The Korean Baseball Organization opens its season Monday night Pacific time, with several games set to be broadcast on ESPN networks.
Jim Barnes
Jim Barnes covers sports betting and the World Series of Poker for the Review-Journal. He first joined the Review-Journal as a copy editor in 2012. The Fort Worth, Texas, native previously was the sports editor at the Waco Tribune-Herald and also covered high school sports for the Dallas Morning News. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000. He is an experienced gambler who has competed in the Westgate SuperContest and the World Series of Poker Main Event.
“HANKDATANK,” identified as Michael St. John, prevailed in a field of 708 in the $525 buy-in WSOP.com Spring Online Championships Main Event.
Refresh constantly for minute-to-minute updates on the second and third rounds of the NFL draft. Follow all the prop action for teams and players.
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All of the two-way props available at Caesars Entertainment, Circa Sports, MGM Resorts International and William Hill for this week’s draft.
Online poker is ostensibly illegal in all but four states, but a recent celebrity event put a spotlight on a site that still caters to most Americans.
The league’s odds did not shuffle after Friday’s draft, with Las Vegas still leading the pack, followed by the defending champion Washington Mystics.
The World Series of Poker was scheduled for May 26 to July 15 at the Rio Convention Center. The WSOP said in a release that it hoped to hold the event in the fall.
The online event raised more than $150,000 to help the casino company’s employees who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Gaming Control Board OK’d betting Thursday, but it was unclear whether sportsbooks would have wagers available before the draft begins Friday.
The sportsbook has posted early point spreads and money lines on 163 games for the upcoming season, from Navy vs. Notre Dame on Aug. 29 to Army vs. Navy in the regular-season finale Dec. 12.
MGM Resorts International has point spreads available on games starting Aug. 29 through Army-Navy in the regular-season finale Dec. 12.
Three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Galfond erased a huge deficit over the past few weeks to win a heads-up challenge match. Three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Galfond erased a huge deficit over the past few weeks to win a heads-up challenge match.
Matt Damon, Tobey Maguire, Jason Bateman and others are slated to participate in a livestreamed event Saturday to raise money for Feeding America.
The Louisiana State quarterback shocked bookmakers by cashing at odds as high as 200-1 to win the award at the start of last season.