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The Super Bowl is the best time of the year to bet on sports in America, featuring a great matchup and tons of props
The Super Bowl is the best time of the year to bet on sports in America, featuring a great matchup and tons of props
Basketball is no longer an “American” game. It’s gone international. And that’s the best news basketball fans have gotten in a long time. Basketball was invented by Massachusetts gym teacher James Naismith in 1891. While the godfather of basketball was actually born in Canada, he was an American citizen, and basketball is considered a quintessential […]
Basketball is the world’s greatest sport, and the NBA is its greatest league. But the NBA is much more than great. It’s also absolutely absurd. Basketball is the best sport on Earth. Watch a clip of Lebron James weaving through traffic to make a layup, or Stephen Curry shooting a picture-perfect three pointer, and the […]
American gambling laws have heavily restricted sports betting since 1992, but that looks like it will change sooner rather than later. American laws and social norms represent a messy hodgepodge of excessive libertarianism and repressive puritanism. In few (if any) places on Earth do people have the freedom to do so much, yet seemingly always […]
Phyllis F. November 21, 2014 13:29:03
The Revel Casino closed its doors less than two years after opening. Will it find life after death? This year, any gambling news coming out of Atlantic City is bad news. Earlier in 2014 the Revel Casino and Hotel in Atlantic City filed for bankruptcy less than two years after opening. While the casino’s owners […]
Former New Jersey Governors say yay to Chris Christie and North Jersey casino, nay to Atlantic City. New Jersey is one of America’s most talked about states. Whether its not-so-good news like the much-publicized decline of Atlantic City and the state’s infamously high rates of crime and pollution, or positives like Governor Chris Christie’s potential […]
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has shocked everyone by publicly calling for sports betting to be legalized. The only remaining questions are why, how and when? “Betting on professional sports is currently illegal in most of the United States outside of Nevada. I believe we need a different approach.” These are not the words of Calvin […]
Kelly Stewart is proving that good looks and great betting can go together like white and rice. This isn’t your dad’s betting shop, a smoke-filled hovel packed with men on their lunch break, being served by an overweight guy with his armpit hair showing through his shirt. This is modern Vegas, a magical place where […]
Week 11 in the NFL is set to be a wild one. We’ve got the key facts and figures you need to make smart bets this week. • New England at Indianapolis looks like a push • Look for Arizona to beat the spread if Detroit becomes the favorite • The Vikings look to poised […]
New Jersey is bent on launching a sportsbetting market. America’s biggest sports leagues are bent on stopping it. To bet on sports in America is much more complicated than across the border in Canada or in the UK. The federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) ensures that Nevada is the only state with […]
Monica E. June 6, 2014 16:48:34
New York and Los Angeles’ mayors and governors have placed a few friendly wagers on the outcome of the game. It has become a tradition to bet on sports in America, even among officials and especially on important matches such as the Stanley Cup finals. While the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings are […]
Oddsmakers pegged Jadeveon Clowney as the likely first overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, and Houston found his talent too great to pass up. The NFL Draft is the sport’s second-biggest single event after the Superbowl. Fans (including me) tune in to watch hours of draft coverage and analysis, feverishly predicting which players our […]
US President and avid basketball fan, Barack Obama’s March Madness picks always receive extra scrutiny. Let’s take a look. While it’s not appropriate for the president to bet on sports in America, there’s nothing wrong with some harmless predictions. US President Barack Obama’s March Madness picks tend to reflect his most basic personality trait: risk […]
NBA stars make wager on whose alma mater will win tonight’s Davidson-Missouri matchup. NBA star Stephen Curry recently agreed to a wager on tonight’s NIT basketball game between his alma mater Davidson and the University of Missouri. His opponent? Former Missouri star and NBA player Kim English. Curry made the proposition yesterday via Twitter: “we […]
Players kicked off team and leave school after being found to have wagered on sporting events, none of which involved their school. Three basketball players from the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) were kicked off the team after being caught gambling earlier this year. In addition, they are banned from participating for any school for […]
The favorites usually win, but much of the madness of March Madness comes from upset games. The most fun aspect of March is the unexpected upset games. The higher-seeded teams usually win, but every year a few underdogs make a big splash. One big upset in the early rounds of the tournament can dash your […]
While March is full of excitement and honest fun for most, for some others it can be the most miserable time of the year. For millions of basketball fans and bettors March is the best month of the year. There is the fun of tuning in on Selection Sunday to see if your team qualifies […]
While your chances of attaining perfection are slim to none, Buffet is prepared to reward you handsomely on the off-chance. Billionaire Warren Buffet recently announced he will give $1 billion to anyone who fills out a perfect March Madness bracket in what is titled the Quicken Loans Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge with Yahoo Sports. Contestants […]
Prop betting is on the rise, we give some props we’d like to make this March. Prop betting is a burgeoning part of the sportswagering market, offering bettors the chance to lay down cash on in-game events not directly related to the outcome of specific games or matches. Placing props is most popular among football […]
Every March several teams are biting their nails wondering if their names will be called on Selection Sunday. March 16th is Selection Sunday, the fateful day on which the selection committee will decide who qualifies and who cries into their popcorn while watching the tournament from home. “Bubble teams” are those on the fence, who […]
AI S. March 10, 2014 14:28:49
We’re placing prop bets on a variety of scenarios featuring our favorite mascots. One of the things we love most about sports are the mascots. Whether tough, funny, creepy, adorable or utterly incomprehensible, every mascot is lovable in its own way. Another thing we love is to place prop bets on sports in America. We […]
Monica E. February 10, 2014 18:55:42
Four bars and clubs in the state of Indiana were cited by the local police for promoting illegal betting. Many would agree that Super Bowl Sunday is the best day to bet on sports in America. Though the major event might have brought a lot of customers to sports bars across the country, several establishments […]