Illinois Top Mobile Sportsbooks
Betting on sports just got a whole lot easier in Illinois. The state has had legalized sports betting since March 2020, and though gamblers could make bets with apps, they had to do so at a retail sportsbook. Now mobile betting is making its debut in the Prairie State. Last October, the Illinois General Assembly passed a new […]
March iLottery: New Season, New Ways to Win for PA, VA and MI Players
Spring is just around the corner, and with the new season comes new ways to win, courtesy of your state iLottery. Let’s look at what’s on offer from the Pennsylvania Lottery, the Virginia Lottery and the Michigan Lottery: Virginia iLottery Join the Virginia Lottery and get a 50% cash match on your first deposit, up to […]
You Bet, West Virginia: Top Online Casinos & Sportsbooks
New Jersey lawmakers led the charge to legalize sports betting in the U.S. outside Nevada. But West Virginia actually beat New Jersey to the punch, legalizing those bets in March 2018—two months before the Supreme Court overturned the federal ban. After the SCOTUS ruling, lawmakers in the Mountain State raced to create a regulatory framework […]
BetMGM’s GameSense: How to Keep Gambling Fun
You’re asked to check out a lineup of everyday people: a businessperson, a laborer, a stay-at-home parent, a teacher, a mechanic, a police officer. Quick! Can you find the problem gambler in this group? The answer is probably no. Anyone in that lineup could be the problem gambler. Unlike some compulsive behaviors, problem gambling is […]
Video Poker Spotlight: Play Deuces Wild Online
Deuces Wild is among the highest-returning video poker games in casinos, but it’s hard to find the top-paying version, which returns more than 100 percent with perfect strategy (a player’s edge game). Online, though, you can find a couple of very good alternatives to that top schedule. Not So Ugly The best version I found […]
iGamingPlayer Podcast with Joe Asher
Joe Asher has had a long career in sports betting. He started in the horse racing industry in Delaware, brought his Brandywine sports betting company to Nevada and then headed up William Hill US after the purchase of Brandywine. After William Hill was bought by Caesars Entertainment, he joined IGT, a supplier of sports betting […]
EPL Teams to Rule in FA Cup Round 4
The fourth round of the FA Cup starts Friday, with 16 matches running over the weekend. The world’s oldest soccer tournament, which utilizes a knockout format, will host a fifth round followed by a quarterfinal in March, a semifinal in April and the final in May. The defending champs, Leicester City, won their only FA […]
How to Bet on the Beijing Olympics
Every four years, sports fans get two weeks of nonstop athletic competition, courtesy of the Olympic Games. Of course, Covid-19 messed up the timeline the last couple of years—the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing will follow almost directly on the heels of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo—as the 2020 games were actually held in […]
World Cup Qualifiers Kick Off
Countries vying to make the 2022 World Cup in Qatar are in the midst of qualifying rounds, with another block of games set for this week. Among the squads in action: the U.S. Men’s National Team, which faces El Salvador on Thursday. USA vs. El Salvador These two teams tied 0-0 in their first qualifying […]
NY Mobile Sports Betting Is On Fire
It’s good to be king. It’s not so good to be a deposed king. Now that New York State offers mobile sports betting, New Jersey knows the feeling. The Garden State has been out in front ever since widespread legal sports betting began in 2018—in fact, it was Jersey’s legal challenge that overturned the Professional […]
2022 NCAAM National Championship Value Picks
With a little over a month left in the college basketball regular season, NCAA teams are starting to show their true colors. The field is wide open with no clear juggernauts, and that should make for an exciting tournament. As a result, even the top teams have surprisingly long odds to cut down the nets […]
Favorites to Rule in NFL Divisional Round
In the NFL Wild Card Playoffs, the underdogs took a beating. Of the six games, the underdogs lost five and also finished 1-5 against the spread. This weekend is the Divisional Playoffs, and the lines are a lot closer. While the Wild Card games saw lines of 12.5 and six points, none of the four […]
