WSOP.com, the major legal operator in Nevada, is hosting the 100-event Spring Online Championships tournament series through May 3.
Jim Barnes
Reporter: Sports betting
Email: jbarnes@reviewjournal.com
X: @JimBarnesLV
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.
A simple strategy and a glitchy live video feed were enough to keep RJ betting reporter Jim Barnes interested amid the shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
There’s no Final Four this year, but William Hill has posted odds for next year’s champion. Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas and Kentucky are co-favorites.
A sportsbook has posted odds on some burning questions on the sordid saga of Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin and Doc Antle that was chronicled in “Tiger King.”
When casinos closed, many professional card players lost their main source of income. Online poker and coaching are helping them wait out the pandemic.
Lines on Belarusian soccer and hockey and table tennis matches in the Ukraine this weekend are available on some sportsbook apps in Nevada.
WSOP.com, the major legal online poker operator in Nevada, reported recent traffic that is 46 percent higher than during its usual yearly peak.
A World Series of Poker official said there were no plans to cancel or alter the schedule for the tournament series because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Circa Sports has the odds on each possibility for the team’s first season in Las Vegas, ranging from seven wins at +425 to 16-0 at 500-1.
Sportsbook vice president Jay Kornegay said bookmakers outside the U.S. describe handle on the presidential election that far surpasses the Super Bowl.
Patrick McQuiggan was 64. He served as the in-house horse racing handicapper at the casino for the past seven or eight years, a casino official said.
Whether a bet stands or is canceled comes down to the rules at the bottom of the betting sheet that almost never come into play.
The downtown sportsbook has posted totals for the NFL season even as big names change teams in free agency seemingly by the hour.
The secondary betting market website said it would “bridge the small gap” to make sure customers weren’t left with virtually worthless tickets.
The NBA and NHL seasons are likely to be cut short at a minimum, and that means some season win bets that were clinched won’t be paid out.
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