15-game slate for DFS purposes on Sunday. Who is fighting for playoff spots or seeding and who is looking to rest starters and try out rookies? Or, in […]
Value in NFL DFS: Giovani Bernard Should Pay Dividends
We’ve reached the penultimate week of the 2020 NFL regular season, no small feat in the age of COVID-19. With teams jockeying for the playoffs or seeding position, others are making more use of rookies (hello, DFS superstar Jalen Hurts) as others find themselves starting backups to replace their regulars […]
Wanna Gamble on Pulling a Zion Card in Panini Flawless? Might Set You Back $8K
This week you can buy a box of basketball cards in hopes of pulling a coveted Zion Williamson rookie, but you may have to mortgage your home to do it. In the ever-escalating sports card market, Panini will release its Flawless line on Wednesday. The ultra-limited set comes with 10 […]
College Football DFS: Ole Miss-LSU Could be a Barnburner
It’s conference championship week, finally, but it won’t look anything like normal. In addition to being two weeks later than usual, we’ll see our share of makeup games from previously scheduled contests delayed due to the pandemic. DraftKings offers a 10-game slate for the day games, with several likely competitive […]
Giannis One-of-One Rookie Card Tops $1 Million at Auction
Giannis “The Greek Freak” Antetokounmpo became the first player to see two of his basketball cards hit $1 million at auction. The one-of-a-kind black mosaic parallel of his 2013-14 Panini Prizm brought $1,168,500 at Goldin Auctions’ 2020 Holiday Auction on Sunday. Rarity Draws Feverish Bidding Goldin Auctions noted the card […]
Looking for DFS Value in NFL Week 15: Leonard Fournette Leads at RB
We’re hitting the stretch drive of the NFL season and late in the year, DFS players are hoping to lock in their profits or climb out of the hole. The market continues to grow more competitive as the year wears on, so consistent wins are no easy feat. Again, in […]
JT Daniels, Dez Fitzpatrick Look to Shine in College Football DFS
Despite another spate of postponements and cancelations this week, we get another nice selection of college football games for our Saturday DFS slates. While we wouldn’t want to touch Army-Navy with a 10-foot pole, several other games on the day slate stand to be potential shootouts. Here are six players […]
New York Online Sports Betting Could Soon Become Reality
A New York assemblyman says the state’s next revenue bill will include an online sports betting component, which could see a vote before the end of the year. Assemblyman Gary Pretlow told PlayNY that Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie solidified his commitment to include online sports betting in a revenue bill […]
Week 14 NFL Value Plays in DFS: Hurts So Good
Week 14 provides a big, 13-game slate with some juicy, high-priced options like Devante Adams and Derrick Henry. But there are also some tantalizing players to be found deeper in the salary pool. Here are five value players (OK, four this week) under $5,000 on DraftKings. Jalen Hurts, Eagles QB […]
A Michael Jordan Rookie Card Sold for How Much? Sports Card Market Ready to Boom
Days before the opening games of the 2020-21 NBA season, the rookie card of perhaps the most popular player in league history sold for six figures at auction. Analysts say that could be a harbinger of an even bigger boom in the basketball card market. A Michael Jordan 1986-87 Fleer […]
College Football DFS: Bailey Hockman and NC State Could Yield Big Points
The first Saturday in December sees a massive 14-game slate on DraftKings (which would have been 15 before the postponement of Coastal Carolina-Liberty). Most of the blue bloods appear to be in likely romps, and their players are priced up accordingly. The salary levels seem to favor more mid-tier players […]