 After two-time IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden scores the intro with his way-back prediction of glory, hosts Brant James and Ryan Butler are joined by South Point oddsmaker Jimmy Vaccaro and ProFootballDoc.com’s Dr. David Chao.  Vaccaro has yarns about how the wagering public has changed, and who’s he’d handicap as the next president, if it was legal in the United States, of course.  Chao pops in to discuss analyzing sports injuries and how his service could benefit bettors.      Jimmy Vaccaro Timestamps  3:44 – Vaccaro describes an outlandish parlay bet to underscore a new betting trend: no fear of huge lines.  4:49 – Recreational bettors want to bet on teams, and don’t care about the numbers.  6:30 – The spread of legal sports betting in new states will only increase this phenomenon, Vaccaro says.  8:00 – What if you could bet on political elections in the United States?  9:12 – Vaccaro: “The election would be bigger than anything we’ve ever done.”  9:32 – Vaccaro handicaps the 2020 presidential election.      Dr. David Chao Timestamps 28:30 – Introducing the Pro Football Doc.  29:50 – Dr. Chao on his “distinct, built-in advantage.”  30:49 – How in-play betting makes real-time injury information crucial.  32:33 – Dr. Chao on average fans versus bettors.    OddBet  42 – Austrian hockey  43: 00 Where is Namibia? In the Rugby World Cup.  

Badder Beats

Betting on U.S. elections with Jimmy Vaccaro, injury information as a betting edge with ProFootballDoc, Episode 46

NFL quarterbacks are falling like NFL quarterbacks with veteran stars Drew Brees and Ben Roethlisberger the greatest of the latest. The Saints will get their guy back. The Steelers get used to life with Mason Rudolph. Bookies.com's Adam Thompson stops by to break down the breaking down and Dan Kilbridge joins Brant James and Ryan Butler later to explain why Notre Dame is going to make Georgia work this weekend. Adam Thompson on the NFL 2:18 – Daniel Jones will take over at quarterback for the New York Giants.  5:11 – The Giants will cover against Tampa Bay.  5:30 – Adam says Brant makes a great point.  7:47 – Why haven’t the Saints’ Super Bowl odds fluctuated much with quarterback Drew Brees out for the season?  10:40 – The Seahawks (–4.5) should cover at home against the Teddy Bridgewater-led Saints.  11:53 – Pittsburgh (+6.5) begins the Mason Rudolph era against the 49ers.  14:50 – Exploring the phenomenon of huge lines in Dolphins (+20) and Jets (+22.5) games.  15:58 – Adam Thompson: “It’s outrageous.”  19:50 – On the NFL “tank.” The Dolphins appear to covet all the draft picks for the next two seasons.  22:42 – Thursday Night Football: Jaguars (-1.5) vs. Titans.    The Not-Super-Contest  26:04 – Ryan backs the Raiders (+8) at Minnesota.  26:59 – Rams (-3) at Cleveland, says Brant.  27:57 – Ryan takes Giants (-6.5) over Bucs.  28:20 – Brant takes Cardinals (+2.5) at Panthers.  29:54 – Ryan takes Redskins to cover 4.5 at home against Bears.  32:01 – Falcons (+1) will cover at Indianapolis, Brant says.  33:01 – Ryan and Brant take the Patriots at –22.5 against Miami.  35:04 – Lions (+7) are a good pick at Philadelphia, says Ryan.  35:41 – Take the Seahawks (-4.5) at home against New Orleans.    Dan Kilbridge on College Football  36:50 – Notre Dame a 14-point favorite underdog at Georgia?  39:01 - Dan Kilbridge thinks the Irish might win outright.  40:19 - ‘Boat-raced”  40:48 – Time to invest in an Ian Book Heisman Trophy future bet?  42:00 – A one-loss Notre Dame team has no playoff hope, says Kilbridge.  43:30 – On Michigan at Wisconsin (-3.5).  45:42 – UCF is very, very good against the spread.      OddBet  49:45 – Will the Dolphins go 0-and-16?  51:00 – Argonauts at Calgary first-half over/under excitement.  

Brees, Roethlisberger, Foles, Darnold, Siemian QB Casualties, Episode 45

 As the Browns begin what seems like a long, inevitable slink back into misery, hosts Brant James and Ryan Butler debut their personal Super Contest, oddly, and sadly agreeing on some key games.  What’s to make of that massive Patriots’ line?  In the big interview, Tilman Fertitta owner of a lot of restaurants – one of which you’ve surely patronized – The Golden Nugget casino chain, the Houston Rockets and now an author (“Shut Up and Listen! Hard Business Truths That Will Help You Succeed) stops by for a chat.    The Badder Beats Super Contest  4:34 – Introducing the new game.  5:15 – The Browns got Brown-y.  9:00 – Twitter pushed around ESPN.  10:40 – Ryan picks his NFL games of the week.  17:34 – The Dolphins are being forced to play the Patriots.  19:50 – Bills favored over the Giants is ridiculous.    Tilman Fertitta Interview     28:13 – How impactful will legal sports betting be in the future?  28:30 – On the Golden Nugget being allowed to begin accepting bets on NBA games.  29:28 – What advantages does he have as a pro sports team owner and casino owner.    College Football Picks  30:01 – It's a think week, but there are interesting games.  33:30 – Interesting weekend in Colorado football.  34:01 – Syracuse again a top of discussion.    #OddBet  38:23 – NASCAR playoffs for Ryan.  39:45 – Brant on the team left standing when the American League Wild Card music stops.  

NFL Week 2 and Tilman Fertitta on sports betting and owning the Rockets, Episode 44

Former Packers vice president, agent and SI.com and The Athletic writer Andrew Brandt dispenses knowledge on the upcoming NFL season and its future, why Andrew Luck walked away, CTE, player leverage and how sports betting impacts it all.

Andrew Brandt on NFL's Opening Week and Future, Episode 43

    With the college football season unfurling fully in Week 1, Brant James and Ryan Butler hash out the Auburn-Oregon game and ponder other lesser matchups.  NASCAR managing director of gaming Scott Warfield lays out the stock car series’ plans to utilize legal sports betting beginning in September.   BADDER BEATS TIME STAMPS  5:46 – College football, Week 1.  6:30 – Brant nails his Week 0 prediction.  7:17 – Auburn at Oregon.  11:27 - Auburn’s Gus Malzahn could be under pressure if he loses the opening coin toss.  14:01 – Bravely betting against Wake Forest.  15:39 – Is 35 points too much in Duke-Alabama?  16:29 – Why are Syracuse and Liberty playing?  17:42 – On Missouri and Wyoming in another odd matchup.  18:05 – Houston at Oklahoma is going to be interesting, but the Cougars’ Dana Holgorsen is 0-7 against the Sooners.  21:04 – Georgia-Vanderbilt in an early opportunity for Bulldogs quarterback Jake Fromm to make a case for the Heisman Trophy.  NASCAR executive Scott Warfield  24:01 – NASCAR’s history with legal sports betting and utilizing it as an engagement tool.  25:00 – The four pillars of NASCAR’s approach to betting.  28:02 – How could NASCAR specifically leverage sports betting soon?  28:46 – NASCAR will begin rolling out more sports betting options, utilizing its data deal with Genius Sports, in September.  31:03 – Leveraging star power into in-place bets.  33:00 – Scott Warfield says NASCAR fans are already gamblers, according to research.  40:02 – NASCAR has not been as active as some sports leagues, Warfield said, in lobbying for sports betting where it is popular, specifically Florida.  44:10 – Will legal sports betting increase sponsorships for NASCAR teams?  ODD BET  49:34 – Gardner-Webb and UNC Charlotte college football game.  51:12 – Ryan Butler explains how ‘over’ works.  52:15 – Big Ten men’s basketball preseason betting odds, anyone?  

NASCAR executive Scott Warfield on plans to benefit from legal sports betting, Episode 42

 College football commences. The PGA Tour schedule is down to the king-making FedEx Cup.  Badder Beats welcomes in a Stadium’s Brett McMurphy to break down the AP Top 25 preseason poll and a season ahead in sports betting (he’ll break some news on the future of the College Football Playoff) and Matt Cooper makes a long-distance call to assess the golf final.    1:51 – Oregon sportsbook announces it will begin taking bets on Sept. 7.  4:01 – On gerbil racing.  Chinook Winds. Not chinook woods.   7:17 – Indiana is stealing all of Illinois’ sports betting juice.  9:20 – Mike Ditka (Ameristar Casino East Chicago) is the best celebrity first bettor yet.    Brett McMurphy on the College Football Season  15:53 – Analyzing the preseason Top 25 Associated Press poll.  16:56 – Brett McMurphy had Georgia No. 2 on his AP ballot.  17:28 – Will Alabama regress this year because of coaching departures and injuries?  18:22 – Will the super elite group of Alabama and Clemson rule college football again?  19:00 – Alabama and Clemson will run their regular-season schedules, McMurphy says.  19:54 – How do conferences schedules help or hurt Alabama and Clemson?  21:40 – On Heisman Trophy favorite Trevor Lawrence and if there’s value with other picks.  23:46 – Look for a Top 10 quarterback for Heisman value.  24:10 – Who are the college football value plays for the college football playoffs? Hint: Pac-12.  27:40 – BREAKING SOME NEWS: College officials are already discussing an expanded college football playoff … in seven years.  31:17 – College football is being more reactionary than proactive in regards to legal sports betting.  34:40 – The dream scenario for making the college football interesting, and how Army is the key.  37:00 – How the Army –Navy could mean everything again. Everything.  38:07 – Brett McMurphy on Miami (Fla.) vs. No. 8 Florida.     Matt Cooper on the FedEx Cup  42:27– On the PGA playoffs.  45:18 – Should you bet Justin Thomas in the FedEx Cup?  50:00 – Is an irked Brooks Koepka the bet for you?  54:25 – Why are Patrick Reed’s odds askew?    #OddBet  1:01 – Rose will be the top-finishing Englishman this weekend.  1:03 – Trevor and Tua vs. The Field.  

College Football Analysis with Brett McMurphy; FedExCup with Matt Cooper, Episode 41

NBA reporter Mark Strotman cracks the code on betting on the National Basketball Association. His analysis of over/under trends from the past decade will thrill and amaze you, and could have made you a very successful bettor.     TIME STAMPS Mark Strotman on Betting the NBA in the Offseason 3:02 - On betting the over/under in the NBA. 5:39 - Breaking down how NBA teams fared in over/under betting over the last decade. 7:25 - Bet the the under for teams forecast to win more than 50 games. 9:52 - Which of that 50-plus-win group is most likely to go under this season? 12:00 - Teams forecast to be dreadful often go over. 14:02 - Mark Strotman delivers and nugget exclusive. 15:40 - On the 10-win swing. 18:14 - The NBA schedule release. 19:11 - The Warriors' schedule is constructed to help keep them in playoff contention. 22:01 - How a westward shift of power altered the NBA schedule. 23:35 - QUOTE-OF-THE-YEAR NOMINEE: “Just the fact that your childhood memory is Michael Jordan as a Wizards means my life has been better.” 23:44 - How a sports fan is born, by Mark Strotman. 25:10 - NBA championship odds. 25:50 - The Lakers have the best roster in the NBA, says Strotman. 30:13 - What undervalued team can sports bettors exploit in games before everyone else catches on?

NBA Sports Betting Over/Under Code Broken by Mark Strotman: Episode 40

 As the English Premier League season gloriously approaches, hosts Brant James and Ryan Butler defer to Bookies.com football expert Peter O'Rourke for betting tips, trends and insights. Also, Penn National Gaming helps seed major sports betting players into some potentially fertile fields.  Sports Business Update 2:20 – Penn National Gaming acquisitions alter the sports betting map.  3:50 – theScore has options in Indiana and Mississippi before its New Jersey operation goes live.  5:25 – How the Eldorado-Caesars deal might impact it all.  6:40 – The sports betting industry as the pre-World War I Balkans.  7:50 – Deep dive into the parts and pieces The Stars Group, DraftKings, PointsBet and theScore acquired in the deal.  10:30 – Make sure sports betting is legal in your state before you start making bets.    English Premier League Betting Preview  13:00 – Finally, soccer returns.  13:58 – Is it Manchester City and Liverpool atop the table again?  15:39 - ‘Punter’ defined.  16:08 – Will Everton make a run for a Champions’ League slot?  17:39 – Prop bets. We need EPL prop bet tips for top goal-scorer. How about Raheem Sterling?  19:20 – Will Steve Bruce be first manager sacked?  20:28 – Predicting the relegation market.  22:50 – The most rock-solid EPL bet you can make this season is …..  25:00 – Soccer is built for the new American sports-consumption habit.  26:00 – The 24-hour sports betting cycle.    #OddBet  27:11 – Breaking down the as-yet-unfinished #OddBet campaign.  

English Premier League Betting Guide for Americans: Episode 39

 On the eve of the Hall of Fame Game and potentially the first very bad officiating decision of the NFL season, hosts Brant James and Ryan Butler dissect how technology and sports betting combine with human fallibility or rulebook loopholes to create noxious mess.  FanDuel chief marketing officer Mike Raffensperger stops by to discuss an incursion into Pennsylvania.   BADDER BEATS TIME STAMPS   Legislative Update  2:21 – Iowa legislative update  3:02 – Ryan Butler guarantees that legal sports betting is coming to Iowa on August 15.  4:43 – What will be the first legal sports bet in Iowa? Hawkeyes? Cyclones?  6:40 – Expect about a dozen sportsbooks to be ready on Aug. 15.  9:50 – North Carolina will become a legal sports betting state.  13:29 – North Carolina residents will be able to bet on the Tar Heels and Blue Devils legally, if they’re willing to drive to the mountains.    Interview with FanDuel CMO Mike Raffensperger  19:24 – On launching a mobile product into Pennsylvania.  21:45 – On catching up with SugarHouse, Parx and Rivers and what Apple has to do with it.  23:30 – On how to win the Philadelphia market.  26:10 – Don't bet and drive.    On Bad Calls and Sports Betting  28:00 – On the Twitter age, television and bad calls.  33:19 – And how sports betting plays into it.  35:01 – Saints fans finally score some satisfaction. Maybe.  38:47 – Gambler vs. Fan  40:23 – Expect your games to get a lot longer if you seek accuracy.    #OddBet  42:00 – Hall of Fame Game betting.  45:23 – Which Gruden gets fired first?     Thanks to whoever in California downloaded the whole catalog last week.   brant.james@kaxmedia.com ryan.butler@kaxmedia.com

Bad Calls, Bad Beats and How They Will Change Sports Forever: Episode 38

 Pugilism considered, as Bookies.com contributor Kelsey McCarson joins Brant James and Ryan Butler to analyze the Maurice Hooker-Jose Ramirez junior welterweight unification bout and boxing as an entity.   Legislative update  1:38 – New York becomes the tenth guest state to legalize and implement legal sports betting.  3:00 – The confluence of states and sports betting and football.  5:15 – How the Hall of Fame game is like the NBA summer league.  6:50 – Jimmy Vaccaro moves back to Las Vegas after coming home to Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh.   Kelsey McCarson in Hooker-Ramirez  10:24 – On reunifying the 140-pound junior welterweight division.  13:01 – Why does Hooker-Ramirez matter?  14:30 – On why it’s hard to bet against the underdog, Maurice Hooker.  14:45 – McCarson on eliminating emotion from handicapping equation in this fight.  17:40 – Ramirez should be the favorite.   18:10 – On the politics of making this fight happen despite the rivalries and divergent interests.  20:00 – How hard is it to handicap a fight like this where it’s two fighters in their prime?  22:19 – The Maurice Hooker origin story.  24:40 – Can boxing be more than a niche sport?  29:40 – How does mixed martial arts affect the future prosperity of boxing?  34:40 – How does sports betting affect boxing’s future?  38:26 – Watch the feet.   40:15 – Brant James unleashes a three-question combo but Kelsey McCarson puts him on the mat after just two.   #OddBet  44:30 – Finnish professional soccer insights flow.  47:09 – Two incredibly interesting prop bets regarding the Jets.  

Ramirez-Hooker Junior Welterweight Title Fight Preview: Episode 37

    On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission that put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon, New York becomes the 10th state to land a legal sports wager. Call it a Sea of Bet-quility.  North Carolina follows suit – almost – by passing legislation to legalize sports betting.  And as the frenzy of NBA free agency slows to a rolling boil – we think – DraftKings NBA analyst Julian Edlow stops by to assess who moved the odds and if it was justified.   Time Stamps   State legislative update  1:27 – New York finally implements sports betting.  2:26 – What was the first legal sports bet in New York?  3:28 – How New York’s legal sports betting deal got done.  4:05 – Rush Street Interactive at the vanguard in the New York, like in Pennsylvania.  5:30 – New Jersey is the big winner in New York implementation?  6:48 – The bullet point history of New York sports betting movement.  9:16 – North Carolina legalizes sports betting, becoming the seventh state to do so in 2019.  11:40 – There is no mobile wagering in the North Carolina sports betting bill.  12:20 – North Carolina actually considered banning betting on college sports.   DraftKings NBA analyst Julian Edlow  13:34 – Who won NBA free agency and how did they move the futures markets?  14:44 – The Golden State Warriors are looking pretty undervalued.  15:50 – On how Kawhi Leonard jiggled the championship lines in real-time.  17:40 – How you should consider the Milwaukee Bucks when betting NBA futures.  19:18 – Are there any other big NBA free agency signings that could jolt the lines?  21:20 – Julian Edlow loves the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference.  23:20 – On how NBA Summer League has grown into a marquee event and betting market.   Ryan Butler takes a road trip   25:00 – On the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States convention in Minnesota.  27:01 – How NCLGS convention-goers fret (or not) the Wire Act.  32:00 – Ryan Butler breaks down a study of where legal sports betting will likely work and why.   #OddBet  40:35 – In honor of Apollo 11 moon landing …. want to bet on man landing on Mars?  43:00 – Ryan Butler asks Brant James to assess a dart match.    

How Bettors Should Assess NBA Free Agency, with DraftKings' Julian Edlow: Episode 36

  Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie drinks a symbolic tequila toast, analyzes the New Jersey sports betting market from germination to July and ruminates on what comes next, including maybe, perhaps, politics.  And in the second and final installment of our series on the Chicago Black Sox Scandal, Society for American Baseball Research scholar Jacob Pomrenke puts the legacies of Shoeless Joe Jackson and Buck Weaver in perspective. He also draws strong comparisons between the baseball landscape of 1919 and now, and how owners are looking at gambling in much the same way.   TIME STAMPS  2:25 – Maine sports betting bill collapses in a pocket veto.  3:30 – What went wrong in Maine?  4:45 – Sports betting disappointments, encapsulated.    Chris Christie on Legal Sports Betting Crusade  7:00 – Interview with former New Jersey governor and legal sports betting trailblazer Chris Christie.  9:39 – How does Chris Christie think New Jersey has done as a legal sports betting market more than a year after the repeal of PASPA?  11:18 – Will New Jersey maintain its primacy on the East Coast even after New York eventually legalizes sports betting?  13:50 – Pennsylvania continues to be a strong market for New Jersey after legalizing sports betting.  15:01 – What role does Chris Christie have advocating for the legal sports betting industry?  16:52 – Why was New Jersey so ripe for legal sports betting?  18:56 – When did this cause blip your radar and why did it matter to you?  23:45 – Is “integrity fee” a non-starter?  25:11 – How did you learn of the PASPA repeal?  26:32 – How did you celebrate?  27:08 – On Chris Christie’s first sports bet in New Jersey. (It’s not what you’re thinking).  29:00 – Chris Christie was all over Tiger Woods at The Masters.  30:01 – What's next for Chris Christie?  31:01 – Why weren’t there any sports betting references in “Let Me Finish: Trump, the Kushners, Bannon, New Jersey, and the Power of In-Your-Face Politics.”  32:33 – How good of a job did Jason Alexander do portraying Chris Christie in a play?  33:13 – How's the new Bruce Springsteen album?   Jacob Pomrenke on the Black Sox Scandal  38:12 – Part 2 of our Black Sox Scandal deep dive.  39:45 – On Buck Weaver and Shoeless Joe Jackson.  43:18 – The trial.  45:42 – How the Black Sox matter 100 years later.  50:03 – Do modern player salaries immunize sports against Black Sox-type corruption?  51:39 – Will changing views of sports betting mitigate the punishments for Buck Weaver and Shoeless Joe Jackson?  53:30 – The scandal made Shoeless Joe a cultural icon.    #OddBet  59:35 – Astros > Rangers.  1:00 – Reds or White Sox. Who ya like?  

Chris Christie and Black Sox Scandal, Part II: Episode 35

    Kevin Durant to the Nets, in a year and a half. Kyrie Irving to Brooklyn immediately. Kawhi Leonard …. who knows. Maybe he was just sparing Toronto a bummer of a Canada Day as NBA free agency opened. Agents and general managers were pummeling each other like UFC fighters.  Speaking of which, UFC239 is this weekend and Jon Jones’ insatiable consumption of the light heavyweight division, according to oddsmakers, will continue. Pass the pepper, Thiago Santos.   EPISODE 34 TIME STAMPS  2:20   Arkansas sports betting is underway.    NBA Free Agency  5:50  Mark Strotman on NBA free agency.  6:17  Were the 76ers the big winners of free agency? Mark Strotman thinks so.  9:05  Did the betting public forget Kevin Durant cannot play this coming season?  11:02  Are people forgetting that Kevin Durant had a major injury in rupturing his Achilles tendon? Mark Strotman said the risk was worth it for Brooklyn.  13:50  Where will Kawhi Leonard land? Back in Toronto? The Lakers? The Clippers? And how this affects the lines.  18:00  How the Lakers went from six-year postseason drought to preseason betting favorite to win the NBA title.  19:48  What are the best NBA title value picks?    UFC 239 Featuring Jon Jones vs. Thiago Santos  29:35  Jed Meshew on UFC 239 and why Jones v. Santos matters.  30:45   Santos needs a knockout, Jed Meshew says.  31:59  Jones-Santos value bets.  36:00  Jed Meshew would take a punch from Jon Jones.  41:00  On Amanda Nunes and Holly Holm.  44:16  Jed Meshew on value or entertainment on the undercard.    Odd Bet  50:18  Hot dog eating contests are disgusting.  51:39  The Cure makes Ryan Butler a loser.  52:33  Tour de France betting.  

NBA Free Agency Aftermath and UFC239: Episode 34

 As the manic NBA free agency festival draws ever near, there is speculation aplenty about landing spots for superstars and how a certain non-functional Achilles tendon could change everything.  And Badder Beats unveils Part I of an informative and entertaining interview surrounding the 100th anniversary of the Chicago Black Sox scandal with Jacob Pomrenke, chairman of the Society for American Baseball Research’s committee on the topic.     EPISODE 33 TIME STAMPS  Legal Sports Betting Legislative Update   1:40 – Sports betting updates in New England.  2:15 – Welcome to the legal sports betting family, Maine and New Hampshire.  2:33 – Funner.  2:36 – Funner?  2:56 – How New Hampshire got the cider made.  4:52 – The New England plot to siphon cash out of Massachusetts.  6:01 – On New England sportsbooks and rooting for or against the Boston dynasties to relent.    Black Sox Scandal 100th Anniversary  10:00 – Part I of our interview with Jacob Pomrenke, chairman of the Black Sox Scandal Research Committee for the Society for American Baseball Research. Pomrenke debunks several lingering myths surrounding the successful plot by the Chicago White Sox to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.  12:20 – What did “Eight Men Out” get right and get wrong?  14:32 – Did eight White Sox players actually conspire with gamblers to fix the World Series?  18:50 – How the crosstown rival Chicago Cubs helped lead to the career demise of the Black Sox.  20:28 – The Black Sox didn’t start or stop throwing games with the 1919 World Series.  22:39 – Why did Major League Baseball suddenly care about cleaning up its integrity problem?  23:59 – Myth debunked: the Black Sox were not rubes lured into disrepute.  25:49 – Who were the Clean Sox and how did they co-exist with the Black Sox?  29:01: Joe Jackson: guilty.    Where Will Durant, Leonard, Butler Land in NBA Free Agency?  30:21 – NBA free agency commences on Sunday. Coffee up!  32:17 – Where did those NBA free agency odds go?  33:00 – Why are the Lakers odds to win the championship so low?  34:01 – Lakers season wins over/under speculation.  35:05 – How many games will the Milwaukee Bucks win?  37:05 – How many games will the Golden State Warriors win?  37:26 – Ryan Butler says Kevin Durant will stay with the Warriors.  37:36 – Brant James is aghast that no one seems to acknowledge how devastating a ruptured Achilles tendon injury is for an NBA player.  39:47 – Klay Thompson stays with Warriors.  40:05 – On the 76ers free agent situation.  42:43 – Ryan Butler thinks Kawhi Leonard is signing with the Clippers.  44:17 – Brant James disagrees.  44:25 – Poutine talk.  Odd Bet 49:27 - #OddBet  50:01 – College World Series correctness and wrong-ness.  51:05 – Who will be next manager of Newcastle United?  

NBA Free Agency, Debunking the Black Sox Scandal: Episode 33

 Live from the Turf Club at Monmouth Park Racetrack - where the first legal sports bet in New Jersey was placed by Governor Phil Murphy in June, 2018 – Gambling.com Group Plc presents the first-annual American Gambling Awards.  Designed to reward excellence in the online legal sports betting market in the United States, the AGA’s presented 14 Golden Eagle statues to stakeholders from politicians to sportsbooks. ESPN draft analyst and New York Times best-selling author (and Badder Beats veteran) Matthew Berry presided over the ceremonies and was delighted that acceptance speeches were brief or non-existent.   The sushi table was pretty good, too.  Over on the red carpet, hosts Brant James and Ryan Butler, nattily dressed in their finest awards show attire, swooped winners out of the crowd like voracious bears at a salmon stream. David Rebuck of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement? Got him. (He was presented with the first-ever Golden Eagle as regulator of the year). Jamie Shea of DraftKings? Got here after her group took home (all the way to Hoboken) top honors in fantasy sports.    EPISODE 32 TIME STAMPS  :55 – Michigan Representative Brandt Iden (he and Brant early tried to convince him to ditch that extraneous ‘d’) on being a Golden Eagle finalist. (He did not get to bring one home, however.)  1:38 – That said, he’s got his nose to the grindstone and thinks he will get legal sports betting over the line in 2019, perhaps even by football season.  1:50 – Rep. Iden wants to keep those Michigan dollars, building things for Michiganders.  2:37 – Is there momentum for sports betting not only in Michigan, but in the Midwest?  3:32 – Are lawmakers cognizant of what sports betting bills entail and what the benefits can be?  4:58 - “Senator Ray” Lesniak wins “Industry Supporter of the Year” in absentia. Gambling.com Group Plc founder and CEO Charles Gillespie briefly joins Matthew Berry at the podium to explain.  5:52 – Suddenly, Sen. Raymond Lesniak is on the phone, accepting his award in the first seminal moment of the first American Gambling Awards.  7:07 – Jamie Shea, director of digital sportsbook at DraftKings on defending the fantasy turf and going after FanDuel in the sports betting realm.  8:26 – Jamie Shea on how DraftKings differentiates itself. (Hint: data).  9:25 – Where will the Golden Eagle perch?  9:52 - Jamie Shea considers ripping some biceps curls with the Golden Eagle.  10:05 – Rock star regulator David Rebuck deflects all the credit he absorbs to his staff.  11:05 – On being the template for legal sports betting in the United States.  12:18 – David Rebuck on the regulator as a collaborator with operators.  14:28 – On the biggest piece of advice he’d give to counterparts: listen.  15:52 – What does New Jersey Year 2.0 portend?  17:04 – David Rebuck breaks news: the Score’s product will enter the ‘lab’ with folks with the laptops for testing the third week of June.  17:37 – Can New Jersey really get ahead and stay ahead of Nevada in terms of handle?  19:05 – On wrapping his fingers around the first Golden Eagle ever presented.  19:49 – Matthew Berry presents the award for “Operator of the Year” to Rush Interactive.  

Matthew Berry Hosts The American Gambling Awards: Episode 32:

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