Experts in Sports and Gambling
The NFL’s expanded slate on wild-card weekend, with several networks opting to expand their footprint by simultaneously broadcast on alternate networks or streaming, did not yield a ratings bonanza. Instead, overall viewer numbers were down year over year and in some cases were the lowest in five years or more. […]
Cleveland’s COVID-19 rollercoaster continues to confound and surprise all the way up to the team’s wild-card game kickoff at 8:15 pm ET Sunday at Heinz Field. Over the past 24 hours, the Browns—which will be without head coach Kevin Stefanski who tested positive Tuesday, along with a host of his […]
On Sunday, the Cleveland Browns will play their first playoff game since Blue Crush was in the theaters, and they’ll do it with special teams coordinator Mike Priefer roaming the sidelines instead of head coach Kevin Stefanski. Stefanski, along with defensive backs coach Jeff Howard and tight ends coach Drew […]
The Quickie Betting Preview continues. Sunday features three more NFL wild-card games, and each one includes teams that played each other at least once this season. The Baltimore Ravens were knocked out of the postseason last year by the Tennessee Titans. The Titans and Ravens meet again this year. For […]
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and Vancouver, BC-based GeoComply announced Monday that bettors in the Keystone State will be the first in the US to have access to a feature called PlayPause, a self-exclusion tool for online gamblers. GeoComply, a tech company that provides secure geolocation services, created a nonprofit […]
BetMGM has had a busy fall in Pennsylvania, and they’re (literally) just getting started. Since Thanksgiving week, the online sports betting operator has signed a multi-year partnership with the Pittsburgh Steelers, fast-tracked their approval process, and launched their sports betting app a couple of weeks ahead of schedule in the […]
Monday Night Football features a unique doubleheader in Week 13 with Washington (4-7) visiting the undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers (11-0), and the Buffalo Bills (8-3) playing the San Francisco 49ers (5-6) in Arizona. It wouldn’t be the NFL’s pandemic season without a couple of extra primetime games to accommodate the rescheduling […]
The 2020 NFL season may be best remembered not for the action on the field, but for broken pandemic protocols, teams forced to play while sick and with limited personnel, teams forced out of their home facilities, and attempts to figure a way to make something so abnormal seem normal […]
The NFL will finally play its third Thanksgiving game between the Baltimore Ravens and the undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday at 3:40 pm ET. Six days late. For only the third time in history, the NFL scheduled a game on Wednesday because of a coronavirus outbreak within the Baltimore Ravens […]
BetMGM’s pending arrival in Pennsylvania kicked off Tuesday with the announcement of a multi-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The online sportsbook has grown its media footprint steadily since hiring chief operating officer Ryan Spoon from ESPN last month. Parent company MGM touted BetMGM as the company’s 2020 bright spot […]
The undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers placed “Big” Ben Roethlisberger and four other players on the Reserve/COVID-19 list after tight end Vance McDonald tested positive for the coronavirus. The betting markets adjusted when news about Roethlisberger broke. The point spread on this Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals opened at -9.5 or […]
If you think the Pittsburgh Steelers can finish the season with a perfect 16-0 record, then I have a prop bet for you. DraftKings updated its prop bet for a team to go 16-0 this season, and the 8-0 Pittsburgh Steelers are +900 or 9/1 odds to remain undefeated. The […]
You might feel as though the New York Jets have about as good a chance to win a game this season as Donald Trump does of overturning the results of the presidential election. If you’re slightly more confident about the Jets avoiding an 0-16 campaign than you are of Trump […]
The Kansas City Chiefs (7-1) continue to be the consensus favorite to win the 2021 Super Bowl at 7/2 odds, according to a recent update by the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas. However, in the last week or so, several teams moved toward the top of the NFL futures board. […]
Week 8 of the NFL season features a couple of marquee matchups, including the undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers (6-0) heading to Baltimore for a throwdown against Lamar Jackson and the Ravens (5-1). The New York Jets (0-7) have yet to win a game this season and face an uphill battle against […]
Only three undefeated NFL teams remain with two of them — the Tennessee Titans (5-0) and Pittsburgh Steelers (5-0) — meeting in Week 7. Playoff-caliber teams like the Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills, and Los Angeles Rams are in a classic bounce-back mode after losses last week. The NFL flexed […]
The term “smashmouth” football comes to mind when you mention the AFC North, because whenever two AFC North teams meet, it’s going to be a fierce battle. Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens are the team to beat in the AFC North this season. The Westgate SuperBook posted the Baltimore […]
Christmas came early for the LOLJets. The New York Jets (6-9) defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 16-10, and knocked the Steelers (8-7) out of the AFC Wild Card. The defense stepped up big time in the fourth quarter to seal a fifth victory for the Jets over their last seven games. […]
There are some betting lines that make gamblers scratch their heads, and the Bills-Steelers game on Sunday is one of those. The fact that Pittsburgh is favored by only one point at home makes absolutely no sense to me. It is the same feeling I had when I took 10.5-points […]
In NFL Week 10, a couple of usual suspects – the NY Jets and Cincinnati Bengals – are home dogs once again, while the Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans also find themselves getting points at home. In addition, the Thursday Night Football matchup between the LA Chargers (4-5) and Oakland […]
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