Fantasy Football: Waiver Wire Players To Scoop For Week 2

Nyheim Hines and Benny Snell

Nyheim Hines is owned in 21% of fantasy football leagues and scored 27.3 points in Week 1. Benny Snell is owned in 17% of fantasy football leagues. Odds are high that Joshua Kelley is available (owned in 13% of leagues). INDIANAPOLIS – As Week 1 … Read more

NJ Sets Monthly Record For A Betting Handle At 668 Million

New Jersey Sports betting Revenue

New Jersey set the national record of the largest betting handle by sports gamblers in a single month in August with $668 million spent. The record was set in a month with a return of major sports to bet on including the MLB and playoffs … Read more

ESPN Goes All In, Partners With DraftKings, William Hill, Caesars

ESPN Sports Betting

ESPN has partnered with DraftKings and Caesars Entertainment to continue its growth in the US sports betting market. These multi-year and co-exclusive agreements will add links to DraftKings products and services along with links to the William Hill sports betting apps. DraftKings will be producing … Read more

DraftKings Contest Problem Floods Twitter With Angered Players

DraftKings - Best Ball

DraftKings has been getting a lot of flack for its very weird start to their Best Ball Contest this year. Back in January, the company had problems with their Millionaire Maker Contest which begs the question as to whether or not DraftKings can hold a … Read more

Iowa Takes In Over $50 Million In Sports Betting Handle In August

Iowa Sports Betting

Iowa sees a major spike in sports betting activity in August with the return of sports. All active locale sportsbooks were reopened, bringing in over $50 million in both land-based and online sports betting handle. Iowa collected more than $200,000 in tax revenue. DES MOINES, … Read more

ESPN Expands Sports Betting Content With “Bet” And Youtube Channel

ESPN - Bet

ESPN will be debuting a new sports betting show and Youtube channel on Monday which will help reach a larger audience. The new program “Bet” will air on Monday before Monday Night Football and will be recorded at the new ESPN studio in the LINQ … Read more

Boston College, Harvard, Others Oppose College Sports Betting In MA

Harvard Players

Massachusetts currently has a bill on the table that would make professional and college sports legal to wager on in the Commonwealth. A letter issued by multiple colleges in the state has spoken out in opposition when it comes to allowing college sports to be … Read more

Indiana Sports Betting Revenue In August Sees $169M In Wagers

Indiana Sports Betting

The August revenue numbers for Indiana sports betting have been released and it shows an increase in both betting handle and revenue. Indiana hit $169 million in sports wagers in August. Indiana took in over $900,000 in revenue from sports wagering. INDIANAPOLIS – The August … Read more

PointsBet Goes Live, Joins The Online IL Sports Betting Market

PointsBet - Hawthorne Race Track

PointsBet has launched mobile and online sports betting in Illinois which is its fourth state in the US sports market. A retail sportsbook will be debuted at the currently renovating Hawthorne Race Course along with a few off-track betting sportsbooks in and around Chicago. Mobile … Read more

Start Em’/Sit Em’ Week 1 TE

hayden hurst

Start Em’ Hayden Hurst – Atlanta Falcons Hurst should be played across the board as he is being set up to thrive in Week 1. Atlanta not only ranked 1 in tight end targets in 2019 but they are facing the Seattle Seahawks who ranked … Read more

Start Em’/Sit Em’ Week 1 Wide Receivers

marvin jones jr

Start Em’ Marvin Jones Jr. – Detroit Lions Jones Jr. is playing in Week 1 as the acting WR1 with both Kenny Golladay officially listed as out and Danny Amendola listed as questionable. Jones has a great divisional matchup in Week 1 against the Chicago … Read more

NFL Start Em’/Sit Em’ Week 1 Runningbacks

Boston Scott

Start Em Boston Scott – Philadelphia Eagles Boston Scott has slipped into the RB1 spot as Miles Sanders is listed as out for Week 1. Scott should be a favorable play here in Week 1 against a Washington defense that ranked 29th against opposing RB’s. He … Read more