Gambling

Consider a bet on these five golfers to win the Masters

Rory McIlroy stands alone in having put together the strongest season on the PGA Tour so far this year. There’s a strong case to be ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas pick and preview of Florida vs. Houston

The Blue Devils would have been a clear favorite against the Gators; the Cougars are more or less a coin flip. ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Final Four

The victor of the second Final Four game tonight in San Antonio will go on to cut down the nets Monday night. ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Sunday's games

The betting market only implies about a 41% chance both No. 1 seeds win today. ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's games

Barring a shocking change over the next week and a half, a large part of how the 2025 NCAA Tournament will be remember is already ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the Sweet 16

The opening weekend of the tournament is traditionally when sports books hang the most proposition bets and index wagers, but one new pool is more ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and previews of Sunday's games

Favorites flew to a 13-3 straight-up, 10-6 against the spread record when this set of teams played Friday, and none of the upsets were all ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Saturday's slate

Gonzaga vs. Houston is the clear headliner of today’s third full day of tournament action, but the rest of the schedule is also packed with ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the West Region

The West is a glorious jumble of overachievers and underachievers. ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the East Region

The Blue Devils have the easiest route to the Final Four in San Antonio, Texas, according to the betting market. ...

NCAA Tournament by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of the South Region

Auburn is only 2-3 straight-up, 1-4 against the spread in the most vital month of the season. ...

Weekend wagers: Nine bets including three apiece on March Madness, Pennzoil 400

UFC 313 got its chance to wrest some of the focus away from March Madness last week; the Pennzoil 400 gets its turn now. ...

Weekend wagers: Six bets to make on six different sports

The objective is to keep placing wagers that age valuably in the market like our handful last week, and hope for the best outcome. ...

Super Bowl Sweats: Eight props to add to your Chiefs vs. Eagles betting card

Local sports books have stepped up their Super Bowl prop-betting game in one underrated area this year — organization ...

Vegas pick'em: Super Bowl pick and perspective against the spread

The best bet made in Talking Points throughout the entire 2024-2025 NFL season was the first one placed. ...

Underdogs no more: Chiefs favored in Super Bowl for first time in three years

Las Vegas sports books widely opened the AFC champion Chiefs as a 1.5-point favorite over the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles. The total posted anywhere from ...

Vegas pick'em: NFL conference championship winners against the spread

A regular season that saw the back-to-back defending Super Bowl champions benefit from a historic run of luck now ...

Divisional-round weekend sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL card

It just might be the best football weekend of the year, or at least of the playoffs. ...

Vegas pick'em: NFL divisional-round winners against the spread

Baltimore and Buffalo were widely ranked as the two best teams in the NFL by most all-encompassing metrics and the betting market down the stretch ...

Wild-card weekend sweats: Eight bets to add to your NFL card

A year ago in the wild-card weekend sweats column, I wrote, “someday, the opportunity for another moneyline rollover will arise again.” ...