What Are People Betting On With Most Sports On Hiatus? Try Russian Table Tennis, Korean Baseball And More

Most live sports are suspended during the coronavirus pandemic. Online gamblers are betting on Russian table tennis, Korean baseball and other sports.

English darts, football, soccer and virtual NASCAR races are popular betting topics. There is also a lot of interest in betting on politics, including who will win the 2020 U.S. presidential election and who Joe Biden will choose as his vice president. Almost $2 million has been traded on the election.  Kamala Harris is frontrunner to be Biden's VP. The weather in certain states is another betting topic. People are betting also on table tennis, Korean baseball and Russian Table Tennis.

Bettors bet on the final episode of The Last Dance. There were bets on things like Michael Jordan crying and cigar smoking.

Sportsbooks are seeing huge demand as some sports like NASCAR and German Bundesliga soccer start to resume. Soccer, which normally makes up 45% of the Smarkets’ betting volume, fell to 23% due to interest in Belarusian Premier League and Nicaraguan soccer.

Avello believes that customers will migrate to a new content provider when they don't have all the normal content.

DraftKings reported record betting during the NFL Draft last month. The company has also seen strong interest in the recent return of Ultimate Fighting Championship events.