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Around the increased legalization of sports gambling, there have been a lot of stories of people misusing funds to place bets. One recent case saw former Jacksonville Jaguars employee Amit Patel plead guilty to stealing more than $20 million from the team, with much of that spent on daily fantasy and sports bets on FanDuel.

The Winnipeg Jets welcome the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday, and are -185 favorites on the moneyline, with the road team at+154. Favorite: Jets (-185) Underdog: Kraken (+154) Total: 5.5 Bet $5, Get $150 $1500 First Bet Offer BET $5 GET $200 IN BONUS BETS INSTANTLY $1000 First Bet Offer Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Time: 8:00 PM ET How to Watch on…

The Winnipeg Jets and Arizona Coyotes play on Sunday at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, and the bookmakers give a big edge to the home team (-238) over the visitor (+195). Favorite: Jets (-238) Underdog: Coyotes (+195) Total: 5.5 Bet $5, Get $150 $1500 First Bet Offer BET $5 GET $200 IN BONUS BETS INSTANTLY $1000 First Bet Offer Date: Sunday,…

The oddsmakers fancy the Winnipeg Jets to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs in their meeting on Saturday, January 27, with the Jets given moneyline odds of -130 on home ice, and the Maple Leafs at+110. Favorite: Jets (-130) Underdog: Maple Leafs (+110) Total: 6 Bet $5, Get $150 $1500 First Bet Offer BET $5 GET $200 IN BONUS BETS INSTANTLY $1000 First…

The London Business School is a lot of things. A finance school? Well, a quarter of LBS graduates find work in private equity, investment banking, hedge funds, and venture capital. A consulting school? Hard to argue: over a third of graduates enter consulting - with the MBB being the biggest consumers of LBS talent. An urban school? Think 8.8…

Tulane senior Julie Leichtner found herself joining more than 100 other students, university employees and local football fans at a pep rally Wednesday to cheer on the Green Wave as they prepare to host Southern Methodist University in the American Athletic Conference championship Saturday. That Tulane would be in the conference championship -- for…

Saturday will feature a projected close NHL outing between the Winnipeg Jets (0-1, -120 on the moneyline to win) and the Florida Panthers (0-1, +100 moneyline odds) at 4:00 PM ET on ESPN+ and BSFL. Catch over 1000 out of market NHL games, plus original programming, with ESPN+ or the Disney Bundle. When: Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 4:00 PM ET TV…

The Chicago Blackhawks have received approval to expand their practice facility, Fifth Third Arena - and the $65 million project could be an appetizer for the franchise's plans to develop on the Near West Side. Team and city officials say they've discussed turning empty spaces and parking lots into offices, restaurants, homes or hotels. But nothing…

There are many wonderful things people can do on a late-summer or fall Saturday. Sitting on our flabby keisters and watching others run around and bash into one another in the name of higher education is one of them. Would you believe some of us even do it for a living? In this week's "Polling Place," your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the…

The consensus that college football is in "chaos" imagines some sort of apocalyptic landscape without order, full of zombies and cannibals chasing alumni passersby and happy tailgaters devoured during the chorus of the old school song. That is one way to look at it, I suppose, and I am not saying the picture is entirely false, the chief chewer…

Mark Scheifele has had a rich 10-year career with the Winnipeg Jets. He was the team's first draft pick and ranks first in all-time goals in the Jets' 2.0 era. He has blown the roof off the Canada Life Centre, and it wouldn't be hard to spot a #55 jersey walking around the city. However, as Winnipeg plans to move into a new era after the recent…

Just call it a rebuild already. Don't have an account? Create Account Or better yet, dispose of the silly semantics and just come out and say what it is - a long time coming. It's not as if the Winnipeg Jets' sugarcoating their intentions - retooling rather than rebuilding - this summer has altered public opinion. It hasn't swayed the minds of…

The Rugby Job Development Authority welcomed Patrick Bertagnolli, executive director of Job Service North Dakota, on a one-day listening tour of Rugby Tuesday, April 11. The tour ended with an hour-long free presentation to Pierce County residents at Rugby High School's Tilman Hovland Auditorium, where Bertagnolli shared stories and strategies for…

When Felipe Romero followed his friend to a potential job in Texas as a teenager in the 1950s, he'd never heard of a caddie. He wasn't entirely sure what a golfer was, in fact; country club sports were just about the furthest thing possible from the minds of the young Mexican -American and his migrant worker family. But Felipe, along with his…

College sports, particularly basketball and football, foster an intense sense of community spirit that engages athletes, students, alumni and local residents alike. The passion and excitement generated by a basketball or football game can be felt throughout the entire region. This same enthusiasm for college athletics is just as strong for betting…

Rivalries are my Thing. Rivalries are what college football is all about. Without passionate Rivalries, college football is just a minor league of paid mercenaries wishing they were playing in the NFL. Without Rivalries, there really isn't much reason to be here. Most people intrinsically understand Rivalries, even if corporations, media entities,…

Note: The Jets practiced on Wednesday with a bit of a twist in the top six as they ran a top line of Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele and Pierre-Luc Dubois as head coach Rick Bowness tries out some things during this stretch of the schedule which gives them some practice time. They are off today and will return to the ice on Friday for practice before…

Continuing the Fiesta Bowl Organization's annual tradition of honoring, supporting and celebrating educators throughout Arizona, Scottsdale-based Fiesta Bowl Charities granted 400 teachers - including 85 Phoenix teachers - with $2500 each through the Palo Verde Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers Draft Day presented by SRP. The wishes were…

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Todd Murphy received a simple, yet life-changing text message while sitting in section 10 of Memorial Stadium on Saturday. "Caleb's starting." The text was from Keith Nance, the superintendent of West Washington schools and a close friend, informing Todd that his son, Caleb, was gearing up for his first-career start. After…

For the track fashion set, it was the event of the season. Both the well-heeled locals and the A-list out-of-towner racing world crowd filled the (where else?) National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, a meticulously accessorized sea of dresses, fascinators and hats vying for a good seat for the much-anticipated Miss Scarlett fashion show. All…

A group of Coventry primary school students are celebrating becoming unlikely table tennis stars - just months after taking up the bat. Pearl Hyde Primary School students have reached national recognition for their table tennis skills, knocking out competitors to become one of the best 16 best schools in England. When the team was formed by school…

WINNIPEG - When Winnipeg was soundly beaten by Columbus, the worst team in the Eastern Conference, on Friday, Rick Bowness assured us things would be different against Anaheim, the worst team in the Western Conference. "We had a bad night," Bowness said. "We'll bounce back." Winnipeg didn't bounce back to start Sunday's game, giving up 15 of the…

PALMETTO -Long-time Palmetto High football coach Dave Marino has announced his retirement. "It's with mixed emotions I announce my retirement from the Football Head Coach Position effective immediately," Marino wrote in his letter of resignation. Tigers director of athletics Bryan Wilkes was "surprised" by the announcement. "I knew he was doing it…

Wake up from the nightmare, Pierre-Luc Dubois. You're sitting in your stall, hanging your head. What happened? Your Winnipeg Jets opened the Stanley Cup playoffs with a win over the Vegas Golden Knights, and then: loss, loss, loss, loss. Season over. Your coach tells reporters how disappointed and disgusted he is with everyone's performance. Wake…