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Is <em>USA Today</em>'s Veteran Gambling Guy Buying Twitter Followers?
Remember our old friend Sarah Phillips, the internet huckster and former ESPN columnist? One of her many tricks, we learned, was to buy followers on Twitter—a new scheme for a new era. The more followers you have, the more influence you can claim to have. In a monetized social-media landscape, the T...
108-Foot Roy Hodgson Erected On English Coast
"Roy the Redeemer" was unveiled this week, a massive statue of England manager aping the famous Christ sculpture in Brazil. He stands above the cliffs of Dover, and is supposedly visible from France. (The two nations face each other on Monday.)...
This Guy Bet On The Clippers When They Were Down Big And Turned $75 Into $41,000
We love when the house loses. Nothing brought us more joy than seeing a Vegas patron get 999/1 odds on the Cardinals when they were seemingly out of the race in Mid-September, then cashing in big time. So while the Clippers, down by as many as 27 to Memphis in game 1 on Sunday, couldn't offer odds t...
The Charlotte Bobcats Can't Even Beat The Spread
The Bobcats' losing streak has reached 18 games, and they're flirting with the all-time worst single-season winning percentage in NBA history. You would expect an experienced gambler to see them as a good bet because the entire world thinks so little of them. Er, no....
WrestleMania Betting Odds, And How To Gamble On Pro Wrestling
WrestleMania XXVIII will go down Sunday in Miami, and I'd like you to ask yourself some questions. Can the Undertaker extend his Wrestlemania record to 20-0? Will Chris Jericho or CM Punk get the better of what could be an all-time classic? Does the Rock still have what it takes to bring down John C...
Picking The NCAA Tournament By Following The Real Money
Every pick'em pool shows you who pickers are picking in the NCAA Tournament. But keep in mind those numbers include oblivious office drones choosing teams based on best mascot or uniform color. The smart bracket-filler-outer pays attention to the folks who really have something on the line: their ca...
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Bet $1 Million Against Tim Tebow
Two weeks ago, the New England Patriots walked all over the Denver Broncos in a 41-23 win. More importantly, Mayweather got rich—well, richer. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Mayweather had $1 million on the Patriots. The director of the Cantor Gaming sports book at the M Resort, Mike Colb...
Hey Look, Someone Actually Bet That The First Score In Giants/Cowboys Would Be A Safety
"ACCVentures" over in the Covers.com forums put down $22 at 50-1 that the first score in Sunday Night Football would be a safety. Seems kind of low, and he had to play each team separately, but he's got $1100 and you don't....
Chiefs Fans, Time To Bet It All On Red
Are you a Missourian inspired by the St. Louis fan who rode the Cardinals at 999/1 when all hope was lost? Maybe now's the time to throw some dough at Tyler Palko and the miracle Chiefs. (Does that roll off the tongue? Not so much.) Two games out of first in the AFC West, KC is being offered at 500/...
Gamblers Beat Delaware With Math
Why you gots to pick on Delaware, bettors? Delaware never hurt no one. They were the first state. They don't charge income sales tax. It only takes like 20 minutes to drive through on your way to more important places. And now you're all gaming the system to bet NFL games, even though you're not tec...
Tonight, One Shy Gambler's Impossible Quarter-Million-Dollar-Dream Lives Or Dies
There's probably a good-sized group of folks wandering into the Las Vegas MGM Grand sports book tonight, taking the Cardinals at -125. If they were to throw down $250, it could become $450. A nice chunk, but nothing to wet the bed about....
The Man Who Bet The Cardinals At 999/1 When They Were Out Of The Race Is Looking Smart And Rich Right Now
Vegas loves long shots. When statistics and history scream against the possibility of a miracle, Vegas can always count on the dreamers and the fools to put down cash in the hope of a once-in-a-lifetime payout. It's free money for the house, 999 times out of 1,000....
The Quirks Of Gambling On Professional Wrestling
Since the dawn of time, it's been mankind's dream to own the Sports Almanac from Back To The Future Part II. If one could know the result of a sporting event beforehand, one could make untold riches by gambling on it. While the Novikov self-consistency principle — or perhaps Calvinism — means this c...
Patriots Team Up With State Lotto; NFL Conveniently Forgets That It Pretends To Hate Gambling
Remember the NFL's feigned outrage over sports gambling in Delaware? All that sanctimonious stuff about tarnishing the game's image and leading children to degenerate lives of laying the points with the Pats on the road? Well, apparently none of that applies to state-run lotteries....
Sports League Built On Backs Of Gamblers Makes Token Effort To Stop Sports Gambling in Delaware
So it appears the Delaware sports betting bill will be signed into law later this week. And, on cue, the NFL is making a big production of being outraged....
Delaware Still Not As Fun As Las Vegas
Delaware's governor says he will keep fighting to make sports betting legal, even after his wagering bill lost in the state legislature by two votes. I had +3.5, so at least they covered. [Star-Ledger]...
An Ill-Informed Betting Guide To The Kentucky Derby
It's that time of year—the five-week period when people who could not care less about horse racing the other 47 weeks of the year suddenly become experts in animal husbandry, gambling and stupid hats....
Sports Betting Has A New Supporter Taking Office
Score one for sports betting. Delaware Gov.-elect Jack Markell is determined to make legal sports betting one of his top issues....
Morning Blogdome: We Are Kickers, We Kick Ball
We Play With Ball, We Kick The Ball: Notre Dame's kicking woes force them to land a kicker who's never, uh, kicked before. [Sports by Brooks] Goodbye, Sally's College Fund: You can now place bets at the Maloof Brothers' Casino for all NBA teams not named the Sacramento Kings. [USA Today Blog] Yee-h...
What Do You Mean My Buds Don't Play? Deal the Damn Cards!
Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? I tell you, I gotta plead ignorance on this thing, because if anyone had said anything to me at all when I first started here that that sort of thing is frowned upon... you know, cause I've played in a lot of casinos, and I tell you, people do that all ...