Four of America’s greatest athletes will tee off in The Match: Champions for Charity at 3 pm ET on Sunday, May 24, and legal US online sportsbooks are anticipating this weekend’s betting handle will land on the green. Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning will face off against Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady in the 18-hole … Read more
Are you ready for some football? No, not that kind, you silly Americans. After pausing play on March 13, the Bundesliga – Germany’s top soccer league and the fastest-growing football association in the world – is finally back in front of the fans. This past weekend, Budesliga 1 action resumed, with teams playing before crowd-free … Read more
After becoming one of the sportsbooks’ biggest draws since the global pandemic, UFC is set to host its third consecutive event at the empty VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, FL, on Saturday, May 16. Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem vs. Walt “The Big Ticket” Harris headline UFC Fight Night 172, and the main event … Read more
As the light of sports returning appears at the end of the at-home tunnel, the top legal US betting sites are making sure bettors aren’t “Mr. or Ms. Irrelevant” during the remaining time in quarantine. On May 9, Bovada Sportsbook raised the stakes by launching “The Sim Classic” — a month-long simulated tournament of the … Read more
The National Hockey league, alongside the National Basketball Association, were the major sports leagues in the United States that were hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic because they were in the middle of their respective seasons when play was postponed in March. Early May would typically fall right in the middle of NHL and NBA … Read more
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is back in business after COVID-19 caused them to miss the last seven weeks of action. UFC 249 will be held in Jacksonville, Florida’s VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena this Saturday, with preliminary bouts beginning at 6:15 PM. UFC 249 Saturday, May 9th at 6:15 E.T. Venue: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, … Read more
The quarantine edition of the 2020 NFL Draft is officially in the history books—and you can bet fans and gamblers saved ample evidence of “Mister Roger’s Virtualhood” so that future generations could bask in Goodell’s gaffes and memes from the three-day online event. 2020 NFL Draft prop betting was a roaring success, according to early … Read more
Round one of the 2020 NFL Draft betting props is officially in the cloud somewhere. Although much of first-day odds were graded as chalk, there were a few surprises that while ten’s of millions at home watched Thursday evening to see what would happen in commissioner Roger Goodell’s den. The second day of the virtual … Read more
Just when you thought betting on the virtual 2020 NFL Draft couldn’t get any more exciting—two Buccaneers have swooped in and crashed Roger Goodell’s party right before the league kicks off the first round tonight at 8:00 PM ET. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have bombarded the other 31 NFL teams in the offseason so far … Read more
Day One of the virtual 2020 NFL Draft kicks off at 8:00 PM ET on Thursday, April 23. Due to the coronavirus, the three-day event initially taking place in Las Vegas will now show teams picking remotely from their headquarters and players streaming reactions from home. With the lack of sports being played currently in … Read more
What happens in Vegas, stays in quarantine (hopefully) because the coronavirus pandemic has halted even the 2020 NFL Draft plans in the Gambling Capital of the World. Like sporting events, COVID-19’s impact on legal sportsbooks can be felt both in the United States and around the world. With March Madness bringing sadness and the April … Read more
Sports and betting are like hot dogs and buns—Sure, they could be separated, but why try to break up something that’s already perfect together? But with limited legal sports betting due to COVID-19, fans and bettors alike have been starving for anything to watch or wager on during the darkest of times in the sports … Read more