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The two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors may still be prohibitive favorites to win the 2019 NBA championship, but the fact of the matter is that NBA fans and betting enthusiasts should know the Dubs are almost certainly facing their biggest challenge to win the NBA title since they claimed their first of the Steph Curry era, four years ago. Thanks to the expert…

Happy Monday, ladies and gents, and welcome back for another tour of the US sports betting landscape. In this weekly piece, we try to cover the recent, relevant movement in states considering legal sports betting. Here are the numbers right now: States with regulated sports betting: 8 Jurisdictions pending launch: 3 States with bills on file: 31 Number of bills on file: 138 Our…

Before I get into why the Milwaukee Bucks are my pick (+1000), I’m going to explain why other teams, specifically Golden State, are not. Why the Milwaukee Bucks Are My 2019 NBA Championship Pick At this point of the season, I think betting on the Warriors with -230 odds is just plain silly. I’m not sure how much you follow the drama of the…

Momentum for California sports betting will not come this year from the legislature or the ballot. A proposed initiative to authorize CA sports betting expired without enough signatures to qualify for the 2020 ballot. The deadline for introduction of new sports betting bills also passed last month in the state legislature. According to the petition's filer, the legal sports betting effort never really got off the…

It’s possible the Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Clippers meet in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. First things first: They finish off the regular season series on Friday in L.A., and the Clippers have an NBA betting advantage in that OKC is in the second of a back-to-back. How to Bet Thunder at Clippers NBA Odds & TV Info …

Two West Virginia casinos have suspended retail and online sports betting operations because of an issue with its platform provider. Wheeling Island and Mardi Gras casinos, both operated by Delaware North, have ceased activity at both their physical sportsbooks and their shared online home at BetLucky.com. A Delaware North spokesman provided the following statement to Legal Sports Report: “We have been informed by Miomni…

It says something about the current state of the conference races in the NBA that only one team, the Milwaukee Bucks, have punched their playoff ticket at this stage of the season. Given that the clock is now rather furiously ticking down towards the end of the regular season, we are going to start seeing that number of teams go up in the coming…

Light schedule around the NBA on Thursday with just two games and it opens with Central Division rivals Indiana Pacers and Milwaukee Bucks concluding their season series – although the Pacers and Bucks could face off in the postseason. Milwaukee is the NBA odds favorite here. How to Bet Pacers vs Bucks NBA Week 21 Betting Lines & Game Info ? from today’s practice: •…

When you look at particular match-ups in the NBA, you often see very specific trends develop. It’s not that uncommon to find one team having a losing streak against another in a run that goes back for years. Every team in the league seems to have that one team that they hate to face, simply because they never seem to be able to find…

Time is running out for the Los Angeles Lakers as their playoff chances are very slim and get slimmer with each loss. LeBron James hasn’t missed the playoffs since his first two seasons in the league. His LA Lakers should be short NBA odds on Wednesday against the Denver Nuggets, which is battling for the West’s top seed. How to Bet Nuggets vs Lakers…