Whether you’re out on the Strip or gambling online, you see the same thing: casinos and sportsbooks, operating out of the same venue. It seems like a natural fit – both provide licensed betting to their customers. The clientele is much the same; Blackjack players love to bet on sports, while handicappers often switch hats and hit the Roulette tables. The two are joined at the hip.
A post-election lull has swept over the United States. All those man-hours spent fixated on polls and pundits have to be diverted elsewhere. Excellent timing, because college basketball is here. Preseason tournaments are underway; there are a lot of cupcakes on the menu, but this is when sharp handicappers swoop in and get fat.
It’s the midway point of the NFL season and sports betting fans are either absolutely thrilled or positively heart broken at what has transpired so far. This has been a particularly strange year for NFL betting.
The usual suspects aren’t lighting up the online sportsbook world and some surprise teams have come out of nowhere to solidify themselves as online wagering studs.
The 2008 baseball season ended in October after all. We hope yours was a profitable one – a special shout-out to all those Phillies supporters out there who filled their bankrolls with a 13-3 run to end the regular season and an 11-3 record in the playoffs. It’s all about finishing strong, as fans of the New York Mets (7-10 down the stretch) can attest.
Millions of people are waiting a little longer than they’d like for their payouts. Game 5 of the World Series was suspended in the sixth inning Monday night with the Phillies and Rays tied 2-2. Play will resume whenever the weather clears up in Philadelphia – which could be next June.
If there is a Game 6, that’ll be one of the definite must-bets of the week. For now, here are the Top 5 games that we know about (all times Eastern):
What’ll it be this week? We’ve got a Rays-Phillies World Series, the halfway point of the NFL season, college football matchups with major title implications, a fresh sheet of hockey games – it’s Oktoberfest for handicappers. And just think: NBA action starts next week.
These are the Top 5 games of the week (all times Eastern):
The books did well last week on the NFL betting board, with favorites going an almost even 8-6 against the number. If that continues, bettors need to make sure they’re handicapping the right games because simply keeping track of sweeping, overarching trends won’t get your wallet padded. With that in mind, here’s three matchups on Sunday that are seeing serious action from pigskin players:
It’s like being a kid in a candy store. Everywhere you turn, there’s a game being played: NFL, college football, the MLB playoffs, hockey, NASCAR’s Chase for the Cup – and there’s more where that came from. We’re here this and every week to highlight the biggest games and the best betting opportunities on the sports calendar.
NFL Season Kicking Off
The long, dark days of the offseason are behind us. Life has finally begun again. And by “life,” of course we mean spending every Sunday watching football on the couch armed with a full cooler, a pizza the size of a hubcap and a plasma screen the size of Montana. To celebrate, here’s a shameless list of the…
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August Sports Betting Calender
Auto Racing
Bet on NASCAR | INDY CAR | FORMULA 1
– 2 – NATIONWIDE, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Motnreal, Canada
– 3 – SPRINT CUP, Pennsylvania 500, Lond Pond, Pennsylvania
– 3 – FORMULA ONE, Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary
– 9 – INDYCAR, Kentucky Indy 300, Sparta, Kentucky
– 9 – NATIONWIDE, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York
-10 – SPRINT CUP, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York
-16 – NATIONWIDE, CARFAX 250, Brooklyn, Michigan
-17 – SPRINT CUP, 3M Performance 400, Brooklyn, Michigan
-22 – NATIONWIDE, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee
-23 – SPRINT CUP, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee
-24 – FORMULA ONE, European Grand Prix, Valencia, Spain
-24 – INDYCAR, Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma, Sonoma, California
-30 – NATIONWIDE, Camping World 300, Fontana, California
-31 – SPRINT CUP, California Speedway, Fontana, California
– INDYCAR, Detroit Indy Grand Prix, Detroit, Michigan
Baseball
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13-23 – MLB, Baseball Competition, 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China
15-24 – Little League World Series, South Williamsport, Pennsylvania
FOOTBALL
NFL Preseason Games Week 1-4 (NFLX)
GOLF
7-10 – PGA, PGA EUROPEAN, PGA Championship, Bloomfield Township, Michigan
7-10 – PGA EUROPEAN, PGA Championship, Bloomfield Township, Michigan
7-10 – NATIONWIDE, Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open, Wichita, Kansas
14-17 – PGA, Wyndham Championship, Greensboro, North Carolina
14-17 – LPGA, CN Canadian Women’s Open, Ottawa, Canada
14-17 – PGA EUROPEAN, Scandinavian Masters, Sweden
14-17 – NATIONWIDE, Xerox Classic, Rochester, New York
21-24 – PGA, The Barclays, Harrison, New York
21-24 – PGA EUROPEAN, KLM Open, Netherlands
21-24 – NATIONWIDE, Northeast Pennsylvania Classic, Moosic, Pennsylvania
22-24 – CHAMPIONS, Boeing Classic, Snoqualmie, Washington
22-24 – LPGA, Safeway Classic, Portland, Oregon
28-31 – PGA EUROPEAN, Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, Scotland
29-31 – CHAMPIONS, Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach, Pebble Beach, CA
29- 1 – PGA, Deutsche Bank Championship, Norton, Massachusetts
HORSE RACING
– 2 – Harness, Hambletonian, East Rutherford, New Jersey
– 3 – Thoroughbreds, $1 million Haskell Invitational, Monmouth Park
-10 – Thoroughbreds, $1 million Arlington Million, Arlington Park
-16 – Thoroughbreds, $600,000 Alabama Stakes, Saratoga Race Track
-17 – Thoroughbreds, $1 million Pacific Classic, Del Mar Race Track
-23 – Thoroughbreds, $1 million Travers Stakes, Saratoga Race Track
-30 – Thoroughbreds, $500,000 Woodward, Saratoga Race Track
OLYMPICS
8-24 – Summer Games, Beijing, China
SOCCER
6-23 – USMNT, Olympic Games, Beijing, China
6-23 – USWNT, Olympic Games, Beijing, China
TENNIS
4-11 – ATP, Countrywide Classic, Los Angeles, California
11-17 – ATP, Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington, USA
11-17 – WTA, Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open, Cincinnati, Ohio
18-24 – ATP, WTA, Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, Connecticut
18-24 – WTA, Forest Hills Tennis Classic, Forest Hills, New York
25- 1 – ATP, WTA, US Open, Flushing Meadows, New York
