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How America’s Favorite Sports Betting Expert Turned A Sucker’s Game Into An Industry [UPDATED]
Update (January 16, 2019): In June 2017, RJ Bell and Pregame filed a defamation lawsuit over this article. The parties agreed to settle the case and, as part of that agreement, Deadspin is providing a link to Bell’s response to the allegations in the article: RJ Bell’s Response to This Article. Dead...
The NCAA Has No Idea What To Do About Daily Fantasy
At their annual meeting earlier this week, the hot topic among D1 athletic directors was the rise of daily fantasy sports, and what—if anything—the NCAA can or should do about it. The early returns from the meeting indicate that the NCAA wants daily fantasy to be considered gambling, and thus ban pl...
MLB Finds Jarred Cosart Placed Bets, But Not On Baseball
It only took MLB investigators about a week to get to the bottom of Marlins pitcher Jarred Cosart’s betting habits, after his spot got blown up on Twitter. The conclusion: dude bets on sports with a bookie, which is technically illegal but not against MLB rules, but never bets on baseball, which wou...
Duke's Meaningless Last Second Free Throw Cost Vegas Millions
Last night's Duke-Utah game seemingly ended in a 62-57 win for Duke. With eight seconds remaining Utah's Jordan Loveridge missed a three-pointer, and the Utah players only half-heartedly tried to foul or tie up the rebounder, Duke's Quinn Cook. But with 0.7 seconds left a referee blew for a foul a...
MLB Investigating Claim That Marlins Pitcher Jarred Cosart Bet On Sports
We have no idea if Jarred Cosart bets on sports. (Maybe you do! Let's talk.) MLB doesn't either, but it intends to find out. After last nights emergence of screenshots of Twitter messages claiming to show the Marlins starter talking bets, MLB has announced that its Department of Investigations will ...
Vegas Goes Nuts Over A Meaningless Layup To Cover The Spread
It was a remarkable day of basketball, despite having only two (or three, maybe) actual late winners. But if you are rooting with your wallet as well as with your heart, well, there are buzzer-beaters all around you....
Bookie: Thomas Vanek Had Gambling Debts Of More Than $10 Million
An upstate New York man who pleaded guilty to charges related to running an illicit gambling ring admitted to extorting Wild winger Thomas Vanek, in an attempt to recoup some of the more than $10 million he says Vanek owed....
Mark Cuban Takes Shot At NFL For Its Opposition To Sports Betting
On Friday, a judge shot down a New Jersey law that would have allowed sports betting, to the satisfaction of the four major American sports leagues, all of which opposed it—and all of which profit immensely from bettors' interest. As Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said of every owner and executive, incl...
Thomas Vanek Paid Off $230,000 Gambling Debt With Islanders Paycheck
This summer, Minnesota Wild winger Thomas Vanek found himself caught up in a federal case against three men accused of running a gambling ring out of an Upstate New York bar. Vanek, who played nearby in both Rochester and Buffalo, served as a witness, but his link to the alleged bookies was unclear....
Report: Thomas Vanek Involved In Federal Gambling Investigation
Minnesota Wild winger Thomas Vanek was in a federal courthouse today, and in a statement he says he's somehow involved in a federal case against three men charged with running a sports betting ring out of their upstate New York bar....
Jeff Ma & David Frohardt-Lane: What's Sports Betting Really Like?
By now, it's almost a given that public discussion of sports betting will result in nothing of real value being said. It can be entertaining, but is typically vague, or cagey. But not today! We have Jeff Ma, who hosted Sloan's gambling panel, and David Frohardt-Lane, who participated, to give you so...
What You Need To Know To Bet On The Super Bowl (Late Edition)
Below is your final NFL betting line chart for the 2013-14 season, with updated figures for spread, bet trend, over/under, and money line figures for this Sunday's Super Bowl (here's the early post from last week). Of course there are many fun ways to bet on the Super Bowl; check out Jay Sanin's pos...
What You Need To Know To Bet On The Super Bowl (Early Edition)
Here is your early betting info for the Super Bowl, including the line movement, bet trend, money line, and over/under, as well as the performance of the Seahawks and Broncos against the spread and O/U this season. There's been a lot of early movement—rare for Super Bowls—and we'll be updating next ...
What You Need To Know To Bet On The AFC/NFC Title Games (Late Edition)
Below is your late betting info for the AFC and NFC championship games (you can see the early-week edition here). Spread and over/under movement is now included, and the money lines, over/unders, and bet trend have been updated....
What You Need To Know To Bet On The AFC, NFC Title Games
Here is your early betting info for the championship round of the playoffs this weekend. We'll update on Thursday with spread and over/under movement....
NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Divisional Round (Late Edition)
Below is your late betting info for the divisional-round playoff games (you can see the early-week edition here). Spread movement is now included, and the money lines, over/unders, and bet trend have been updated. I've also added one extra data point: the over/under movement from the opening line. S...
NFL Betting Lines, Visualized: Divisional Round (Early Edition)
Here is your early betting info for the Divisional round of the playoffs this weekend. Money lines for all the games are already available, but we'll update on Thursday with spread movements. Like last week, we've included the average spread and average over/under for each team, as well as the appro...