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Bovada has long been one of our favorite legal online sportsbooks servicing the USA sports betting market. The site has an intuitively streamlined interface and menus, supports crypto deposits and payouts, allows for P2P deposits via vouchers and MatchPay, and offers thousands of live betting odds every day along with a custom Prop Builder tool. If…

The final Saturday of the college football regular season always features in-state rivalries where bragging rights and often bowl game berths are on the line. This year, there are several CFP question marks heading into the final weekend before Conference Championship Saturday. Legal online college football sportsbooks have created game lines for…

On June 12th, 2023, the Denver Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat in five games to capture their first-ever NBA Championship. Now that the 2023-24 season has begun, futures odds for NBA betting are taking action now at online sportsbooks for this season's champion and a number of other outcomes. The Nuggets are garnering the best betting odds in the…

The 2023-24 National Hockey League (NHL) season started October 10th, and betting lines are now live at legal online sports betting sites in the United States. Right now, it is the best time to lock in future bets as they hold the most value to the bettor, with odds starting at+750 for the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup. However, if you…

The American League Championship Series will enter its second game this afternoon when the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros take to the diamond. The Rangers took a 1-0 lead over the Astros following an impressive 2-0 shutout effort from starter Jordan Momery who lasted six innings. This afternoon, runlines at most online MLB sportsbooks are…

In professional sports, one matchup does not provide a large enough picture to make conclusive projections for future competitions. If this were the case, there would never be a reason for a rematch, as the prospect of a certain victor wouldn't draw up much interest from fans or bettors. The main event of UFC 294 features a rematch between two…

The Vegas Golden Knights enter the 2023-24 NHL season as the reigning Stanley Cup Champions. After beginning operations in 2017, they've already made it to two Stanley Cup Finals and have hung a championship banner at T-Mobile Arena. Legal NHL betting sites have unleashed their Stanley Cup futures for the 2024 champions, but Vegas is not projected…

This Saturday's slate of college football games features two in-conference matchups where the winner will gain an edge in the hunt for the CFP. Both the SEC and Big-12 feature pairings of undefeated teams that are ranked in the AP Top 25. Here's our take on how each game will go down. First up is the 12th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners, who are traveling…

Tomorrow at noon in Boulder, the question is not whether the Colorado Buffaloes will rise to 3-0 and defeat the Colorado State Rams. What's being asked at online college football betting sites is how much they'll win by. Current Colorado vs. CSU betting lines favor the Buffaloes to win big on Saturday, topping their cross-state rival by over three…

The Masked Singer is a reality television show that airs on Fox each Wednesday. The series began in 2019 and is already beginning its tenth season on September 27th. Last Sunday, The Masked Singer Season 10 Kick Off Special debuted, a hype episode to gear up fans for the upcoming campaign. This episode has also inspired two of our…

Things are looking up for the Colorado Buffaloes following their upset win over the TCU Horned Frogs last Saturday. College football sportsbooks had pegged Colorado as a 20-point underdog heading into the game, completely disregarding the monumental change in culture and personnel experienced by the program over the last few months. The Buffaloes…

The stands will be rocking tonight at Rice-Eccles Stadium when the 14th-ranked Utah Utes and the Florida Gators kick off at 8 PM. This is the second year in a row that Utah and Florida have faced each other in their respective season openers. Just like last year, college football betting sites are favoring the Utes to defeat an SEC team. In 2022,…

Pro wrestling fans around the world are in for a rare treat as two major events are scheduled for this weekend from rival promotions, WWE and AEW. On Sunday, AEW All Out will air on pay-per-view from Chicago's United Arena. WWE's Payback premium live event will air on Peacock from Pittsburgh this Saturday. Legal pro wrestling betting sites have…

No one has won more men's Grand Slam Tournaments than Novak Djokovic. His 23 Grand Slam wins place him one ahead of his long-time rival Rafael Nadal who will miss the 2023 US Open due to a lingering back injury. Australian Open - 10 wins French Open - 3 wins Wimbledon - 7 wins US Open - 3 wins With Nadal on the shelf, possibly for good, Novak has…

Week 0 of the 2023 NCAA Football season is upon us, delivering seven games of collegiate action this Saturday. Online college football betting sites are geared up for this weekend with game lines for each contest. Kicking off the season is Notre Dame vs. Navy, which is being played at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. The game begins at 2:30 PM…

This Saturday night on ESPN+ pay-per-view, UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling puts his belt up against Sean O'Malley in the Octagon at UFC 292 in Boston, MA's TD Garden. Sterling vs. O'Malley betting lines and MMA props have turned up at legal online UFC sportsbooks, with the odds strongly suggesting that the champion will hold on to his…

The realm of college football betting forever changed last week when the Pac-12 conference was gutted by the Big 12 and Big Ten. All but four current 2023 Pac-12 schools will play in a different conference in 2024. That leaves the Cal-Berkely Golden Bears, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal, and Washington State without a conference heading…

This Saturday, August 5th, 2023, we will watch popular YouTuber turned boxer Jake (the Problem Child) Paul and former UFC star Nate (Diablo) Diaz battle it out at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The fight will air on pay-per-view networks and has already garnished tons of interest with the two big names sitting on top of the main…

Four current Iowa State athletes and one former football player that's now in the NFL have been accused of betting on NCAAF games, many of which involved the Cyclones. Game tampering and point shaving has been a major concern of lawmakers across the country when considering the regulation of sports betting. Many US states have included prohibitions…

This Saturday at 8 PM, WWE's SummerSlam begins in Detroit's Ford Field, home of the NFL's Lions. There was a time not too long ago when legally betting on pro wrestling was limited to odds on WrestleMania each spring. Now, there are wrestling odds offered at most of the sportsbooks we frequent for a majority of WWE's premium live event…

On Tuesday, three casinos in MA received hefty fines for taking illegal sports bets. The crime? offering betting odds on a college basketball game that included teams based in Massachusetts. Legal sports betting in MA began on January 31, 2023, and within days, all three in-person sportsbooks had taken bets on local college teams. For these illegal…

On August 5th, YouTuber turned celebrity boxer Jake Paul will step into a ring and fight MMA'er Nate Diaz at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The fight can also be seen on DAZN with the purchase of a monthly subscription. There is a full card of fights leading up to the main event, and each one of them can be wagered upon at our favorite…

Prior to the 2023 Kentucky Derby, Forte was favored to win and also held a decent chance at competing for a Triple Crown. Just before the Derby, Forte was pulled due to a bruised right foot. This injury placed Forte on a veterinarian's exclusion list, and his owners are now waiting on his blood test results to return from the lab for clearance to…

New Orleans Pelicans basketball star Zion Williams is facing a social media barrage from a scorned former lover following his announcement that he is expecting a child with his current girlfriend. On June 6th, Williamson and his girlfriend, simply known as Ahkeema, posted a gender reveal party video on YouTube, notifying his fans that they'll be…

Beginning tomorrow, round one of The Open Championship (aka the British Open) tees off with coverage beginning at 1:30 AM on Peacock. This year's tournament takes place at Royal Liverpool in Merseyside, England, a venue that has now hosted The Open on thirteen occasions. Last year's winner, Australia's Cameron Smith, is currently rated fourth…

Nowadays, when searching through the online UFC betting sites that we frequent, odds are no longer limited to the upcoming pay-per-view or televised event for major promotions. Sure, you'll still find UFC 291 odds for the full card or match lines for Bellator's next pay-per-view, but there's a growing number of MMA futures that cover anything from…

On the evening of July 2nd, the White House was temporarily closed after a bag of white powder was found in the West Wing. A test resulted in the powder being positively identified as cocaine, and now further investigation is being done into how it ended up within feet of the Oval Office. What began as concern for the safety of everyone working at…

The 2023 MLB All-Star break officially begins today and runs through next Tuesday. Between now and then, Major League Baseball has stacked the deck with several televised events to keep fans busy until regular season action returns. Here's the 2023 All-Star Week Schedule of Events: Friday, July 7th 2023 HBCU Swingman Classic presented by T-Mobile -…

The all-time leader in men's singles Grand Slam titles in the realm of professional tennis is Novak Djokovic, with 23. That places him one win ahead of his arch-rival Rafael Nadal who will skip Wimbledon, the second Grand Slam in a row that he's missed due to injury. The men's tennis odds posted at Wimbledon betting sites favor Djokovic to win once…

Tonight at 8:20 PM, the puck will drop at T-Mobile Arena when the Vegas Golden Knights host the Florida Panthers for Game 5 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals. Both teams have yet to win a Stanley Cup Trophy, and Vegas has a chance to capture their first tonight. The Game 5 Stanley Cup betting lines posted at NHL sportsbooks favor the Golden Knights to…

With only two weeks remaining in the 2023 USFL regular season, all eight teams still have a chance of making it to the playoffs. In the USFL, the winner of each division gets an automatic bid to the playoffs, with the runner-up in each division becoming the second seed. Both division leaders hold a two-game or fewer lead on the two teams that are…

Just last week, the Miami Heat were tied 3-3 heading into Game 7 of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals. The Heat's odds for betting on the NBA Finals were set at+1400, a sure sign that Miami was going to lose to the Boston Celtics, who had just climbed out of a three-game cellar. Miami is now tied at one game apiece in the 2023 NBA Finals against…

The Miami Heat entered the 2023 NBA Playoffs as an 8-seed, losing their first play-in game to the Atlanta Hawks. What followed was an improbable run that saw them knock off the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks, the New York Knicks, and the Boston Celtics on their way to the NBA Finals. The Denver Nuggets are the number-one seed in the Western Conference.…

Game 7 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals tips off tonight in Boston's TD Garden, where the Celtics hope to win their fourth game in a row and move on to face the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals. What was once a seemingly insurmountable 3-game lead for the Miami Heat has now evaporated, as the Boston Celtics have rebounded and evened up the…

This Sunday, the 2023 French Open tournament begins, with a full field of competitors ready to earn a coveted Grand Slam title. Unfortunately, Rafael Nadal, the most decorated French Open champion of all time, had to withdraw from the tournament due to a hip injury. Nadal has won the French Open 14 times and is inarguably the game's best clay court…

For fans of sports entertainment, this weekend features two major events from competing promotions, AEW and WWE. On Saturday, WWE Night of Champions will air from the Jeddah Super Dome in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. On Sunday, AEW will broadcast their Double-or-Nothing pay-per-view, the promotion's longest-running event. In anticipation of these two…

Tonight at 8 PM on ESPN, the NBA Draft Lottery will begin. Instead of awarding the top pick in the draft to the team that finished in last place, the NBA places the bottom 14 franchises that did not make it to the playoffs into a pool and randomly draws them to determine the selection order. This process discourages NBA teams from dumping games…

The Seattle Kraken lost Game 7 of their NHL Playoff series 2-1 to the Dallas Stars, setting the final four teams in play for the 2023 Eastern and Western Conference Finals. Tonight's Game 1 between the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes sets off the Conference Finals, with a wide array of odds offered on the action from online NHL Playoffs…

Tonight at 8:30 PM on ESPN, the Miami Heat travel to Boston's TD Garden to play the Celtics in Game 1 of the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals. The Heat have won three NBA Championships, with the last coming in 2013 when the big three (LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh) were still in South Beach. The Celtics have hung 17 championship banners…

This Saturday, the main event of UFC 288 is a Bantamweight Championship match between title holder Aljamain Sterling and Henry Cejudo. Odds are now posted at UFC betting sites, with negative moneylines for both combatants across the board. Bovada: Sterling -105, Cejudo -115 BetUS: Sterling -110, Cejudo -120 BetOnline: Sterling -103, Cejudo…

Vermont House Bill 127, a piece of legislation that will permit domestic sports betting in VT, has received the approval of both the Senate and the House and is on Governor Phil Scott's desk awaiting signature. HB 127 will allow for legal sports betting in Vermont for residents and visitors that are aged 21 and over. House Bill 127 will allow for…

The 149th running of the Kentucky Derby will happen this Saturday at 6:57 PM, with television coverage on NBC and streaming available on the Peacock app. Online sportsbooks are now offering odds for the 2023 Kentucky Derby that favor Forte to win the first leg of the Triple Crown. Kentucky Derby bettors can shop the odds for the best sportsbook…

Lincoln, Nebraska's Warhorse Casino is preparing to open an in-person sports betting venue for 21 and older players. This development comes years after legal sports betting in Nebraska was approved, as the regulatory process has taken longer than in other states. Once sports betting is given the go-ahead, it typically takes between four and twelve…

The final day of the 2023 Texas Legislative Session is May 29th. With only eleven days remaining until sine die, the Texas House of Representatives is urgently trying to get domestic sports betting across the finish line. House Bill 1942 would allow for legal online sports betting in Texas if signed into law. Texas Representative Jeff Leach is the…

Tomorrow at 4:30 PM, the opening kickoff of the 2023 USFL season will go down at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The league has expanded from one venue to four, leaving some local USFL markets at least a season away from a potential home game. USFL betting is now commonly featured at online sportsbooks, with lines for each game…

The Boston Bruins have been on a historic tear during the 2022-23 NHL season, setting new all-time records for marks that have stood for decades. Boston has set the record for most regular season wins at 64 and has a chance to extend that record this Thursday when they face the Montreal Canadiens. The former record holders were the Detroit Red…

The final NBA Playoff picture has been set for the 2022-23 season. The play-in games will begin tomorrow night and will last through Friday, setting the 7 and 8 seeds for the Eastern and Western Conference brackets. The defending NBA champions are the Golden State Warriors, and this year they've qualified for the 4-seed in the West. They are…

The first round of the 2023 Masters begins tomorrow at 8:00 AM, and online golf betting sites are taking action on winners, round leaders, and a plethora of prop bets for most trackable outcomes. Masters betting odds are on the board that forecast potential winners based on their current moneyline odds. The top odds getters on the evening before…

The saga of whether Lamar Jackson will continue his career with the Baltimore Ravens seems poised to last into the NFL Draft at the end of April, as the quarterback is now testing the market for offers from other teams. As Lamar considers his options, online NFL betting sites have created prop bets that are taking action on the sixth-year QB's next…

The specter of Michael Jordan continues to loom large over the NBA as he's now considering a sale of his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets, a franchise estimated to be worth $1.8 billion. Jordan purchased the NBA franchise in 2010 for an estimated $180 million and sold a portion of the Hornets to an investment group in 2019. Now he appears…