The 2021 NHL season now has six weeks in the books with operations running smoothly thanks to new divisional alignment that has allowed for teams to travel fewer miles and limit their exposure to COVID-19. The league has re-organized the teams included in each of their four divisions in order to reduce the number of … Read more
Sports has a serious problem. Ratings are historically down across the board in 2020, with the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL all cratering in the viewership department. While the popularity of sports – in terms of broadcast numbers – has been waning over the last decade, the year-over-year losses suffered by every major American league … Read more
Bovada has really come out swinging in the second half of the year, which is appropriate given all of 2020’s delays to the sporting season. If ever a doubling down were necessary for sportsbook operators in general, now’s the time. Of course, the changes Bovada’s made are more Kansas City Chiefs than Washington Football Team. … Read more
The second round of the NHL postseason is underway, and the Boston Bruins are now feeling the heat after dropping game two of their seven-game series with the Tampa Bay Lightning by a score of 4-3. Game three begins tonight at 8 PM and early NHL Playoff betting lines have the Bruins favored to win … Read more
In the playoffs, no game can end in a tie. Given the low scoring nature of professional hockey, that scenario creates the possibility for an infinite game. The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Columbus Blue Jackets decided to test that theory and delivered to fans the fourth-longest NHL playoff game in league history. Fans of … Read more
Transparency on an injury report is one of the most important aspects of how oddsmakers set betting lines for wagering on the NHL. The severity of the injury and its location on the human body goes a long way in determining how long a player will be out of action. If the Pittsburgh Penguins declare … 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
As the coronavirus continues to spread across both the United States and the entire globe, you can bet the sports leagues will continue to be affected. The SARS-like coronavirus, named COVID-19, started in Wuhan, China, and has since spread worldwide. At the time of writing, there are 127,863 confirmed cases and 4,718 deaths from the … Read more
Get ready, sports fans in the nation’s capital: One of your arenas is about to make sports betting history in the United States. Washington DC’s Capital One Arena will soon have a sportsbook inside the arena after Monumental Sports & Entertainment—the company that owns three of the District’s professional sports franchises—announced a partnership with William … Read more
The first puck of the 2019-20 NHL season drops tonight, but the opening odds to win the Stanley Cup won’t come as a shock. That is unless you think Lightning strikes in the same place twice. Before the start of the new season, the Tampa Bay Lightning have the best chances to win the 2020 … Read more
After a 52-year wait, St. Louis can finally stop singing the blues. The St. Louis Blues started the year at the bottom of the NHL standings and went on to pull off one of the most improbable turnarounds in sports history by beating the Boston Bruins 4-1 on the road in Game 7 and winning … Read more
The Steve Miller Band recorded and released the song “Take the Money and Run” in 1976, which tells the story of two young lovers who rob a bank, make out like bandits, and get away scot-free. St. Louis Blues fan and latest viral bettor Scott Berry could win $100,000 — from a $400 wager he … Read more