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Is Sports Betting Legal in North Carolina? March 11, 2024, is the date targeted for sports betting online in the state of North Carolina. Multiple sportsbooks are lined up to get a license. North Carolina sports bettors have multiple options.    When can I bet in NC? You can now bet online in the state […]

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! It’s a TNT Thursday, and in a pleasant surprise we have eight games of NBA action instead of the 3-4 games we usually get on Thursdays. It’s almost March, which means we have a few games featuring teams not trying to win, but there are a few great matchups for […]

Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah positively adores Justin Jefferson. Sean Payton would toss Russell Wilson into the mouth of a volcano if he could. The Chicago Bears braintrust still likes Justin Fields, but not nearly as much as they like their other options. The NFL scouting combine is a time for head coaches and […]

It’s a mad dash to the finish line in college basketball, as teams race to get the best seeding for their conference tournaments. I’m still trying to fade squads that are pretty much checked out on the season though because there’s some value in that. It’s an interesting slate Wednesday, so let’s try to find […]

We are just 18 days away from Selection Sunday. The college basketball betting world has turned its attention to NCAA Tournament Futures, investing in Final Four and National Championship wagers. March Madness bettors are looking for two things: first-round upsets and blue bloods that will make the Final Four.    Almost all bracket contests are […]

Following recent articles examining player share diversification and KDS strategy and draft mapping, it’s time to turn back to players whose ADPs are rising or falling materially. This time, we will focus on NFBC Online Championship leagues, which are 12-team, 30-round contests with weekly FAAB and an overall component. The purpose of these articles is […]

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! We have a jam-packed slate of games on a TNT Tuesday. Unfortunately, Joel Embiid’s knee injury has taken most of the excitement out of the first game, but the second national TV is a must watch. The Houston Rockets go to Oklahoma City to face the Thunder in a game […]

Welcome to the sunny shores of Florida as we look to PGA National, host of this week’s Cognizant Classic. This was formerly known as the Honda Classic, for those confused by the new title sponsor.  Next thing to note is a change to the layout. Hole No. 10 has been shifted from a long par […]

I have the need, the need for speed.  The 2024 NFL Combine is here, and FanDuel Sportsbook has posted several bets for this week’s event in Indianapolis. My favorites center on the most popular event: the 40-yard dash.    As with all speed records in sports, the average 40-yard dash has continuously dropped as athletes […]

The 2023-24 college basketball season is winding down, and we are in the depths of conference play. We have loads of great matchups across the country, and below is my favorite bet of the Tuesday slate.    BYU vs. Kansas (Kansas -7, DraftKings Sportsbook) The Big 12 gauntlet continues as newcomers BYU travel to Phog […]

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! After a jam packed, 11-game slate on Sunday, we have just four games tonight. I love NBA Sundays once the NFL season finishes. We get to watch NBA basketball all day, and I can only hope that someday we get to do that more than once a week. I’m not […]

We are just a few weeks away from Selection Sunday, so it’s time to once again take a look at the Final Four market and find some potential winners. Over a month ago, I gave out a few underdog plays that had some longer odds. Today, I’m going to see the market as a whole […]

Spring Training is a wild time for fantasy players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops, and other big swings. We aim to cover notable news, value changes or other valuable nuggets. We’ve got you covered!   AL East Baltimore Orioles: Cole Irvin […]

The 2023-24 college basketball season is winding down, and we are getting into the depths of conference play. We have loads of great matchups across the country, and below is my favorite bet of the Saturday slate.   Alabama vs. Kentucky (Kentucky -2.5, DraftKings Sportsbook) It’s a massive SEC battle here as the red-hot Alabama […]

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! The NBA continues its return Friday with another jam-packed slate of games. We had 12 Thursday night, and we have 10 Friday, which means 13 of the 20 teams playing Friday are on the second night of a back-to-back. The impact of that lack of rest is less than usual […]

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! The NBA is finally back — after a few days of wandering around my house completing chores and struggling to fill the hours, professional basketball is back and with a vengeance.   There are 12 games Thursday night and 10 Friday. That means we’ll have plenty of great games to […]

Thursday brings us 64 college basketball betting opportunities, a full slate of sports wagering magic. For the night’s pick, we head to the Pac-12 conference, where Oregon looks to steal a critical road win at Stanford. The Ducks are sitting squarely on the March Madness bubble at 17-8 (9-5 in Pac-12) and cannot afford any […]

One of my favorite things to start looking at as we approach the end of the college basketball regular season is fading teams who clearly are ready for the offseason. Finding the squads who are done for the year can be quite profitable, and we have at least one of those playing Tuesady.  All odds […]

Kentucky Derby Style is the feature that the NFBC utilizes to assign draft spots in the vast majority of fantasy baseball leagues. Instead of assigning draft spots on an entirely random basis, KDS allows fantasy managers to rank their desired spots in order of preference. KDS then randomly selects teams, and they are assigned, in […]

Spring training is a wild time for fantasy baseball players, as we see considerable overreactions to tiny sample sizes, changes in player value due to velocity jumps or drops and other big swings.   So as we head toward the start of the 2024 MLB season, we’re going to go around all the news from […]

Welcome to Vidanta Villarta, land of birdies and big numbers, always welcoming to the biggest of hitters. This will be the third hosting of the Mexico Open for Vidanta Villarta. We saw Jon Rahm take home the title in the debut 2022 edition with Tony Finau posting a runner-up finish. They flipped that script last […]

The 2023-24 college basketball season is winding down, and we are getting into the depths of conference play. We have loads of great matchups across the country and below is my favorite bet of the Tuesday slate.    BYU vs. Baylor (BYU -3, DraftKings Sportsbook) Another massive Big 12 showdown takes place Tuesday, as the […]

With the college basketball season quickly winding down and March approaching, here are my favorite future national title winner bets. Building a futures portfolio is always fun, and sportsbooks tend to offer some exploitable spots to attack.    Of course, value is super important, and even though you may think Team X has the best […]

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! NBA All-Star Weekend is over and players get a few days of rest before the final stretch of the season. Every team has played at least 54 games, which means we are almost 66% of the way through the season. With less than 30 games left, teams are in their […]

Four weeks from today, we will have a bracket to dissect and a workday filled with all sorts of college basketball discourse. Until then, resumes have to be improved and teams have to continue to push for more victories. Let’s try to pick out a winner on Monday.   All odds are per DraftKings Sportsbook. South […]

The 2023-24 college basketball season is in full swing, and we are getting into the depths of conference play. We have loads of great matchups across the country. Below is my favorite bet of the Saturday slate.    Marquette vs. UConn (UConn -7, DraftKings Sportsbook) This is a highly anticipated matchup atop the Big East […]

The 2023 NFL season is now complete, the Kansas City Chiefs have hoisted the Lombardi Trophy, and now we can all turn our attentions to the 2024 NFL Draft. In addition to finishing off the season, last week’s Super Bowl gave us the last piece of information we needed for our draft prep: The final […]

This offseason, there are somewhere between two and five quarterbacks in this year’s NFL Draft who could start in Week 1 for whatever team they land on. There are somewhere between two and five quarterbacks on the trade/free agent market who could say the same. And there are somewhere between 10 and 15 teams that […]

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! It’s the last night before the All-Star break, and as we saw Wednesday, things can get crazy when some teams are looking ahead to the All-Star game or to some time off to rest.   There will be no NBA regular season games until Thursday of next week, but fear […]

The UFC heads to Anaheim this weekend for UFC 298, featuring a featherweight clash between undefeated contender Ilia Topuria and the reigning king Alexander Volkanovski. Topuria is currently undefeated at 14-0 and looking to collect gold this weekend. However, he has an arduous task ahead of him as Volkanovski is also an undefeated featherweight who […]

Edouard Julien seems to be the perfect fantasy baseball breakout candidate. The 25-year-old debuted last season while batting .263/.381/.459 with 16 HR and 3 SB. There is even a chance he could steal more bases after swiping 34 in 2021 and 19 in 2022. His 408 PA in 109 games could prorate to over 600 […]