Offshore Sportsbook Fact Blog

It was not all that long ago that the college bowl season consisted of a handful of games on New Year’s Day. The schedule expanded slowly into the late 1990’s early 2000’s before exploding to its current slate of 39 games from mid-December right through the first of the year. The evolution of the college bowl season into its current form began in earnest…

The NFL playoffs are taking shape with three weeks left in the 2018 regular season. Several teams have clinched playoff spots while others have been eliminated. If you can pick who the last teams into the postseason will be, there is money to be made. The Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Rams, and New Orleans Saints are going to the playoffs. They have clinched…

Week 14 was a step back for the Locks of the Week. I’m still over $600 in the black for the season, though. Week 15 brings a slew of intriguing games with significant playoff implications. My magical run came to an abrupt halt in Week 14. The Bengals finally showed some life, easily covering against the Chargers as two-touchdown ‘dogs (26-21), while Jets vs…

The nation's capital was the focus of the US sports betting industry this week, via bills both at the federal and city level. But there was also a lot of buzz around the country as legislatures prepare to address legal sports gambling in 2019. Here's a roundup of what went down around in the sports gambling industry this week: DC sports betting A long-promised sports…

The College Football Playoff Semifinals take place on December 29 Alabama is a strong favorite to win the title Even with only three other teams, there is value among other contenders For months it has been apparent that the college football season has one major theme. Can anyone derail Alabama? Georgia pushed the Dogs in the SEC Title game, but somehow, someway, Alabama escaped…

The Baseball Winter Meetings begin Sunday in Las Vegas Bryce Harper and Manny Machado headline the current crop of free agents Betting on teams you can suspect will make big moves can pay off big  For all the hype that the NFL Draft gets, Baseball’s Winter Meetings are an even bigger deal. While NFL rookies make a difference, the best quarterbacks end up on…

Dublin-based Marketmaker Software Ltd. claims that its cash out patents cover the popular sports betting option that allows bettors to exit a bet before the result is known. The claim could affect a number of apps in New Jersey sports betting including DraftKings Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook, and Betstars. These apps feature the functionality which Marketmaker claims to own. How does cash out work? The…

We are now more than six months past the day the Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992. Shortly after the fall of PASPA, there were rumblings that the federal government was interested in legislating in the sports betting area. There is currently a bill circulating in a discussion draft format that will likely be revised and…

The Heisman Trophy will be awarded on Saturday night Each of the three finalists are quarterbacks Sportsbooks have shifted the favorite over the last few weeks For most of the college football season the Alabama Crimson Tide were playing one game while the rest of the country was entered in another. It was a fait accompli that ‘Bama would win the College Football Playoff…

Roughly 30-percent through the season a huge favorite has emerged Only two players are receiving any significant support Bettors should take advantage of Luka Doncic’s odds now before they become any shorter Going into June’s NBA Draft there was some minor debate about who the top pick should be. In the end, manchild Deandre Ayton was picked ahead of the more polished Marvin Bagley…