Ohtani’s Interpreter Had $182 Million In Losing Bets, Stole $16M

Ippei Mizuhara - Shohei Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara stole $16 million from the MLB superstar. Mizuhara placed 19,000 illegal wagers from Dec. 2021 to Jan. 2024, suffering $40 million in total losses. The US Department of Justice found no evidence of Mizuhara betting on baseball and officially … Read more

ESPN BET Baiting Inexperienced Bettors With Matchup Predictor

ESPN BET

ESPN putting their Matchup Predictor and betting odds right next to each other is a tactic to expose inexperienced bettors. The New York Knicks are favored with -140 odds against the Boston Celtics, but ESPN gives them a 42.8% chance to win. ESPN’s discrepancy between … Read more

Caitlin Clark Skyrockets Iowa’s Sports Betting Handle In March

Caitlin Clark

Caitlin Clark and the success of the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team can be credited with the 17% jump in Iowa’s March sports betting handle. Iowa’s sports betting handle in March 2024 was $40 million higher than the previous year. More than $272 million were … Read more

How To Bet On Championship Player Props In Indiana and Connecticut

Zach Edey - Donovan Clingan

Bovada has legal college player props for Indiana and Connecticut residents for the National Championship. The UConn Huskies are 6.5-point favorites over the Purdue Boilermakers on Monday night. Zach Edey has -110 odds to record over 36.5 points and rebounds, while UConn big man Donovan … Read more

Louisiana Bans College Player Props After NCAA Call To Action

LSU

Prop bets on individual college athletes are now banned in Louisiana at domestic sportsbooks per the request of NCAA President Charlie Baker. The NCAA publicly stated they want to remove all college prop betting to protect the athletes and integrity of the game. Internationally-licensed sportsbooks … Read more

Betting Odds For NC State to Complete Their Cinderella Run

NC State Wolfpack

The No. 11 seeded NC State Wolfpack advanced to the Final Four for the first time since 1983 after upsetting the Duke Blue Devils in the Elite Eight. NC State is a 9.0-point underdog against the Purdue Boilermakers in the Final Four. There are +1400 … Read more

LSU-Iowa Becomes Most Bet Women’s Basketball Game Ever

Iowa vs LSU

Monday night’s Elite Eight game between the LSU Tigers and the Iowa Hawkeyes received the most bets ever for a women’s college basketball game. More than 12.3 million viewers tuned in for the spectacle, marking ESPN’s most-watched college basketball game ever across both men’s and … Read more

Alabama’s Final Four Odds vs UConn + to Win National Championship

Alabama Crimson Tide

The Alabama Crimson Tide advanced to the Final Four with a victory against the Clemson Tigers in the Elite Eight. Alabama has long +500 odds to defeat the UConn Huskies in the Final Four. The Crimson Tide are the biggest longshot to win the National … Read more

Birmingham 3-Peat? Football Returns On Saturday With UFL Launch

Birmingham Stallions

The UFL, a unified league between the XFL and USFL, debuts on Saturday. Futures odds for the UFL favor the Birmingham Stallions with +300 odds to three-peat as champions. The Stallions are 3.5-point favorites against the 2023 XFL Champion Arlington Renegades to kick off the … Read more