Just when you thought the XFL was going to become the next great way to bet on sports legally, one microscopic spiky boy decided to ruin everything by crashing the football league’s second inaugural party. And this time, the pro football alternative may be done for good unless owner Vince McMahon, the CEO of WWE, … Read more
It’s unofficially “Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden” for the head-to-head, winner-take-all White House bout on November 3, 2020, but who’s the best bet to win the presidency? Trump has held the top spot at sportsbooks for almost the entire election cycle and reopens today as the clear favorite over Biden, according to the 2020 political … Read more
In the wake of the now-flattening Wuhan coronavirus crisis, West Virginia governor Jim Justice delayed the state’s 2020 Presidential primary election. Originally scheduled for Tuesday, May 12, the new date for the vote will be Tuesday, June 9. While that in itself is hardly meaningful given that Bernie Sanders just threw in the towel after … Read more
It’s a safe bet to say the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the growth of the esports sector in the legal sports betting markets, both in the United States and internationally. Online esports betting on amateur and professional multiplayer video game tournaments was just beginning to pick up steam. Placing real-money wagers on live esports odds … Read more
Now that Netflix’s “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” is out of the bag and (Spoilers!) Joe Exotic is locked in a cage; it’s time to make a movie! Or so we hope. Nothing has been confirmed, but there have been numerous reports from anonymous kitties purring and stirring about. Plus, you can always bet … Read more
It’s no secret that this is arguably the saddest time in the history of legal sports betting both in the United States and countries abroad. Fortunately, oddsmakers around the world have been working overtime to provide new ways to bet during the coronavirus pandemic. Watching how top-tier online sportsbooks have adapted to an online-only service … Read more
The nation’s capital should have accepted its first legal sports wager this week, but all bets are off until the coronavirus pandemic is over. The launch of Washington DC sports betting, with Intralot’s “GambetDC” app, was delayed indefinitely by the Office of Lottery and Gaming this week after officials determined not to go live until … Read more
You can bet lawmakers, governors, and lobbying interests will play it cool most of the time. But in the states with legal sports betting, when elected officials and mysterious bags of digital cash sat around the negotiating table, these nincompoops didn’t just act a fool—they’ve since doubled down during the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 outbreak, … Read more
In a world which is changing rapidly before our very eyes, the only logical way to wager is by using legal sports betting sites to avoid spreading coronavirus. Despite this, the new Washington state sports betting law signed by Gov. Jay Inslee is a catastrophe waiting to happen. Inslee, the former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, … Read more
President Donald J. Trump is unquestionably the king of the United States jungle, which is filled to the brim with myriad pride of lions and cheetah coalitions as of 2020. A “swamp” works too, but odds still favor the political cat pun covering the intention for the new “Tiger King” odds from an entertaining prop … Read more
By now, every sports fan and bettor knows that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has caused leagues around the world to hit the pause button on their seasons. Sportsbooks immediately took a hit when March Madness was canceled by the NCAA and most major professional sports leagues, both in the United States and internationally, postponing play … Read more
With their first pick in the coronavirus pandemic, the top online sportsbooks select the 2020 NFL Draft betting odds to get them through the sports-less nightmare. As the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths continue to rise in America and worldwide, the chances of seeing sports come any time soon become slimmer by the … Read more