The Louisiana State quarterback shocked bookmakers by cashing at odds as high as 200-1 to win the award at the start of last season.
Jim Barnes
Jim Barnes was named assistant sports editor at the Review-Journal in September 2022. He previously covered gaming and tourism for the Review-Journal. He first joined the RJ as a copy editor in 2012 and has covered sports betting and the World Series of Poker for the RJ. The Fort Worth, Texas, native previously was the sports editor at the Waco Tribune-Herald and also covered high school sports for the Dallas Morning News. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000. He is an experienced gambler who has competed in the Westgate SuperContest and the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields is the 5-1 favorite, but odds are available on players at as high as 5,000-1 to win college football’s top award.
The state became the first to start taking bets on the presidential election. President Donald Trump is favored to win re-election.
Baylor, Boise State, North Carolina State, Purdue, Texas A&M and Wake Forest are among the teams drawing interest from season win bettors.
The sportsbook released the regular-season over/unders for every FBS team, from Clemson at 11½ to Akron, Massachusetts and UTEP at 2.
WSOP.com, the major legal operator in Nevada, is hosting the 100-event Spring Online Championships tournament series through May 3.
A simple strategy and a glitchy live video feed were enough to keep RJ betting reporter Jim Barnes interested amid the shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
There’s no Final Four this year, but William Hill has posted odds for next year’s champion. Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas and Kentucky are co-favorites.
A sportsbook has posted odds on some burning questions on the sordid saga of Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin and Doc Antle that was chronicled in “Tiger King.”
When casinos closed, many professional card players lost their main source of income. Online poker and coaching are helping them wait out the pandemic.
Lines on Belarusian soccer and hockey and table tennis matches in the Ukraine this weekend are available on some sportsbook apps in Nevada.
WSOP.com, the major legal online poker operator in Nevada, reported recent traffic that is 46 percent higher than during its usual yearly peak.
A World Series of Poker official said there were no plans to cancel or alter the schedule for the tournament series because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Circa Sports has the odds on each possibility for the team’s first season in Las Vegas, ranging from seven wins at +425 to 16-0 at 500-1.
Sportsbook vice president Jay Kornegay said bookmakers outside the U.S. describe handle on the presidential election that far surpasses the Super Bowl.