Legal sports betting is coming to New Hampshire sometime next year, but where the sportsbooks will be located has yet to be determined. Fortunately, we’ll have a much clearer picture of where the NH sportsbooks will launch after all the votes have been counted on Election Day 2019. New Hampshire legalized sports betting when Gov. … Read more
Today is Election Day 2019, and the fate of Colorado sports betting now rests solely in the hands of the state’s registered voters. But if a recent poll is correct, the odds of Proposition DD passing are Mile High. The American Politics Research Lab (APRL) at the University of Colorado-Boulder recently released their fourth annual … Read more
The Associated Press Top 25 Poll in college football has been instrumental to the sport since its inception in 1936. Helping choose the national champions, the most qualified teams for bowl games, and giving fans bragging rights, the AP Poll is still used in 2019. However, in 2014, everything changed. While the AP Poll was, … Read more
We hope everyone had a Happy Halloween and remembered to set those clocks back! The underdog Washington Nationals capped off their amazing 2019 MLB season by winning the first World Series title in franchise history. For the Houston Astros, the Game 7 loss may haunt them for the foreseeable future. Well, at least until next … Read more
It’s rare for the top-ranked team in college football to enter a game as the six-point underdog. But when the LSU Tigers rolls into Tuscaloosa to face the Alabama Crimson Tide this Saturday, the Bayou Bengals will be just that. When the Preseason AP Top 25 was released, LSU was ranked #6 with Alabama taking … Read more
Never celebrate before the clock hits zero—especially in The Big House. And even though Michigan sports betting may have the lead, the bills in their current form face longshot odds of becoming law. The Michigan House of Representatives voted 63-45 on Wednesday, passing the Lawful Sports Betting Act—HB 4916—and a number of online gambling bills … Read more
The more things change, the more they stay the same. In a way, the same could be said about foul language and its place in American media. During a monologue in his 1972 stand-up special Class Clown, George Carlin provided listeners with the now-infamous “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.” The list was … Read more
When the Washington Nationals woke up this morning, they realized it was not a trick; the team treated themselves to the 2019 World Series title over the favored Houston Astros. Sadly for the ‘Stros, however, this loss will haunt them for many days to come. Despite entering the game as odds-on favorites with -132 chances … Read more
Oh no! We suck again! Stop if you’ve heard this before: The majority of state lawmakers overwhelmingly support a package of bills that would legalize and regulate in-person, online, and mobile sports betting in Michigan, but the governor opposes the legislation and could veto everything before the end of the year. Sound familiar? Because if … Read more
The two greatest words in the history of sports: Game 7. Against all odds, literally, the Washington Nationals beat the favored Houston Astros 7-2 in Game 6 of the World Series last night. Coming off a terrible weekend that saw the team lose three straight games, the Nats were +152 underdogs before last night’s first … Read more
I’m blind, I’m deaf, I wanna be a ref. This timeless fan chant has echoed through NFL stadiums for decades, and as legal sports betting continues to spread across the United States, you can bet the bad officiating anthem will continue to grow louder and louder. Seton Hall University released a new poll today showing … Read more
There aren’t many nationally-recognized furniture salespeople in the world. But thanks to a mattress promotion and some strategic betting, Jim McIngvale has become the most famous Tempur-Pedic peddler in the United States. McIngvale, better known as “Mattress Mack,” ran a promotion throughout the MLB season: any mattress set purchase over $3,000 will be refunded if … Read more