Olympic Sports Betting
The Winter Olympics is a sports wagering fans dream come true as Olympic sports betting offers more diverse betting options and lines than any other sporting event on the planet. This year’s rendition should give Olympic sportsbook wagering fans the perfect opportunity to bet on such a grandiose international event.
Olympic sports betting will either be geared towards the Summer or Winter Olympics. The Summer Olympics include events like swimming, baseball, archery and the sort while the Winter Olympics involve sports like curling, hockey, and skiing.
This year, bettors will be able to wager on the 2018 Winter Olympics held in PyeongChang, South Korea. The event will be taken place from the 9th to the 25th of February.
The upcoming Olympic sportsbook event will be compromised of 102 events across 15 sports. In addition to fan favorites, the Olympics will also be introducing 4 new disciplines in the upcoming PyeongChang event. This includes big air snowboarding – which is replacing parallel slalom, mixed doubles curling, mass start speed skating, and mixed team alpine skiing.
One of the most interesting things regarding the upcoming Winter Olympics is the NHL’s decision to not accommodate their players in order to allow them to compete for their countries. Usually the league institutes a brief hiatus in their season to allow players to go overseas and rep their countries. However, for a multitude of reasons, the NHL has refrained from doing so. This should create some interesting Olympic sportsbook lines for the hockey events.
The best part of Olympic online betting is the variety of lines it offers. From action covering hockey teams, to lines for bobsleigh and figure skating, there is something for someone from every wake of life. Alpine skiing, biathlon, and cross-country skiing are some of the other popular options. Sign up today in order to prepare for the exciting Olympic betting season that is fast approaching.
Olympic Games Articles
The NBA in Rio goes beyond the U.S.A. Basketball Team
The United States men's Olympic basketball team is as usual the online betting favorite to win the gold medal in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. Ever since NBA players first became eligible to play in Olympic basketball in Barcelona 1992 (the original, and to many, the only Dream Team), the US has won the Olympic tournament five out of six times – only coming up short in Athens 2004 where they won the bronze and Argentina won the gold. Most recently, American basketball prevailed in London 2012 with a team that included LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, Kobe Bryant, Andre Iguodala, and Kevil Love – all of whom will be absent this time around.
Rory McIlroy skipping 2016 Olympics
It’s been 112 years since the last time golf was seen in the Olympics. Golf betting fans are getting excited for what’s coming… or not. They might have to see one less star on the field, perhaps the most important one, as Rory McIlroy is considering not going. It’s not because of the golf betting odds, it’s because healthcare officials are saying that the Zika virus in Brazil may turn into a “full-blown global health disaster” and it seems he rather play it safe. The 4-time championship winner moves golf betting lines easily, but this time might be the exception. Rory admits he was looking forward to the Olympics, but he is putting his future before the gold. His engagement to Erica Stoll and the possibility of starting a family is what may stop him from going. The Zika virus is linked to births defects and other conditions.
The Men’s Basketball Olympic Program Is Available For Bets Real Soon
Olympic sporting events haven’t been big at sportsbooks but that could change as the Nevada Gaming Commission allowed bets to be placed on the 2016 Summer Olympics at casinos within Nevada. This could spread to many other casinos in different parts of the world as well as many online casinos.
Will Brazil defy Olympic odds?
Olympics betting odds may or may not favor Brazil as a competitor, but its odds as a host are shortening after a successful World Cup. Not successful in the sporting side of things; the national team failed miserably to win the trophy at home, and were humiliatingly blown to kingdom come by the mannschaft blitzkrieg, in a non-performance that only confirmed the oft-suspected fact that the Brazilian team should have been eliminated much, much earlier. Actually, it could be argued that the only reason they were there in the first place was because they were hosting the damn thing in the first place.
2016 Summer Olympics Betting
Like the World Cup, Summer Olympics occur four years apart, so you want to get some Olympics betting action two years from now when the next Olympic Games take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -only two years after the global soccer tournament. The 2016 Olympics will comprise 19 excitement-filled days starting on August 3 and ending on August 21. For the first time since Kevin Sorbo invented the games in an episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, a South American city will host the competition. There will be over 300 different sporting events so there will be plenty of gambling activity to be had.
Olympics Betting: Team USA vs Lithuania
You knew this wouldn't be pretty. Team USA entered this contest as 42.5 point favorites and somehow that didn't seem like enough. The over/under was 168.
Olympics Odds: Team USA vs Argentina
OK, Team USA can begin getting serious now about these Olympic tuneups with the actual games beginning at the end of the week.
Olympics Odds: Team USA vs Dominican Republic Exhibition Game
Does Team USA Basketball really have to play all these games to be given the gold? Can't we just conduct the first ever gold medal presentation during the opening ceremonies? OK, I'm getting a little carried away being that even a 54 point win over the Dominican Republic does not warrant the gold quite yet, but stay tuned.
Olympics Basketball Betting: Team USA Roster Set
This years USA Basketball Olympic team is almost as much about who isn't playing as it is about who is. With the likes of Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh all unable to play due to injuries, one may think there is cause for concern.
Women athletes shine in Online Betting for Olympics at SBG Global
One of the most impressive accomplishments in the run up to the online betting for Olympics was Dara Torres in the Olympics sports betting qualifying.
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