Experts in Sports and Gambling
Ready for another OG List? We’ve compiled a complete rundown of every player who’s won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event since its inception in 1972. We’ve also included a comprehensive list of WSOP Europe winners, and winners from the now-defunct WSOP Asia. Johnny Moss won the WSOP […]
Online gaming is huge right now. With the shutdown of almost all professional sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many – including plenty of professional sports stars – are turning to the virtual world to satisfy their appetite for sporting excitement. No game is more popular than FIFA at the […]
We all know that swearing is pervasive in the world of online gaming — you won’t be able to play a session of Call of Duty or often a single match in FIFA without a curse-laden outburst from at least one passionate, angry, or over-excited player. Here at OnlineGambling.com, we’ve […]
While football’s largest leagues pull out all stops to weather the financial storm caused by the global pandemic, smaller soccer clubs have fewer levers to pull. As a result, the current coronavirus shutdown could prove to be an “extinction-level” event for lower-tier clubs across the globe — according to a […]
It’s been a rat-a-tat day in sports and sports betting, with sporting event cancellations spreading like, well, a virus. Fears over coronavirus have reached epidemic proportions. Or maybe pandemic to be more precise. The day started with the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a pandemic, and from there it’s been […]
In 1967, a 30-second commercial in the first Super Bowl (then called the AFL-NFL World Championship Game) cost $47,500. With the game’s roaring success, the price went up by $5,000 the next year. Public interest quickly compounded, and by Super Bowl XXIX (1990), the price for 30 seconds of airtime […]
Catalina Huzum, winner of the 2019 UK Dealer of the Year Championship, and the first woman to receive the award, has shared her best blackjack tips in an exclusive interview with OnlineGambling.com. The competition, which was held at the Genting International Casino, Resorts World Birmingham in March, pits the top […]
London is the destination for the final leg of the ATP Tour this year, as the world’s top eight players face off in the hotly anticipated ATP Finals. The eight competitors have finally been decided, and with huge fortunes and ranking points up for grabs, it won’t be easy to […]
The ATP Finals are fast approaching, and the best tennis players in the world are headed to London to claim the season’s final prize. But do you know enough about the tour’s flagship tournament, and what makes it different from all the rest? The event is second only to the […]
The OG News family has a sad loss to report. Robert Mann, who covered horse racing for OnlineGambling.com, died of a heart attack either Sunday or Monday, at age 68. He had submitted a story from his home in Las Vegas late Sunday afternoon — about a winning horse named Higher […]
Gaming industry observers were both freaking out and insisting “no big deal” when it emerged late Monday that the DOJ had reversed a 2011 opinion on the Wire Act with a new interpretation that potentially put an emergent US online gambling industry at risk. The new interpretation of the 1961 […]
Going to an NFL game isn’t cheap. No matter what city you’re in, and depending on how good your seats are, what you plan to eat and drink, and even how close you want to park, a day at the game with the family can cost you more than a […]
Could one mixed martial arts legend be coming out of retirement to face another? Rumors are flying this week that Georges St-Pierre (GSP) could face the winner of the upcoming mega-fight between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov. The former champ, who has stepped into the octagon just once in the last five […]
Gamblers worldwide are salivating over a proposed head to head, $10 million, winner-take-all golf match between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. The longtime adversaries appear to be headed for a Las Vegas showdown, perhaps as soon as this fall. Mickelson, 48, has confirmed the possibility of the match noting that […]
Daily fantasy sports operator FanDuel has partnered with theGreenbrier Resortin West Virginia in preparation for legal sports betting in the state later this year. The agreement with Greenbrier calls for FanDuel to provide sports betting services at retail locations as well as online andon mobile platforms, and also suggests new […]
Canadians may still be able to play online poker, but as of this week, they now lag behind their neighbors when it comes to sports betting. And that could make it much tougher for Canada’s gaming industry to stay competitive. On Monday, the Supreme Court overturned a federal law that […]
You can count Metta World Peace among those who don’t want to see legalized sports betting in the US. The former NBA star dropped a bombshell this week when he revealed that he was offered cash to throw several basketball games while playing for St. John’s in college. In one […]
It turns out Peyton Manning won’t be an NFL owner after all. While rumors were flying last weekthat Manning was part of the leading bid to purchase the Carolina Panthers for $2.6 billion, the team was instead sold to a different group for a considerably lower price. Billionaire hedge fund […]
After being dominated in Game 1 of the NHL’s Western Conference Finals, it looked like the Cinderella story may be coming to a close for the Vegas Golden Knights. Instead, they’re back to doing what they’ve done all season long–shocking the hockey world. The first-year expansion franchise is now just […]
Second baseman Robinson Cano was supposed to be the driving force behind the Seattle Mariners’ first playoff berth since 2001. Now, they’ll have to climb that mountain without him. The star slugger has been suspended a whopping 80 games by Major League Baseball for violating the league’s drug policy. It […]
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