The Los Angeles Lakers’ odds of making the 2024 NBA Playoffs recently took a nosedive. The Lakers are coming off back-to-back losses with two games remaining in the regular season. With the Suns' win over the Clippers, the Lakers last chance to make the playoffs is the 2024 NBA Play-In Tournament The Los Angeles Lakers’ odds of making the NBA playoffs received a major blow this week. A...

John Calipari unexpectedly resigned from Kentucky to accept the Arkansas coaching job. Calipari stepped down two weeks after Kentucky's athletic director Mitch Barnhart confirmed he would be returning for the 2024-25 season. Baylor head coach Scott Drew is currently the favorite to replace Calipari as head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats. Only two weeks after John Calipari reportedly ...

The Louisiana Gaming Control Board has banned player prop bets on college sports. Effective August 1, 2024, sports bettors in Louisiana will no longer be able to wager on player props at regulated sportsbooks. The ban is in response to a recent wave of match-fixing scandals and threats to collegiate athletes from bettors on social media. Louisiana is joining Maryland, Ohio, and Vermon...

Seven-year Dota 2 veteran Taiga has been caught working with match-fixers following multiple leaks, according to YouTuber, Morf-Designer. The 25-year-old Norwegian pro gamer revealed publicly that he had a gambling addiction in October 2023. Chat logs, screen recordings, and voice recordings revealed that Taiga was working with Russian match-fixers to manipulate games for their financial b...

Taylor Swift is heavily favored for the 2024 Spotify Top Global Artist. Spotify’s Top Global Artist measures the most streamed artist of the year on the platform. Swift has an edge over Drake for the most streamed artist of all-time on Spotify. 2023 was known as the year of Taylor Swift, but she isn’t done yet. After shattering multiple records for the Eras Tour and being named the Tim...

        Iowa college basketball star Caitlin Clark was offered a lucrative $5 million contract from Ice Cube to play in his BIG3 league. Rapper Lil Durk doubled the initial offer with a $10 million deal to play for his “3”. The latest betting odds suggest that Clark will not sign a contract to play for the BIG3 in 2024. As college basketball phenom C...

UConn Huskies’ Donovan Clingan is the most likely winner of the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player award. Clingan is skyrocketing on 2024 NBA Draft boards due to his effort in the NCAA Tournament. The UConn Huskies are favored to win the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Connecticut Huskies’ center Donovan Clingan (+180) has the shortest odds to win men’s 2024 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding...

The women’s NCAA Tournament viewership ratings have dominated the NBA on ESPN. The Round of 32 West Virginia vs. Iowa matchup finished atop the ESPN ratings last week. Caitlin Clark’s rise to prominence has helped send interest in women’s college basketball skyrocketing. As women’s college basketball steals the March Madness spotlight, recent metrics reveal that the 2024 Women’s NCAA B...

NCAA President Charlie Baker is encouraging states with legal sports betting to ban prop betting on college sporting events. Baker’s comments are in response to a wave of sports betting scandals involving potential match-fixing and players being harassed over prop bets. Several states already prohibit prop betting on college sports. Following a series of investigations into potential m...

The Georgia Rules Committee failed to take up Senate Bill 386 and Senate Resolution 579 on Thursday morning. If the bill passes, it will permit Georgia residents to vote on legalizing sports betting in November. Georgia has unsuccessfully tried to legalize sports betting since 2022. On Thursday morning, legal sports betting in Georgia received a significant blow after the local Rules C...

NFL owners have approved a new hybrid kickoff rule at the Annual League Meeting. The new NFL kickoff rule is similar to what the XFL implemented for its new league in 2020. The hybrid kickoff was approved by a vote of 29-3; the Packers, Raiders, and 49ers voted against. As the NFL continues to conceive new rules to reduce head injuries, the league has passed a new hybrid kickoff rule. ...

Toronto Raptors’ Jontay Porter is under investigation for irregular betting patterns on his prop bets. The 24-year-old center is currently on a two-way contract with the G League’s Toronto 905 and Raptors. The investigation will focus on Raptors games played from Jan. 26 to March 20. Only days after the Shohei Ohtani gambling saga came to light in the media, another wild betting story ...

The Los Angeles Lakers have the best odds to draft Bronny James in the 2024 NBA Draft. As a freshman at USC, James averaged roughly 5 points and three rebounds per game. In July 2023, James suffered cardiac arrest during a workout in preparation for his freshman season at USC. As we wait for Bronny James’ decision on whether he will declare for the 2024 NBA Draft, oddsmakers at BetUS b...

The Colorado Avalanche are in the midst of a seven-game winning streak. They are in a three-way tie with the Winnipeg Jets and Dallas Stars for the best record in the Central Division. The Avalanche’s 2023-24 Presidents’ Trophy odds have soared in March. Amid a red-hot streak for the Colorado Avalanche, the 2023-24 Presidents’ Trophy odds have experienced a considerable shift. Currentl...

Los Angeles Dodgers’ star Shohei Ohtani has been caught up in an unusual illegal gambling scandal. Ohtani’s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, has been accused of stealing money from the two-time MVP to cover gambling debts. Initially, according to Mizuhara, Ohtani agreed to cover his gambling debts. The biggest star in baseball is in the middle of a bizarre gambling story involving an illeg...

The Denver Nuggets have won 12 of their previous 14 games. The Nuggets’ NBA Championship odds improved considerably in March, with many bettors backing the team. The Boston Celtics vs. Denver Nuggets is the most likely NBA Finals matchup, according to the latest odds. The Denver Nuggets’ betting odds to win NBA title are dropping rapidly in the build-up to the post-season. According to...