Ed Scimia

Ed Scimia

Sports Writer  |  BETHEL, CT

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Ed Scimia covers gaming industry matters related to sports betting, and is the author of seven books – including Catching Fish: Your Practical Guide to Beating $1/$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Games, Gambling Essentials: The Knowledge You Need to Play Popular Casino Games, and So Bad It’s Good: More than 50 Great Films for Your Bad Movie Night. Ed has previously covered chess for About.com, poker for CardsChat News, and is coach of the Yale University curling team.

Left-to-right: David Perdue will take on Jon Ossoff in one Georgia Senate runoff, while Raphael Warnock challenges Kelly Loeffler in the other. (Image: Getty)

Georgia Senate Runoff Odds: Perdue, Loeffler Favored Over Democratic Challengers

Election betting season hasn’t ended just yet – and we’re not just talking about outstanding wagers on the presidential race. Two Senate races in Georgia are headed to runoffs, as Kelly Loeffler faces off against Raphael Warnock and David Perdue takes on Jon Ossoff. The stakes are high for these […]

Valencia is one of several La Liga clubs currently featuring a gambling firm as the main sponsor on its shirts. (Image: Jose Jordan/AFP/Getty)

Clubs, Operators Scramble After Spain Bans Soccer Team Gambling Sponsorships

Today, 17 of the 20 clubs in La Liga – Spain’s top-flight soccer league – enjoy some sort of sponsorship deal with one or more gaming firms. By next season, the Spanish government says that number will be zero. Last week, the Spanish government approved the Royal Decree on Commercial […]

Top-seeded Hikaru Nakamura comes in as an overwhelming favorite to win his first-round match in the Speed Chess Championship. (Image: Getty)

Speed Chess Championship Odds: Aronian, Caruana, Giri First-Round Underdogs

Many of the world’s top chess players are competing in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship on Chess.com, a $100,000 online knockout competition that pits grandmasters against each other in a series of blitz and bullet games. While Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura are heavy favorites to get through the early […]

Canelo Alvarez has become a free agent after reaching an agreement to sever his contract with Golden Boy Promotions and DAZN. (Image: John Locher/AP)

Canelo Alvarez Severs Ties with Golden Boy Promotions, DAZN

Boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez and Golden Boy Promotions have reached an agreement that will allow Alvarez to move forward as a free agent. The move will also sever ties between Alvarez and streaming service DAZN. Alvarez Plans to Fight in December Alvarez signed an 11-fight, $365 million deal with DAZN […]

Magnus Carlsen (left) will enter the Champions Chess Tour as the favorite, just as he has in every online and live chess event in 2020. (Image: Lennart Ootes/Altibox Norway Chess)

Play Magnus Group Launches 10-Event, $1.5 Million Champions Chess Tour

The Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour burst on the scene earlier this year to provide world-class chess players with big money online tournaments throughout the spring and summer. Now, the Play Magnus Group is expanding on that idea with the Champions Chess Tour, a 10-event series beginning later this month. The […]