Posted on February 7th, 2022
Having been in the world of sports betting for 25 years, this is a subject which I have pondered many times and one which comes up every year. The topic usually arises when a strange event affects the outcome of a game. I have put a great deal of thought into this subject and I […]
Posted on February 5th, 2022
(Updated January 31, 2024) Imagine making it all the way until your late 60’s before you became a gambling junkie. That’s exactly what “Mattress Mack” did. Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is a furniture store owner in the Houston, Texas area. Mack first rose to national fame when he offered huge rebates and refunds to customers […]
Posted on February 2nd, 2022
We are just about to the NBA All-Star break which marks – kind of – the midpoint of the 2021-22 season. There have been some surprises. A mere three games separate sixth place from first in the East and the sixth-place team – Brooklyn – is one of the favorites to win an NBA title. […]
Posted on January 31st, 2022
With the calendar moving to February, the college basketball season moves closer to its ultimate event – March Madness. Gonzaga (+600) and Baylor (+1000), who met for the national championship last season, are among the favorites to win it all this season. Auburn (+1000), which is ranked No. 1 in the nation for the first […]
Posted on January 26th, 2022
It’s hard to win college basketball national championships. In a Hall of Fame career that now spans six decades, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski has five. Virginia’s Tony Bennett got his first at the end of the 2018-19 season. That came one year after becoming the first No. 1 seed to ever lose a first-round […]
Posted on January 24th, 2022
It’s like Old Dogs meets Grumpy Old Men. The Los Angeles Lakers are just too old to win another NBA title. Well, that plus the fact that there just aren’t enough basketballs to go around. But, mainly the collective age of the Lakers is what will prevent them from winning another championship until LeBron James […]
Posted on January 23rd, 2022
The championship games are set. After a very exciting divisional round which saw three road teams beat the favored home teams, the Rams will host the 49ers and the Chiefs will host the Bengals. We hope you didn’t decide to skip these games and just check the scores at the end of the night, because […]
Posted on January 20th, 2022
The NFL moves into its divisional round of the postseason this weekend. Eight teams will compete to move on to their respective conference championship games. Teams like Cincinnati, a No. 4 seed, and San Francisco, a No. 6 seed, look to pull off major upsets and advance. In NFL playoff history, there have been a […]
Posted on January 18th, 2022
Whether it’s the speed and skills of the lightweights or the big-punching, knockout action of the heavyweights, boxing is one of the most popular sports in the world to bet on. With fights taking place every weekend in the United States, United Kingdom and across the world, there’s always a mouth-watering bout on the horizon […]
Posted on January 17th, 2022
With the announcement that Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant will be out the next four to six weeks, the race for the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award is now a bit cloudy. Durant suffered an MCL sprain which will keep him out of the Nets lineup until probably March. That opens the door for a number of […]