With November inching nearer every day sports fans can’t wait any longer for college basketball betting to officially begin. As the season draws nearer those who bet on sports should begin to expose themselves to as much information as possible in order to make the best possible future predictions. One team who is always in contention for the national title is the Oregon Ducks. The Ducks have appeared in 14 NCAA tournaments and have won the conference championship 5 times.
On August 12th, 2016 MLB betting fans saw the last of Alexander Emmanuel "Alex" Rodriguez. Why is A-Rod not getting a season-long victory lap like David Ortiz? There is one very important reason for that; people actually like Big Papi. And that’s a good thing; more power to him. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that being disliked, or even hated, as Rodriguez is, is actually a bad thing, especially in sports. Everybody rants and raves about sports heroes. Michael Jordan is a sports hero. Jackie Robinson broke barriers. Muhammad Ali is a role model.
NFL betting favorites such as the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos delivered the goods in their preseason openers, while the Carolina Panthers started off on the wrong foot. In addition to that, teams that entered week 1 as the favorites in their respective match-ups also lived up to the expectations of people who bet on NFL.
There are few things in life that provide the kind of thrill basketball betting does. The NBA has some of the highest paid athletes in the world and for good reason; they provide some of the best entertainment available. The NBA is quite capable of providing sound entertainment around the year, but even then some games are always more exciting than others. Watching budding rivalries or two superstar teams go at it is considerably more exciting than watching one team annihilate another. Recently the NBA schedule was released giving betting sportsbooks the opportunity to throw together betting lines for this year’s most anticipated games. Let’s take a look at the 5 basketball games gambling enthusiasts won’t want to miss.
People who bet on NFL need not wait until the start of the regular season to indulge in a bit of the ol’ NFL betting. For example, the Carolina Panthers will visit the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium on Saturday, August 20th as part of both teams’ preseason.
Online betting fans looking for an intense match to wager on already know that UFC 202 will provide just that. Sure, every sports fan in the world will be tuning in to watch McGregor attempt to get his revenge but a quick look at the official fight card will reveal there is another much lucrative bout. With all the hype surrounding this highly anticipated rematch many UFC fans haven’t been exposed to the rest of the scheduled bouts. Part of this is because of how big of icons Diaz and McGregor are, and the other part can be attributed to lack of publicity the other fighters get. There’s no denying that the fight between Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor will be electrifying but the betting odds reveals there is a better way to make a quick buck with your bet on UFC.
College basketball betting fans looking for a laugh can look back to the 29th of July when Indiana Basketball’s Twitter account sent out one misleading tweet. The social media account falsely claimed that Indiana Basketball is #1 in national titles, Big Ten titles, NCAA tournament wins and NBA Draft kicks. The kicker of course is the fact that only one of those claims turned out to be true. UCLA has the most national championships in the nation. Indiana isn’t even in second place, no, they’re tied for third with five. The next bold claim stated that Indiana had the most tournament wins when in fact they’re not even in the top 5. The Hoosiers come in at a humbling 7th all-time ranking.
Bayern Munich is the soccer betting favorites to win the German Bundesliga championship for a fifth consecutive time in 2016-17. And Borussia Dortmund, who have been chasing Bayern since 2012 – when Dortmund won their last title – and finished second in each of the previous four seasons, are accordingly the second favorite of people who bet on soccer.
Sports betting fans get a little treat every four years when the quadrennial Games of the Olympiad are held giving sportsbook users the ability to bet on Olympic events. While most athletes compete in tournaments around the year there is something entirely different about representing your country on an international stage. Some might argue that the stakes are raised as athletes are playing out of patriotism, not monetary compensation.
Juventus FC is the soccer betting favorite to win Italy’s 2016-2017 Serie A season. La Vecchia Signora has won the last five straight championships, so to say that they are the odds-on favorite of fans who bet on soccer would be a gross understatement.