The 2017-2018 English Premier League season begins play this weekend, with defending champions Manchester City widely expected to take the top honors once again. If they were able to do so, City would become the first back-to-back winners of England’s top soccer league since Manchester United did so in the […]
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Game Time: Jay Kornegay Knows Sports Betting and Sees a Booming Future
Jay Kornegay has been a sports betting professional for more than 30 years — taking bets, not placing them. And as Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook’s vice president of race and sports operations for the past 15 years, he’s in charge of one of the biggest sports betting operations in the […]
Overwatch League Expanding to Include Esports Franchises for Atlanta, Guangzhou
Blizzard Entertainment officially announced the addition of two expansion franchises to the Overwatch League on Thursday, as teams from Atlanta and Guangzhou, China will enter the competition next season. The two teams are the first of an expected six that will take the league from its inaugural 12 members up […]
Liverpool Agrees to Record $87M Transfer Fee for Brazil Goalkeeper Alisson
Liverpool is paying €75 million ($87 million) to bring in Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson, a move that would set a record for the highest fee ever paid for a keeper on the transfer market. The price would easily surpass the €40 million ($46.4 million) paid by Manchester City paid to Portuguese […]
France Favored to Defend Title at 2022 World Cup
France will be defending its championship at the 2022 World Cup championship in Qatar, and will be the favorite with at least one sportsbook. Bovada released its odds for the next global soccer competition, and put France at 5/1 to win its third title. Brazil is next at 7/1, with […]
England vs. Belgium: Who Has Motivation to Find a Win in World Cup Third-Place Game?
The World Cup third-place game often comes down to motivation, and both England and Belgium might be lacking in desire. Both teams faced crushing semifinal defeats, and both thought they could have won and advanced to the final match. English tabloids are characterizing Saturday’s match for third as a “glorified […]
New Jersey Sportsbooks Take $16.4M in First 17 Days of Legal Betting
New Jersey sportsbooks did big business in their first partial month of operations, taking in over $16.4 million in bets during June. The first legal sports bets began being accepted at Monmouth Park and the Borgata casino on June 14, with the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City also opening […]
Go Big and/or Go Home With These Final Five World Cup Bets
The end is near and it is time to go out with a bang betting-wise, so we are looking for big payoffs for our Five World Cup Bets. This OG writer is hovering “right about even” with our hypothetical gambling, and we’re going for the big payday in the third-place […]
Cristiano Ronaldo Signs with Juventus, Ends Nine-Year Run with Real Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo will be taking his talents to Turin, as the Portuguese superstar is leaving Real Madrid to play with Italian giants Juventus next season. Juventus reportedly paid a transfer fee of €100 million ($117 million) to pry Ronaldo away from Madrid, a record transfer fee for a Serie A […]
England, Croatia Forge New National Team Memories in World Cup Semifinal
When Croatia and England meet in the semifinal game on Wednesday, both teams will be trying to erase painful memories of previous failures at this stage of the World Cup. Both have reached the semifinals in the recent past — at least recent in World Cup years — with neither […]
Sir Harry Kane? Oddsmakers Like England Striker’s Chances at British Knighthood
England striker Harry Kane is the leading contender for the World Cup’s Golden Boot award, but he might also be in line for a much more prestigious honor. British oddsmakers believe the team’s captain is under serious consideration to being knighted. Several betting sites have slashed the odds of his […]
Belgium Bounces Brazil in World Cup Thriller, France Eases Past Uruguay
The final two South American teams in the World Cup were eliminated on Friday, as France and Belgium posted wins to set up a semifinal matchup between the bordering nations. Belgium’s victory will make this the first World Cup in which at least one of Brazil, Germany, or Argentina hasn’t […]
Russia, Croatia Take Different Paths to Same World Cup Destination
The soccer teams from Russia and Croatia couldn’t have had different expectations coming into the World Cup. Now the two face each other in the final quarterfinal on Saturday, with an opportunity that many thought neither could achieve. Before the start of play, Russia was a 30/1 pick to win […]
Belgium Manager Knows His Team Is Huge Longshot vs. Brazil in World Cup Quarterfinal
While Belgium manager Roberto Martinez has expressed doubts about whether or not his team can beat Brazil on Friday in the World Cup quarterfinals, the players are filled with confidence about their chances to upset the Russia 2018 favorites. Brazil is a +110 to win the game, while Belgium is […]
Wayne Rooney Completes Transfer from Everton to DC United in MLS
Former England superstar Wayne Rooney will be taking his talents to the United States, as he has completed a move from English Premier League club Everton to DC United of Major League Soccer. Both clubs confirmed that a transfer agreement had been reached on Thursday, with the Washington Post reporting […]
World Cup Round of 16 Provides Five Value Bets Mostly on Favorites
Now that the World Cup Round of 16 gets underway on Saturday, teams will begin to show more of their true form, and finding value bets will be much more difficult. Teams that shocked the soccer world by advancing will have a much harder time surprising opponents and will probably […]
Must-Win Group Matches Create Five World Cup Must Bets
Germany, Poland, and Colombia lost in upsets in the first round and now find themselves in a position of facing must-win games to have any chance of moving on to the knockout stage of the 2018 World Cup. The teams that upset them, Mexico, Senegal, and Japan, can punch their tickets […]
Goal-Oriented: Five Good Bets for World Cup Gamblers
Goals have been stingy so far in the 2018 World Cup, making betting on the world’s favorite soccer tournament a little tricky. But specific picks about who will score, and where on the field they’ll score from have been posting some attractive odds. . Knowing this, OG took a deeper look […]
Colombia, Belgium Should Breeze Through Group Play in World Cup
Betting on Groups G and H in the World Cup present some of the biggest challenges in the tournament. Belgium in Group G is an overwhelming favorite to win, with odds at -120. England is next at +120. It is a little tighter in Group H, but Colombia is expected […]
Brazil and Germany Unlikely to be Challenged in World Cup Group Stage
Brazil and Germany come into the 2018 World Cup as two of the teams most fans expect to go deep into the tournament, with a meeting in the final between the two soccer powerhouses being a real possibility. But their journey will start in the group stage, where each is […]