“We’ll be back.” Those were the words from former East Providence mayor and attorney Joseph Larisa Jr. as he and his client exited the courtroom Monday after the lawsuit targeting legal sports betting in Rhode Island was thrown out by a Superior Court judge. “We just need to find a sports bettor who lost and … Read more
It looks like no one told the Oakland Raiders and Antonio Brown that summer camps were reserved for love. Since being traded from the Pittsburgh Steelers to the Raiders for a couple of draft picks, Brown’s offseason has been one to remember. After a tumultuous few months in the Bay Area, where he most recently … Read more
After surviving the annual 7-month pro football drought, sports fans and handicappers from all over the country got to wet their whistle Thursday night and wager on NFL action. The 2019 season for college football and NFL has officially kicked off, and with it, the betting season for America’s most popular sport is also underway. … Read more
Forget the streaming war. Forget the chicken sandwich war. Hell, even forget the trade war. Actually, that last one is really important. But if your a sports fan or a sports bettor in any capacity, what you need to be on the lookout for this football season is the newest war being waged by the … Read more
The first top ten matchup of the 2019 college football season could have championship implications, even in Week 2. For two teams that haven’t played each other in the regular season since 1954, there could be a lot on the line Saturday. The sixth-ranked LSU Tigers will travel 400 miles west to take on the … Read more
This weekend’s marquee matchup in college football is still a couple of days out, but the trash talking is well underway. The #12 Texas A&M Aggies will travel to Death Valley Saturday to take on defending champions and the top-ranked Clemson Tigers. While Aggies coach Jimbo Fisher compliments former ACC-rival Dabo Swinney, his Tigers, and … Read more
There’s better than late, and there’s better than never. But for Rhode Island mobile sports betting—it’s arrived just in time for bettors to wager on the 2019 NFL season. Legalized sports betting first came to Rhode Island back in November, but yesterday at 3 pm ET, the Sports Book Rhode Island mobile app finally went … Read more
If the entire adult population in the United States is a touchdown and the PAT (7 points), then the NFL betting population is essentially the extra point. The American Gaming Association—a group that promotes, educates and lobbies on behalf of the legalized US gambling industry—released results on Wednesday from a national survey that found over … Read more
Preseason: Over. Roster cuts: Made. NFL football: Tomorrow. The first regular-season game of the 2019 NFL betting season begins when the Green Bay Packers travel to Chicago to take on the Bears at Soldier Field tomorrow night. Chicago hopes to ride the success from last season into 2019. After going 12-4 and snagging the NFC … Read more
Is the third year the charm for Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs? After finishing 2018 NFL regular season with a 12-4 record and Mahomes winning the MVP, the Chiefs narrowly lost an overtime shootout to the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game. Entering this season, MyBookie gives Kansas City the best … Read more
We hope everyone had a leisurely Labor Day weekend filled with betting on the first full weekend of college football action (and a personal thank you from me goes out to Stanford -6.5 and Auburn -3.5 for covering in the spread in the final minute of their games). Now, the big boys get ready to … Read more
And Indiana said, “Let there be sports betting,” and there were sportsbooks. Indiana saw that the sportsbooks were good, and it separated the sportsbooks from the back-alley bookies. Indiana called the sportsbooks “legal,” and the back-alley bookies it called “illegal.” And there was before PASPA, and there was Sunday, September 1—the first day of legal … Read more