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'They're going, oh s---.' Inside the Jeopardy! James juggernaut
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jeopardy! champion
The sports bettor who is breaking the game
James Holzhauer is dunking on Jeopardy! Follow here
Professional sports bettor James Holzhauser is destroying Jeopardy! Alex Trebek is impressed, and so are we. We'll track this 'til the end.
GOLF
How to bet Tiger for the rest of 2019
Tiger Woods' Masters win is sure to change the landscape of golf betting. Is there now value on the field? How many majors will Woods win this year? Our experts debate.
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NFL
Week 1 lines released
Browns are favored? Here's the full list of Week 1 NFL lines
The Bears are 3.5-point favorites over the Packers to open the 2019 NFL season. Here are the spreads (and totals) for every Week 1 game.
NFL DRAFT
2019 NFL draft: All the props you can bet on
How many quarterbacks will go in the first round of the NFL draft? Which conference will have the most selections? Who will go No. 1? Here are some props being offered for the upcoming draft.
NFL
Early NFL win totals I like: Mike Clay's projections for all 32 teams
With NFL over/unders already released, Mike Clay compares his projections to the Vegas numbers to find value bets.
Tiger Woods
Breaking down the historic Tiger Woods bet
Golf
Tiger Woods opens as favorite to win 2020 Masters
Fresh off winning his fifth green jacket, Tiger Woods was installed as an 8-1 favorite to win the 2020 Masters. Here are the opening odds for all the golfers.
Betting on 'Game of Thrones'
'Game of Thrones' odds: Bran Stark favored to finish on Iron Throne
HBO's "Game of Thrones" returns Sunday night and U.K. oddsmakers are seeing "unprecedented" betting on the show, including a four-figure bet at Paddy Power.
NBA
The 10 Vegas over/unders that defined the NBA season
The Bucks flew past their projected win total, while the Lakers failed to meet expectations. Here are the 10 over/unders furthest from Vegas' preseason expectations.
Texas Tech costs bettor
NCAAM
The bettor who had a $300,000 Texas Tech futures bet -- and didn't hedge
One bettor had a $1,500 ticket on Texas Tech at 200-1 odds to win the national championship and didn't hedge his bet. Here's his story.
big parlay pays off
How a 14-cent parlay won $1,300: A March Madness love story
One bettor beat the odds and turned the final 14 cents left on his app account into over $1,300 in a March Madness parlay, but his girlfriend just might end up being the big winner.
Interviewing the big winner
How a bettor turned 14 cents into $1,345
bad beats
Worst bad beats of the 2019 NCAA tournament
If you bet during the NCAA tournament this year, there's a chance you have a bad beat story to tell. Here are some of the worst by round, including Purdue +4.5 against Virginia.
Horse Racing
Latest 2019 Kentucky Derby futures odds
With the 145th Kentucky Derby approaching, Omaha Beach is now the favorite at 3-1 following a win at the Arkansas Derby. Here are the full odds for every horse.
a gambling story for the ages
Blueberry basil and a bookmaker's typo: Behind the bet that shook up the competitive gelato world
An 18-second bookmaking error allowed two New Jersey gelato makers to win $56,000 instead of $12.50. Here is the story of how they used the money to make a dream come true.
daily wager videos
Which states will be legalizing sports gambling next?
Can the Orioles win more than 59 games?
Scott Van Pelt and Stanford Steve debate whether SVP's Orioles can eclipse their over/under line this season.
The SuperContest
Picks, proxies and a $900,000 barista: Inside the rise of the Vegas SuperContest
Simple rules, huge payoff: This is the oral history of how a little-known NFL betting competition for Las Vegas sharps became a national phenomenon for everyone else.
NBA
How former ref Tim Donaghy conspired to fix NBA games
In 2007, NBA ref Tim Donaghy pleaded guilty to betting on games he officiated. But it was never proved that he fixed them -- until now. Our two-year investigation reveals how he did it, whom he did it with and the millions that flowed from the conspiracy.
tim donaghy story
Sports gambling must be regulated like financial markets
2019 WSOP
2019 World Series of Poker schedule
The 2019 World Series of Poker runs from May 29 through July 16. The $10,000 WSOP main event goes from July 3-16, with live coverage on ESPN during every day of play.
There will be over 40 hours of live coverage, plus an additional 90 hours of originally produced episodes of the WSOP main event in 2019 on ESPN.
WWE
Inside the strange world of WWE betting
The worlds of sports betting and WWE seem unlikely to cross over, but for some offshore and European sportsbooks, WWE action has become part of their portfolio. So how does betting on a predetermined outcome work?
NFL
I was my father's tout: A family story of betting the Super Bowl
Some sons bond with their dads over football games. Tom Junod bonded with his over betting them.
Mississippi sports betting
'Roll Tide': A successful CFB season for Mississippi sports betting
Mississippi sportsbooks have taken in $157 million in wagers in their first college football season (a lot of it on the Crimson Tide). This was the scene for the title game in Biloxi.
NFL
$2.5M sports betting contest ends in controversy
A national sports betting handicapping contest with a $2.5 million prize pool ended in controversy Sunday in New Jersey after Day 3 leader Rufus Peabody was prevented from making his final wager before the NFC divisional-round game kicked off.
Pennsylvania market
$12 billion in handle? Why Pennsylvania sports betting could be huge
With a big population and all four pro sports leagues, legalized sports betting in Pennsylvania could dwarf Nevada's market. Here's why.
Legalization
Won and done? Sportsbooks banning the smart money
Should bookmakers be allowed to refuse to take bets from customers? It's a growing debate in the legal U.S. sports betting market.
Offshore Sportsbooks
The effect of more legal U.S. options
What U.S. legalization means for offshore sportsbooks
As more states adopt sports betting, what will become of offshore sportsbooks that still cater to customers in the United States?
Top Headlines
- Jeopardy! champ adds $131K with perfect game
- Sports bettor hauls in $106,181 on 'Jeopardy!'
- Clips beat odds (100-1) with rally over Warriors
- Bettor wins $1.19M on Tiger as books take bath
- Clippers largest 1st-round underdogs since 1988
- March Gladness: Jersey cashes in on NCAAs
- Virginia favored to repeat in 2020 at Vegas books
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Westgate Las Vegas SuperContest
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SuperContest oral history
Simple rules, huge payoff: This is the oral history of how a little-known NFL betting competition for Las Vegas sharps became a national phenomenon for everyone else.
Future of sports betting series
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Future of sports betting homepage
What will a legal, fully mature sports betting market look like in the U.S.? Where will fantasy sports fit in? Here is our nine-part series on the future of sports betting.
Sports betting legalization
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Legalization of sports betting homepage
Here is your one-stop shop of all relevant content, now that the Supreme Court has struck down PASPA.
PickCenter
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PickCenter hub
All you need to know before making your picks. PickCenter's data comes from two main sources: TeamRankings and numberFire.
