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Books benefit from underdog wins

Two-thirds of the Sunday favorites in Week 9 NFL action fell into the trash can as underdogs barked their way to an 8-4 ATS day with five of them winning outright. The public loves betting the favorites so when only four of them cover on a Sunday, it’s usually good news for the sportsbooks. “A […]

Lopez scores KO on Vegas books

Nevada sportsbooks took it on the chin Saturday night when Teofimo Lopez upset favored Vasiliy Lomachenko by unanimous decision at the MGM Grand Conference Center to win the lightweight world unification title. It was the first major boxing match since the pandemic and it was also offered for free on ESPN. “We had a lot […]

Some books opt not to list starters

The 2020 Major League Baseball season finally begins Thursday night with the feature game being the defending World Champion Nationals hosting the Yankees with a brilliant pitching re-match from Game 1 of the World Series between Max Scherzer and new Yankee Gerrit Cole.  Most of us will have some sort of opinion on the game […]

How Joe’s move paid off for William Hill

America’s largest sportsbook operation just got bigger as the Nevada Gaming Control Board approved a deal last week with Eldorado Resorts buying Caesars Entertainment with William Hill taking control of all Caesars sportsbooks within the next two weeks. Next month, William Hill will also be taking over the CG Technology operation, which will give it […]

Las Vegas sportsbooks plan for baseball

Every day, there seemed to be a new revelation in talks between the Major League Baseball owners and the Players Association to get the 2020 season underway and every day, there was some hangup from making a deal to get a shortened season started.  Prior to commissioner Rob Manfred announcing on Monday that there would […]

SuperBook, South Point start mobile betting

Looking at a closed Las Vegas Strip and not knowing exactly when the hotels and casinos will open is depressing. But hope is what can help us all get through the coronavirus pandemic, no matter how small any piece of news is. Two pieces of encouraging news are the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook and South […]

Will NFL Draft betting continue to grow?

The first round of the 2020 NFL Draft on Thursday drew a television audience of 15.6 million between three networks, making it the most-watched NFL Draft in history. It shows just how powerful the NFL is along with how starved for any kind of live sporting event America is while being isolated during the coronavirus […]

SuperBook brand spreads to Colorado

The world-famous SuperBook brand has found a location to be its first offshoot in this wild west era of sports betting in the USA, and it surely won’t be the last. The Lodge Casino located in Black Hawk, Colorado, 37 miles west of Denver, will have a smaller SuperBook on-site while also offering mobile gaming […]

SuperBook, Jacobs Ent. bring betting to Colo.

The world-famous SuperBook brand has found a location to be its first offshoot in this wild west era of sports betting in the USA, and it surely won’t be the last. The Lodge Casino located in Black Hawk, Colorado, 37 miles west of Denver, will have a smaller SuperBook on-site while also offering mobile gaming […]

Mobile sports betting apps offering varied wagering menus

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak made a bold coronavirus decision last week to shut down casinos, putting human safety ahead of the state’s main source of income, which meant every sportsbook also had to shut its doors as well. But a few books such as William Hill, Circa Sports and Caesars Palace decided to keep its […]