#House Rules

You know what's more impressive than surpassing your season expectations? How about surpassing them with one fewer game than the rest of the league? Prior to the current NFL season, most sportsbooks listed the Bengals projected win total at 9.5, while the Bills were listed at 11.5. They ended the season with 12 and 13 wins respectively. Bettors who…

Check your tickets - and your sportsbook's rules and regulations page - as with the end of the NFL regular season comes the grading of season-long props. Or, in some cases, due to the cancellation of Week 17's Buffalo Bills vs. Cincinnati Bengals game, the voiding of said props. Bottom line: Each sportsbook has different rules when it comes to…

Relative to what most of us feared on Monday night as a worst-case scenario, the news we've gotten regarding Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin feels miraculous. His cardiac arrest on the field during the Bills' matchup against AFC rival Cincinnati Bengals on Jan. 2 led to an unprecedented cancellation of the game, as well as a flurry of news…

The ambiguity of gaming regulations puts the power back in the hands of the operator and does little to protect the player. It needs to stop, and Covers' Adam Chernoff is asking regulators to step in and protect sports bettors. It has been four years since PASPA was repealed and today, legal sports betting in the USA is offered in 30 different…

The company is already making thousands of micro-betting markets for online sports betting sites, but it is looking to create even more ways to wager on games as they're being played. In just a single drive during yesterday's Thursday Night Football game, Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry rushed for nine yards, recorded a 42-yard…

The talk of the town has been the extreme winter conditions coming to Buffalo over the weekend. The Bison City is expected to be hit with 48 to 72 inches of snow on Sunday, which posed a problem for two NFL teams set to scrap in the supposed snowstorm. The Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills were scheduled to square off at Highmark Stadium in New…

With Buffalo currently experiencing "Snowvember", the Week 11 game between the Browns and Bills has been moved to 4:15 p.m. ET in Detroit on Sunday. There is a huge difference between Ford Field and outdoor Highmark Stadium, so all of the under bets that came in early in the week are now in question. Each sportsbook has its own House Rules that it…

The talk of the town has been the extreme winter conditions coming to Buffalo over the weekend. The Bison City is expected to be hit with 48 to 72 inches of snow on Sunday, which posed a problem for two NFL teams set to scrap in the supposed snowstorm. The Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills were scheduled to square off at Highmark Stadium, but the…

The closure continues the trend of smaller players in the legal sports betting industry shutting down as they come to grips with a competitive and costly business and face tough economic conditions. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports One of the smaller online sports betting sites in the United States - albeit with a familiar name and a high-profile…

Sports betting is coming to Ohio on New Year's Day with a rollout that will rank among the biggest in the United States. Buckeye State bettors will have a bevy of options as to where they'll make wagers as the Ohio Casino Control Commission has spent the past two months awarding licenses to several different service providers. Here's who is coming…

Ohio granted five operators sports betting licenses ahead of its New Year's launch. [Image: Shutterstock.com] The Ohio Casino Control Commission (OCCC) approved gambling licenses for five operators amid the state's entry into the world of online sports betting. waved through unanimously PointsBet, Caesars, Betfred, bet365, and SuperBook Sports were…

The approvals are a major milestone for sports betting in Ohio, but they come as regulators are apparently being badgered by applicants for licenses. The work to get sports betting in Ohio up and running may be grating on the nerves of regulators but it is still making significant progress, as several mobile operators have now been awarded…

Ohio sports betting might be short a few mobile and retail sportsbooks when the Buckeye State goes live on Jan. 1. Ohio Casino Control Commission (OCCC) Director of Communications Jessica Franks told Gaming Today in a phone call Tuesday that companies hoping to launch on the state's Jan. 1 universal start date are required to turn in documentation…

Of everything the Lakers need to do - implement new schemes on both sides of the ball, buy into a new coach's philosophy, remain healthy and mesh as teammates - figuring out the starting lineup actually is low on Darvin Ham's priority list. "People get so caught up in who's starting and this, that and the third. I think it's really the minutes,"…

The Ohio Casino Control Commission approved 10 Ohio sports betting proprietor licenses at its Thursday meeting. There are still plenty of approvals to go before Ohio sportsbooks can launch at midnight on Jan. 1. Executive Director Matt Schuler made it clear those approvals for a day-one launch depend on hitting multiple deadlines. As of two weeks…