Manchester United and Atletico Madrid are finely poised in the Champions League round of 16 as we head into the second leg. Today sees a tightly-contested match-up in the Champions League round of 16 with Manchester United hosting Atletico Madrid. The sight of Cristiano Ronaldo roaring back into form at […]
Gregg Popovich Becomes Winningest NBA Coach: The Numbers Behind a Legend
Gregg Popovich has assumed the mantle of the NBA coach with the most victories to his name after the San Antonio Spurs beat the Utah Jazz 104-102 on Friday night. With the win, Popovich secured his place in the record books after notching the 1,336th victory of his coaching career, […]
Tom Brady Comes Out of Retirement: Record-Breaking Career in Numbers
After Tom Brady had a change of heart about retirement, onlinegambling.com sifted through the stats of his amazing career with both the New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Barely two months after revealing he would retire from the NFL after 22 seasons, Brady has decided to make an […]
OG’s Updated List of WSOP Main Event Winners and Champions
Ready for an updated OG List of World Series of Poker Main Event winners? We’ve compiled a complete list of WSOP Main Event champions, beginning in 1972 with Johnny Moss and including the current champion, Koray Aldemir, who shipped the 2021 version in Las Vegas for $8 million. We’ve […]
Layne Flack Among 10 Finalists for 2021 Poker Hall of Fame
Six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Layne Flack is among the three new names added to the list of 10 finalists for the Poker Hall of Fame. Flack joins French pro Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi as first-time Poker Hall of Fame finalists. Flack passed away […]
Jordan Spieth Partners with FanDuel as More Pro Golfers Pick a Sportsbook
Jordan Spieth, one of the biggest names on the PGA Tour, is putting his name behind FanDuel Sportsbook’s new daily fantasy golf products. FanDuel, one of the most popular sports betting companies in the US, announced the multi-year partnership on Wednesday. Spieth, a 12-time PGA Tour winner with three major […]
Erik Seidel Wins Ninth WSOP Bracelet in Super Millions High Roller
It’s been 14 long years since Erik Seidel stepped into the winner’s circle as a WSOP bracelet winner. Seidel won his ninth WSOP bracelet — and his first online bracelet — with a come-from-behind victory on Tuesday at the 2021 World Series of Poker Online at GGPoker. He was the […]
Esports Money: Which FIFA Players Earn the Most?
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 […]
Sports Economists Warn of Looming Financial Crisis for Football’s Lower Leagues
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 […]
Coronavirus Sports and Sports Betting Impact Live Blog – March 11, 2020
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 […]
Price of Super Bowl Commercials Keeps Rising, so Who’s Still Buying? (Infographic)
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 […]
OG Interview: Expert Blackjack Tips from 2019 UK Dealer of the Year
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 […]
ATP Tour Finals 2019 Betting Preview
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 […]
ATP Finals Explained: Qualification, Format, and Ranking Points
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 […]
Bob Mann, Las Vegas Sports Betting Journalist and Horse Racing Aficionado, Dies at 68
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 […]
New DOJ Wire Act Opinion Shakes Maturing US Online Gambling Industry
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 […]
How Much Does It Really Cost to See Your Favorite NFL Team Play? OG’s Gameday Calculator Knows
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 […]
Georges St-Pierre Won’t Say if He’ll Fight McGregor or Nurmagomedov, Oddsmakers Believe He’d Crush Both
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 […]
Tiger Woods vs. Phil Mickelson Heads-Up for $10 Million Could Create Golf Gambling Bonanza
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 […]
FanDuel, Greenbrier Partner in West Virginia to Have Live and Online Sports Betting by Fall
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 […]