Tag: Draftkings
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Friday Faceoff: Has legalized gambling ruined sports as we knew it?
Friday Faceoff: In the wake of the latest sports gambling scandal, and an FBI investigation featuring Denver’s own Chauncey Billups involving an illegal poker operation, has legalized betting ruined sports as we knew it? Kyle Fredrickson, Broncos beat reporter Answer: No Whatever happened to the virtue of personal responsibility? There are quite literally millions of…
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Metro Moves: Anthem’s new Colorado leader; YMCA CEO resigns
Welcome to the Denver Gazette’s Metro Moves. You’ll get the latest metro Denver openings, closings, hiring and promotion news here. To submit your company’s news, drop an email to [email protected]. Anthem’s new Colorado leader Matt Pickett will take over as president of the Colorado Commercial State Plan for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Colorado,…
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NBA awards: Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic early favorite for third MVP in four years
Last season, Nuggets star Nikola Jokic narrowly missed out on being the fourth player in NBA history to win three consecutive Most Valuable Player awards. The list remains a short one – Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird – after 76ers center Joel Embiid won last season’s award. This season, Jokic can join another short…
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Betting: Prescott, McCaffrey solid picks for Comeback Player of the Year
Tim Tebow may be all the talk of the NFL, but not even the most devout follower of His Holiness has faith in submitting a 33/1 Comeback Player of the Year ticket. What other players on the rebound could score backers some cold, hard cash? Brad Evans from FTN Bets tosses his hat in the…
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Sports gambling: Two rookie running backs who could help you cash in on betting (and in fantasy football)
Snowfall in the Rockies may still be a real possibility, but football season will be here before sports betting locals realize. To help satisfy your insatiable appetite for action, and pigskin, FTN Bets reveals a pair of long-shot wagers that could score a windfall come year’s end. Fade or follow? That, as always, is entirely…
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Gambling: Super Bowl brings super prop bests
Nachos, wings, various deeps, multiple adult beverages and ceaseless gambling opportunities — Super Bowl LV is on the immediate horizon. To get you prepared for the tussle in Tampa, Brad Evans from FTN Bets reveals his three favorite player props to lock, load and hopefully score some cold hard cash. Leonard Fournette OVER 3.5 receptions…
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Super Bowl brings plethora of betting opportunities
It is Super Bowl week, and while it is a week like never before, we still get the biggest game of the year between two of the best quarterbacks of all time this Sunday. Gambling: Two Sunday NHL games to consider betting on with some extras Tom Brady said this is such a different experience,…
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Gambling: Hill’s skills make Chief an attractive wager
Days away from the NFL’s marquee event in Tampa between the Bucs and Chiefs, player prop sleuth Brad Evans from FTNBets.com scours the Internet for the best early line values. Here’s who he’s jumping on for Super Bowl 55: Tyreek Hill 91.5 receiving yards (-115, William Hill) Hill moves with the speed and suddenness of…
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Gambling: Chiefs WR Hill could soar in playoff game
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Every week through the Super Bowl, I will attempt, using tools and stats from FTNBets.com, to slay the sportsbooks, scribbling my favorite side, total or prop picks for the week’s upcoming NFL slate. Some will win. Many will lose. Fade or follow? That, of course, is up to you. With the Conference Championships on tap…
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Gambling: Three player props to consider betting on in the NFL divisional round of the playoffs
Every week through the Super Bowl, I will attempt, using tools and stats from FTNBets.com, to slay the sportsbooks, scribbling my favorite side, total or prop picks for the week’s upcoming NFL slate. Some will win. Many will lose. Fade or follow? That, of course, is up to you. With the Divisional Round on tap…