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Dominant US basketball, soccer teams driving high betting interest on Olympics
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Sports books say they expect strong betting interest in this year’s Olympics, driven by dominant U.S. basketball and soccer teams. But that very dominance is making it hard to make some bets on those teams without risking far more than you might win on...
Belmont winner Dornoch wins $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch captured the $1 million Haskell Stakes Saturday at Monmouth Park to take charge of what had been a wide-open 3-year-old division. A second straight Grade 1 victory removed any doubt as to leader of the pack. The...
Sports betting roundup: Pete Alonso has best odds to win MLB’s Home Run Derby on BetMGM Sportsbook
The Euro 2024 and Copa America tournaments concluded on Sunday with some exciting championship games. Spain beat England 2-1 to win the Euro 2024 championship. Mikel Oyarzabal’s goal in the 86th minute proved to be the game-winner. It was Spain’s fourth European Championship,...
IOC and Saudi Arabia agree on 12-year deal for video gaming Esports Olympics
GENEVA (AP) — Saudi Arabia and the IOC are teaming up for their first commercial deal together with the oil-rich kingdom set to host the Esports Olympics that launch next year. The gaming partnership will be for 12 years “with Olympic Esports Games held regularly,” the...
No fooling: FanDuel fined for taking bets on April Fool's Day on events that happened a week before
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — It might have seemed too good to be true, but there it was, and on April Fool's Day, no less: One of the country's leading sports books was taking bets on mixed martial arts fights that had already happened a week earlier. FanDuel accepted 34 bets on the...
NBA draft betting: French teenager Zaccharie Risacher has the best odds to be selected No. 1 overall
French teenager Zaccharie Risacher has the best odds at BetMGM online sportsbook to be selected No. 1 overall in the NBA draft. The draft, which will be a two-night event for the first time, will begin Wednesday at the Barclays Center in New York. The Atlanta Hawks...
Stanley Cup win by the Oilers would net Colorado sports bar owners nearly $600,000
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Oilers not only have the opportunity to bring the long-awaited Stanley Cup back to Canada, they also could bring a major financial windfall to two Colorado sports bar owners. An Edmonton championship couldn't come at a better time for Jeremy Malone and Judson...
Betting scandals for MLB's Marcano and NBA's Porter are hardly the first in pro sports
Sports and gambling are once again in the spotlight following lifetime bans handed to San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano and Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter. MLB said Marcano placed 387 baseball bets totaling more than $150,000 with a legal sportsbook in 2022 and 2023....
Ippei Mizuhara spoke for baseball star Shohei Ohtani. He also stole nearly $17M from him
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — As an interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara was supposed to bridge the gap between baseball star Shohei Ohtani and his English-speaking teammates and fans as the duo traveled from Southern California to ballparks across the U.S. Instead, Mizuhara exploited the...
MLB is expected to investigate David Fletcher for gambling on sports, AP source says
Major League Baseball is expected to investigate former Angels player David Fletcher for gambling on sports with a bookmaker who also took bets from Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on...
