The 2024 College Football National Championship is right around the corner and will feature this year’s top two and only remaining undefeated teams, the Michigan Wolverines (#1) vs. the Washington Huskies (#2). To celebrate the occasion and offer fans a way to win real money, online sports betting sites provide many proposition (prop) bets for … Read more
Outside of betting on the Super Bowl, rarely do online sportsbooks create odds that combine the realms of entertainment and sports. Now that pop star Taylor Switft is routinely attending Kansas City Chiefs’ games, entertainment sportsbooks are all in on odds related to her budding romance with tight end Travis Kelce. If you’ve seen the … Read more
Here at SBL, we’ve created a Sports Betting Hall of Fame that acknowledges great achievements in the spectrum of wagering on pro and college games. Spots in the Hall can be earned by the brazen nature of a big-money wager or through high-profile activity over the course of several years. Outlandish wagers have garnered Hall … Read more
After playing professional football in the Washington, D.C. area as the Redskins for 87 years, former owner Daniel Snyder succumbed to pressure to change their name in 2020. That season, the Washington Football Team took to the field but only held that title for two total seasons. In 2022, the Washington Commanders were born, but … Read more
Yesterday, PENN Entertainment entered into a deal with ESPN (a subsidiary of the Disney Company), where the two will create a new domestic sportsbook brand – ESPN BET. PENN operates sportsbooks that will be rebranded to ESPN BET in the following sixteen legal sports betting states: Arizona Colorado Iowa Illinois Indiana Kansas Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland … Read more
Four current Iowa State athletes and one former football player that’s now in the NFL have been accused of betting on NCAAF games, many of which involved the Cyclones. Game tampering and point shaving has been a major concern of lawmakers across the country when considering the regulation of sports betting. Many US states have … Read more
The popularity of domestic sports betting has been on a steady incline since the overturn of PASPA by the US Supreme Court in 2018. Only a dozen US states now remain without at least some form of locally regulated sportsbook open for business. However, the market has been competitive. Sure, FanDuel, DraftKings, and BetMGM are … Read more
Game 7 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals tips off tonight in Boston’s TD Garden, where the Celtics hope to win their fourth game in a row and move on to face the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals. What was once a seemingly insurmountable 3-game lead for the Miami Heat has now evaporated, as … Read more
This Sunday, the 2023 French Open tournament begins, with a full field of competitors ready to earn a coveted Grand Slam title. Unfortunately, Rafael Nadal, the most decorated French Open champion of all time, had to withdraw from the tournament due to a hip injury. Nadal has won the French Open 14 times and is … Read more
As numerous banking institutions around the world face potential closure, investors appear to be flocking back to Bitcoin. BTC is now at a 9-month high and is trading at $28,282.88. Values have not been in this neighborhood since June of last year. Over the past seven days, the trading price of BTC rose from $22,470 … Read more
As the number of US states that allow for legal sports betting of some kind continues to grow, gamblers in territories where no sportsbooks are present are now traveling to neighboring regions to place a wager. This is especially true in areas of the country that share borders with states that offer mobile sports betting. … Read more
Georgia Representative Ron Stephens backed two legal sports betting bills during the 2022 GA legislative session that did not receive the support required to pass. The 2023 session doesn’t begin until April 10th, but Representative Stephens is already poised to introduce another bill for legal sports betting in Georgia. This time, he’ll have more data … Read more