For the second straight year, a tweet by an NBA insider caused a dramatic shift in the league’s draft odds. Only this time the reporter also is a paid contributor to a sportsbook.
Betting
There has been a defensive or special teams TD scored in 26 of 57 Super Bowls (45.6 percent), or an average of one every 2.2 games.
The Bet Bash at Circa sports betting networking conference will take place Aug. 8 to 11 and will include expert panels and a scavenger hunt with $20,000 in prizes.
Bettors who have faded (wagered against) the A’s this season are up big. Oakland is on pace to finish with the worst 162-game record in baseball history.
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg went back and forth on social media this week before the tech billionaires apparently agreed to fight in a “cage match.”
Early action on the Golden Knights has caused Circa sportsbook to make them the 9-1 favorites to win the 2024 Stanley Cup after they opened at 11-1.
There were only five safeties in the first 42 Super Bowls before bettors cashed in on the prop in four of six games from 2009 to 2014, including three straight (2012-14).
The Caesars Sportsbook by William Hill Nevada mobile betting app went offline Wednesday to begin upgrading to the new and improved Caesars Nevada Sportsbook app.
In case you haven’t heard, Max Homa has the course record of 61 at the Los Angeles Country Club, which is hosting the U.S. Open this week.
The Golden Knights lead the Florida Panthers 3-1 in the Stanley Cup Final, with Game 5 on Tuesday at T-Mobile Arena. The Knights are -170 favorites in the game.
Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is sleeping in a tower high above his Houston furniture store every night until he sells 10,000 mattresses.
Rather than hedge his $100 parlay to guarantee a profit, Jon Grace doubled down. Now he is two Golden Knights wins away from collecting six figures from Circa.
Michael “The Wizard” Kipness, a pro horse racing handicapper, analyzes the nine-horse field for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, designating each horse as a contender or pretender.
The Golden Knights are the favorites at Caesars to win it all next year, followed by the Avalanche. But the Knights are the fourth choice at the SuperBook.
A bettor who needed the Panthers to win the Stanley Cup and the Heat to win the NBA title to turn $41.25 into $763,835.33 cashed out the four-team parlay for $70,429.98.
