The Louisiana Gaming Control Board has banned player prop bets on college sports. Effective August 1, 2024, sports bettors in Louisiana will no longer be able to wager on player props at regulated sportsbooks. The ban is in response to a recent wave of match-fixing scandals and threats to collegiate athletes from bettors on social media. Louisiana is joining Maryland, Ohio, and Vermon...

        Iowa college basketball star Caitlin Clark was offered a lucrative $5 million contract from Ice Cube to play in his BIG3 league. Rapper Lil Durk doubled the initial offer with a $10 million deal to play for his “3”. The latest betting odds suggest that Clark will not sign a contract to play for the BIG3 in 2024. As college basketball phenom C...

UConn Huskies’ Donovan Clingan is the most likely winner of the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player award. Clingan is skyrocketing on 2024 NBA Draft boards due to his effort in the NCAA Tournament. The UConn Huskies are favored to win the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Connecticut Huskies’ center Donovan Clingan (+180) has the shortest odds to win men’s 2024 NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding...

The women’s NCAA Tournament viewership ratings have dominated the NBA on ESPN. The Round of 32 West Virginia vs. Iowa matchup finished atop the ESPN ratings last week. Caitlin Clark’s rise to prominence has helped send interest in women’s college basketball skyrocketing. As women’s college basketball steals the March Madness spotlight, recent metrics reveal that the 2024 Women’s NCAA B...

NCAA President Charlie Baker is encouraging states with legal sports betting to ban prop betting on college sporting events. Baker’s comments are in response to a wave of sports betting scandals involving potential match-fixing and players being harassed over prop bets. Several states already prohibit prop betting on college sports. Following a series of investigations into potential m...

The Los Angeles Lakers have the best odds to draft Bronny James in the 2024 NBA Draft. As a freshman at USC, James averaged roughly 5 points and three rebounds per game. In July 2023, James suffered cardiac arrest during a workout in preparation for his freshman season at USC. As we wait for Bronny James’ decision on whether he will declare for the 2024 NBA Draft, oddsmakers at BetUS b...

Juwan Howard was fired as head coach of the Michigan Wolverines basketball program after five seasons at the helm. Current South Carolina Gamecocks’ head coach Lamont Paris is the betting favorite to be named as Michigan’s next bench boss. Michigan has failed to reach the NCAA Tournament in three consecutive seasons. Juwan Howard is no longer the Michigan Wolverines head coach after th...

The Temple men’s basketball team is under investigation for an illegal match-fixing inquiry. The report broke after suspicious line movement in Temple’s game against UAB on Thursday, March 7. Loyola Mayland is the subject of a separate investigation into potential match-fixing.  Following suspicious line movement in the UAB Blazers (21-11) vs. Temple Owls (13-19) matchup, an offic...

The 2023 NCAA Men’s National Player of the Year is returning for his senior season after he contemplated entering the NBA Draft. Edey has opened as a convincing betting favorite to win his second John R. Wooden Award for the most outstanding men’s college basketball player. After losing to No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson in an opening-round shocker, Purdue has the second-best odds to win t...

The Ohio State Buckeyes are now the +125 betting favorites to be Bronny James' collegiate team. USC and Oregon are next at +200 and +225 because of Bronny's connections to the top signees of both schools. LeBron James' eldest son can commit to a school from April 12 to May 17th or he can choose to play in the G-League as his path to the NBA. Bronny James is back in the limelight after ...

Mattress Mack made the inaugural bet at the Caesars Sportsbook at Horseshoe Lake Charles last Monday. The bet was a $1 million wager on the Houston Cougars to win March Madness at 8-1 odds. Mattress Mack won a record $75 million last month when the Houston Astros won the 2022 World Series. Houston furniture shop owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale was on hand at the opening of Horseshoe...

UCLA is the odds-on- favorites to land Bronny James in recruitment at even money odds. Oregon has the second-best odds to recruit LeBron James’ son at +125 odds. Bronny is an upcoming senior at Sierra Canyon School in Los Angeles, California, and is the 43rd overall recruit in the class of 2023. The UCLA Bruins have emerged as the odds-on favorite to land Bronny James in recruitment...