Michael Kipness, aka “The Wizard,” a professional handicapper since 1986, analyzes the eight-horse field for Saturday’s Travers Stakes, aka the “Midsummer Derby.”
Betting
Some bettors cashed in with big preseason futures prices on the eventual college football national champion, according to sportsoddshistory.com
Beginning Wednesday, BetMGM will debut a feature that no other sports-betting app in Nevada provides.
Only one running back has struck the Heisman pose since 2009. But that hasn’t stopped bettors from backing Oklahoma State’s Ollie Gordon to win the award this season.
There are 33 teams with odds of 10-1 or less at the Westgate SuperBook to make the expanded College Football Playoff and 12 with odds of 40-1 or less to win it all.
In a 31-page complaint, the Nevada Gaming Control Board alleged that the Strip resort allowed gamblers that ran illegal bookmaking operations to play in its casino.
Here is a rundown of the major football handicapping contests offered in Las Vegas. Circa has guaranteed a record $16 million in prize money for its two $1,000-entry contests.
Here are the seven biggest betting long shots to win the Super Bowl, according to Sportsoddshistory.com, which has tracked Super Bowl odds dating to 1977.
DraftKings sportsbook has decided to abandon its plan to add a surcharge, starting next year, to winning wagers in states with high sports betting tax rates.
The U.S. women’s basketball team bailed out sportsbooks and bettors alike Sunday in its dramatic gold-medal win over France in the Summer Olympics in Paris.
DraftKings’ plan to add a surcharge to winning bets in some states was a main talking point at Bet Bash, a sports betting networking conference at Circa.
Vice President Kamala Harris has become the betting favorite to win the presidency for the first time since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race July 21.
Some say the single biggest problem with the regulated, legal marketplace is limiting winning gamblers.
Billy Walters, considered the most successful sports bettor of all time, will introduce two new members into the Sports Gambling Hall of Fame at Circa on Friday.
Betting on NFL preseason games has long been derided. But the truth is exhibition football has been a longtime moneymaker for sharp bettors.
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