Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is the odds-on favorite to win the NBA Finals MVP and lead Denver to its first NBA championship by beating the Miami Heat.
Betting
High-stakes poker pro Tom Dwan won a pot worth more than $3 million on Tuesday during Hustler Casino Live’s “Million Dollar Game.”
The WSOP kicked off the first of 95 events Tuesday with a $500 Casino Employees No-limit Hold’em tournament. The Main Event starts July 3.
The gambler hit the first two legs of a $100 three-team futures parlay on Argentina to win the World Cup and the Denver Nuggets to win the NBA’s Western Conference.
The Golden Knights are -128 favorites at Circa Sports to win the Stanley Cup Final over the Florida Panthers and -130 favorites in Game 1 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
The 54th annual WSOP begins Tuesday at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas, with 95 live bracelet events and 20 online events scheduled.
Deion Sanders has cleaned house at Colorado, where 52 players have entered the transfer portal since the Pro Football Hall of Famer was hired as Buffaloes coach in December.
Defending national champion Georgia has the highest regular season win total at Caesars Sportsbook at 11 (over-160). Massachusetts has the lowest at 2 (o-130).
Since the rise of online poker, there have been multiple World Series of Poker Main Event champions in their early 20s.
Twenty years after Chris Moneymaker’s groundbreaking victory in the World Series of Poker Main Event, he continues to promote the game across the world.
Pro sports bettor James Holzhauer won the $500,000 grand prize, Trebek Trophy, and $100,000 donation to Project 150 for his comeback win in the “Jeopardy! Masters” tournament.
The $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop will take place in December during the World Poker Tour’s World Championship Festival at Wynn Las Vegas.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launched his 2024 presidential campaign Wednesday, but it didn’t help his betting odds to win the election.
After raising the stakes for the Circa Million and Circa Survivor contests to $12 million last year, the sportsbook is sweetening the pot to $14 million this season.
Professional poker player Eric Persson, the CEO of Maverick Gaming, is behind the effort to offer a new poker room at the Tropicana on the Strip.
LISTEN TO THE TOP FIVE HERE