Posted on August 1st, 2024
In late May, the state of Michigan ordered a cease-and-desist of Bovada sportsbook (Rated A). The State of Michigan included the following reason: “Due to the unregulated and unlicensed online gaming offerings on Bovada” and went on to cite several state laws. The sportsbook stopped accepting new clients from Michigan immediately and as of August […]
Posted on May 27th, 2021
Bovada Sportsbook has been an online sports betting presence since the early 2000’s when it broke off from Bodog sports. Recently, customers received an email telling them their account would be closed soon. We do not have exact details of why they are closing access to New York state but it is safe to say […]
Posted on March 5th, 2021
North America is home to three countries. There is Canada, Mexico and the United States. All three have an appetite for sports. But all three have very different tastes in sport and sports betting. On this page we are will be listing the top ranked sportsbooks for Canadian customers. The sportsbooks here made the list […]
Posted on May 24th, 2019
Online sportsbooks are ranked on the A-F grading scale most commonly used in education. The very best sportsbooks can be found at the top and we have provided safe links to these sportsbooks. You can sort the table by grade or name if you like. For a quick primer on how we grade sportsbooks, click […]
Posted on May 24th, 2018
After the recent merger of Paddy Power BetFair and fantasy sports company FanDuel, everyone is looking to the other largest supplier of fantasy sports services, DraftKings. They want to know what their big move will be in order to enter the budding sports betting market in the USA. The CEO of DraftKings has recently stated […]
Posted on July 22nd, 2016
Bovada.lv (Rating A+) and its sister sportsbook and betting companies bodog.eu, slots.lv, Ignitioncasino.eu, and CafeCasino.lv are going to be down starting at 1 am EST, Monday July 27, 2016 for maitnenace. The window for them being down may last most of the day and the company says it will be back online by 6 pm […]
Posted on January 26th, 2015
When rating sportsbooks we grade them using the traditional “grade school grading scale”, ie A,B,C,D,F. We arrive on the overall grade by individually grading five categories for a sportsbook. We look at 1) ease of deposit, 2) speed and ease of withdrawal, 3) website access and ease of use, 4) background/financial health, 5) established history […]
Posted on April 30th, 2014
The Super Bowl odds opened just minutes after the final play if the Saints vs. Vikings game. The line opened at Indy -4. The betting public jumped on it right away and now it is holding stable at Indy -5.5. As of right now (Tuesday, January 26, 2010, at 3:50 PM) about 60% of the […]
Posted on April 30th, 2014
New Orleans Saints vs. Atlanta Falcons – MNF Picks by Joel Schmidt New Orleans: 6-0, 6-0 ATS Atlanta Falcons: 4-2, 4-2 ATS The Atlanta Falcons have a chance to start turning the tables in the NFC South tonight as they take on the unbeaten New Orleans Saints. New Orleans most recently rallied for a 46-34 […]
Posted on April 30th, 2014
by Chad Millman ESPN Five weeks ago, the Internet gambling world endured what I’d like to call The Reverse Rapture. Rather than the Almighty beaming web-wagering pros up to heaven, it was the Department of Justice that sucked online poker companies and some of their bosses into the abyss. In the industry they called […]