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Best CFB Week 2 bets
Week 2 of the college football season is here. Phil Steele, Chris Fallica and Stanford Steve combine to give their best bets on 15 games, including Ohio State-Oklahoma and Stanford-USC.
SVP's Winners
Week 2 CFB
SVP looks to rebound after rough Week 1 CFB picks.
After going winless in Week 1, SVP keeps the faith picking five underdogs to cover this week.
NFL
Best bets on Week 1 NFL games
Where does the betting value lie in Week 1 of the 2017 NFL season? Phil Steele, Warren Sharp and Erin Rynning provide comprehensive against-the-spread and over/under advice for Week 1 games in one handy file.
NFL
Week 1 NFL betting nuggets
The NFL is back. Rob Nelson identifies betting nuggets to know for Week 1's slate of games.
NFL
Mega NFL betting preview: Best bets for all 32 teams
How will each NFL team fare against the spread? Are its over/under win totals or Super Bowl LII odds worth a bet? Mike Clay and Phil Steele give a comprehensive betting preview of all 32 teams heading into the 2017 season.
NFL
How to bet New York-Dallas
Where does the betting value lie in the New York-Dallas matchup? ESPN Chalk experts provide against-the-spread and over/under advice on the game.
NFL
Phil Steele/Mike Clay
Best Super Bowl LII, over/under bets
Are the Pittsburgh Steelers a good Super Bowl LII bet at 10-1? Which over/unders look like solid bets? Our experts give their best bets from the NFL futures board.
Jets
NFL
The New York Jets are -20,000 to MISS the playoffs this season at Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook. That means a $200 bet wins just $1.
NCAAF
Fallica and Stanford Steve's best bets for Week 2.
Chris Fallica and Stanford Steve give their picks for the big Ohio State-Oklahoma game and more.
Top Headlines
NCAAF
Ultimate 2017 college football betting guide
If you're looking to bet on college football, Phil Steele and Will Harris have you covered. They provide their top value bets for the 2017 season, including title bets, over/unders and more.
NCAAF
Steele picks Buckeyes to cover against Sooners.
Phil Steele explains the difference in the Oklahoma-Ohio State game will come down to coaching and he is trusting Urban Meyer to secure a double-digit win.
NHL
Point-total over/unders for all 31 NHL teams
The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has released NHL point total over/unders for all 31 teams. The Anaheim Ducks lead the league with an over/under of 106.5 points. Here is the full list.
Bad beats
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Michigan's late TD was a bad beat for some.
Michigan's fumble recovery in the end zone was a gift for the overs, while Iowa covered their first-half line with a late touchdown.
NCAAF
Betting previews for top 25 CFB teams
Phil Steele, Chris Fallica and Stanford Steve give comprehensive betting previews of the top 25 college football teams, including how to bet their title odds and over/unders.
NBA
Every NBA team's 2017-18 over/under
The Golden State Warriors have the highest season win total (67.5) of any NBA team for the upcoming season. Here are the over/unders for all 30 teams from the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook.
Warriors
NBA
The Golden State Warriors open as an incredible 1-1,000 favorite to win the Pacific Division. That means you would have to bet $100,000 to win $100.
news - chalk
What did sportsbooks learn from Mayweather-McGregor? 'Business as usual'
The Mayweather-McGregor fight was the most-bet fight in Nevada history, with estimates north of $85 million in handle. And for much of the week, Las Vegas bookmakers were sweating huge liability on McGregor. What lessons did they learn from the fight?
Mayweather-McGregor
Ley says Mayweather knew exactly what he was doing during fight.
Bob Ley and Jeremy Schaap join SportsCenter to share their impressions of Floyd Mayweather defeating Conor McGregor.
Boxing
$1.2 million bet on Floyd Mayweather just cashed at the William Hill sportsbook at Hooter's casino in Las Vegas. Bet was so big it had to be broken up into two tickets so the bookmaking computer system could handle.
Boxing
Rematch? U.K. sportsbook Ladbrokes set odds on a Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather rematch taking place within a year at 3-1.
Vegas happy with fight
Vegas makes out well in Mayweather-McGregor fight.
Jay Rood, the VP of race and sportsbooks at MGM Resorts International, says he was glad the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight made it to the 10th round.
Mayweather-McGregor
'The Super Bowl of boxing': How Vegas made Mayweather-McGregor odds
The last time famous Las Vegas oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro made a fighter a -2,700 favorite, the year was 1990 and Mike Tyson was fighting Buster Douglas. Here is the story of how Vegas made odds on the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight.
Boxing
Mayweather: Sometimes I bet 'millions'
Floyd Mayweather discusses how he began betting, his Super Bowl LI pick, if betting should be legalized, where he watches the games when he's betting in Vegas and more.
NFL
Five worst NFL ATS teams of the past 30 years
Bad teams can still win bettors money, including the winless 2008 Detroit Lions, whereas better teams might perform worse against the spread. Rob Nelson looks at the five worst single-season ATS records in the NFL over the past 30 years.
NCAAF
Biggest college football game line moves
The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook's college football game lines opened on July 9th, but a lot has happened between then and now. Phil Steele looks at the biggest line moves and why they changed.
Behind The bets
Podcast
Mayweather-McGregor, NFL win totals
Chad Millman talks to a loyal listener who shares an exciting story about the podcast. Later, Chad and Bob Scucci talk Mayweather/McGregor, MLB and some NFL season win totals.
Behind the Bets
CFB Over/Under Win Totals, Playoff Possibilities
Stanford Steve and Chris "The Bear" Fallica sit down to discuss some preseason CFB topics, including over/under win totals, playoff possibilities and Heisman odds.
Poker
WSOP winner's friends turn $60 show of support into $40K each
A group of college friends who helped 2017 World Series of Poker main event winner Scott Blumstein pay his entry fee had their show of support rewarded in a big way.
NCAAF
Where FPI and Vegas disagree on college football win totals
Will Sam Darnold and the USC Trojans win double-digit games this season? Las Vegas bookmakers and our analytics disagree. Here are some of the most notable outliers when comparing FPI to season win totals.
2017 WSOP main event
2017 WSOP Main Event
Blumstein claims WSOP crown, $8.15M purse
Scott Blumstein dominated the final table from start to finish and finally took out Dan Ott early Sunday to win the 2017 World Series of Poker main event, taking home an $8.15 million purse.
Poker
Blumstein wins WSOP title.
Scott Blumstein outlasts Dan Ott to win the WSOP main event's $8.1 million grand prize.
Poker
Blumstein: 'I'm on top of the world.'
World Series of Poker main event champion Scott Blumstein explains what was going through his mind while waiting for the deuce to hit on the river and shares what led up to his poker success.
30 for 30
Behind The Bets Podcast
Chad Millman talks with Rose Eveleth from FiveThirtyEight about the latest 30 for 30 podcast: A Queen of Sorts. Did Phil Ivey & Kelly cheat Vegas?
Poker
30 for 30 podcasts: 'A Queen of Sorts'
"Imagine the person who the coolest people in the world think is the coolest, most intimidating, mysterious person that they know, that they all want to hang out with. And that's Phil Ivey." Here is the latest 30 for 30 podcast: "A Queen of Sorts."
Betting fraud
Fake news, manipulated data and the future of betting fraud
Social media accounts spreading false information and injury reports? "Ghost games" that appear on sportsbook betting menus but never occur? It may seem far-fetched, but the next wave of potential betting fraud is already here.
Chalk
Supreme Court will hear New Jersey sports betting appeal: What's next?
Now that the Supreme Court has decided to hear New Jersey's appeal in its long-running quest to offer legalized sports betting, ESPN's gambling experts examine how we got to this point and answer other key questions moving forward.
New Jersey case
Supreme Court to hear case on sports gambling is real.
David Purdum joins SVP to discuss the Supreme Court to hear New Jersey's appeal to legalize sports gambling, with Las Vegas showing support. He also analyses how the operation will look state-by-state.
Chalk
Legalize sports betting? Look at marijuana as template.
SVP's 1 Big Thing looks at the case to legalize sports betting in America and uses the legalization of marijuana in certain states as an example of what the benefits are.
NFL
Betting public believes in Raiders
After a successful 2016 season, the Oakland Raiders are getting public betting support to go over 9.5 wins at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook. Which other teams has the public bet on so far this offseason?
NFL
Projections
FPI's 2017 NFL projections: Odds for divisions, playoffs, No. 1 pick, more
Will your team make the playoffs in 2017? Is it good enough to make a Super Bowl run? ESPN's analytics team examined team data via the Football Power Index and ran 10,000 simulations, and it now provides a comprehensive look at how 2017 will unfold.
NFL
NFL's evolving stance on sports betting and Las Vegas
The NFL has had a decades-long adversarial public relationship with sports betting. Here is a collection of quotes, from Pete Rozelle in 1963 to Roger Goodell's recent comments.
Daily Fantasy
Where is daily fantasy sports legal? A state-by-state look
What is the legal status of daily fantasy sports in every state? Ryan Rodenberg breaks down the situation in all 50 states in a file that will be updated as news warrants.
NFL
Might the federal sports betting ban be lifted?
The new solicitor general could change the course of sports betting in the U.S. Here is a look at the latest news, plus 25 years of shifting winds related to the federal sports betting ban.
Top Headlines
- SuperContest to offer first $1 million prize
- DraftKings, FanDuel settle with Massachusetts
- Vegas favors '07 Pats over this year's version
- NHL didn't ask to ban Vegas betting, says Daly
- Vegas grounds Jets: 1,000-1 odds to win it all
- Vegas predicts Ducks will have most points
- Howard (+45) pulls CFB's biggest upset ever
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PickCenter hub
All you need to know before making your picks. PickCenter's data comes from two main sources: TeamRankings and numberFire.
Gambling Calendar
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Sports-betting calendar for 2017
Check out ESPN's full calendar of sports-betting highlights through the rest of 2017.
Future of Sports Betting
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Why Microsoft, Google could be bookmakers of the future
Experts almost unanimously agree that legalized sports betting in the U.S. is "inevitable."
