With the glut of favorites clogging the top of the betting board for the 2018 Masters Tournament, which starts Thursday, it might be smart for bettors to set their sites on a longshot to win at Augusta National. These golfers further down the list at sportsbooks feature attractive odds of […]
Baseball’s opening day is Thursday and there is still plenty of time to get in some MLB prop bets. The question is which ones should gamblers consider? The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has put out several for offensive categories including most home runs, most RBIs and individual over/under bets for […]
The golfing world has been waiting for five years for what may finally come this week, as oddsmakers have Tiger Woods as the favorite to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The optimism is well-founded. The 42-year-old has won this event eight times in his career — the most victories he’s […]
For NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, it wasn’t enough to soundly win a power struggle with the league’s most high-profile owner, Jerry Jones. Now, Goodell and the other NFL owners appear to be rubbing salt in the Cowboys owner’s wounds by demanding he reimburse the league for $2 million in legal […]
Along with FanDuel, DraftKings has been one of the two names that has dominated the daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry over the past five years. Now, the company is hoping that it will get the opportunity to expand its offerings into taking bets on games. As the Supreme Court considers […]
A former Bitcoin exchange operator is pleading guilty to federal charges of money laundering in the Southern District of New York. Anthony Murgio admitted to processing more than $10 million in illegal Bitcoin transactions through the Coin.mx website between 2013 and July of 2015. Bitcoin is a digitally encrypted currency that […]
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) is alive, but perhaps not so well. The previous 365 days beat up the emerging industry and wreaked havoc on its leaders. Lawsuits, opinions from state attorneys general, politicians scrambling to decide where they stand, and sports fans expressing both their disgust and pleasure made for […]
ESports betting lines are up and running at the William Hill Sportsbook at the Downtown Grand Casino in Las Vegas. Last week, the Nevada Gaming Control Board, at the recommendation of Governor Brian Sandoval’s (R) Gaming Policy Committee, issued its first eSports betting license. The recipient was William Hill, one […]
The Chicago Cubs have won the World Series for the first time in 108 years. After waiting nearly 40,000 days, it took all seven games of the series, plus one additional extra inning. “It happened. It happened. Chicago, it happened,” first baseman Anthony Rizzo said following the final out. “We […]
A DFS merger between DraftKings and FanDuel is in the works, and the contract talks are reportedly close to being finalized. ESPN first broke the story that the two leading daily fantasy sports operators were negotiating to unite their two companies and take control of upwards of 90 percent of […]
The DraftKings and FanDuel saga is on track to be made into a major motion picture by one of Hollywood’s leading distribution companies. Deadline.com is reporting today that TriStar Pictures, the iconic film studio behind such legendary hits as “Jerry Maguire,” “Philadelphia,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” and “Rudy,” has optioned the […]
The UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) has been acquired by talent agency powerhouse WME-IMG at an astonishing price tag of $4 billion. The sale values the UFC at roughly seven times its gross earnings in what’s quickly being labeled the most expensive transaction in sports history. Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta III […]
New York daily fantasy sports (DFS) is expected to soon become legal after the state legislature passed a bill late last week to regulate companies engaged in offering the online contests. With the blessings of both the New York Senate and Assembly, Senate Bill 8153 is now with Governor Andrew […]
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