Caitlin Clark and Iowa beat Connecticut in the most-bet women’s basketball game ever and also knocked the Knights off the main TV at Las Vegas sportsbooks.
Betting
Bruce Marshall and Paul Stone each went 12-5 against the spread to tie for first in the Review-Journal March Madness Challenge. They have the same play in the Final Four.
Pro handicappers Paul Stone and Bruce Marshall tied for first place in the Review-Journal’s NCAA Tournament contest. Here are their championship picks.
North Carolina State is one of the five biggest long shots since 2010 to reach the Final Four. Here are four other teams with magical NCAA Tournament runs.
The rematch of last year’s women’s NCAA championship game between Iowa and Louisiana State shattered the record betting handle for a women’s basketball game.
Donald Trump became a bigger betting favorite over Joe Biden to win the 2024 election after Super Tuesday. Biden has closed the gap over the past month, however
Scottie Scheffler, the 2022 Masters champion, is the shortest favorite to win the tournament since Tiger Woods a decade ago.
The betting public gave sportsbooks some of their March Madness winnings in the Sweet 16, but they won it all back in the Elite Eight thanks to one major upset.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale lost two major bets on Houston to win the NCAA Tournament this year.
A FanDuel Sportsbook bettor turned $5 into $274,037.76 after hitting an eight-leg parlay composed of two four-leg NBA same-game parlays.
Pro handicapper Bruce Marshall, who went 8-4 ATS to tie for the lead in the Review-Journal March Madness Challenge, made N.C. State his best bet in the Sweet 16.
Two pro handicappers went 8-4 ATS in their first-round picks for the Review-Journal’s March Madness Challenge. Here are their selections for the Sweet 16.
A Caesars Sportsbook bettor in Nevada had to sweat out several college basketball games, including Creighton-Oregon in double overtime, to cash in.
The illegal bookmaker at the center of the Shohei Ohtani betting scandal was a high-stakes sports bettor in Las Vegas, a source told the Review-Journal.
Circa sportsbook has posted over-under season props on Shohei Ohtani and the book has taken bets amid a gambling scandal involving the Dodgers star.
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