Gambling911.com Top Stories for July 16, 2024
- FanDuel suspends it election betting.
- Teoscar Hernández pays out $1200 for every $100 bet with Home Run Derby win.
- Trump officially selects JD Vance as his VP.
- Crypto casino co-founder misappropriated miliions in investor money.
MLB
Teoscar Hernández Wins Home Run Derby
The 31-year-old Teoscar Hernández, a widely beloved teammate and consistent power source over the past decade, became the first Los Angeles Dodgers player to win the Derby. He took home a $1 million prize, a medallion that said "DERBY CHAMP" and the pride of standing in against perhaps baseball's best young star and more than matching him swing for swing.
Hernández paid out $1200 for every $100 bet to win the Home Run Derby at BetOnline.
"It doesn't matter who I'm going against. I'm going to bet on myself," said Hernández, who entered the Derby with the sixth-longest odds of the eight-man field. "People maybe underestimate me. You can see it at the end when Witt was hitting all those homers. Everybody was shooting for him. But I'm [as] talented as all those guys over there. They might be younger, but same talent."
Hot Takes
- The Kansas Lottery has reported that sports wagering revenue for June in the state neared $9.4 million from $140.1 million in wagers, with revenue up 128.7 percent and handle up 42.8 percent from June 2023.
- “In light of recent events, FanDuel has made the decision to suspend its US election markets.” FanDuel has shuttered its election markets in Canada.
- It's not immediately clear when or if FanDuel will post these odds again.
- BetMGM has also removed the U.S. presidential odds markets from its website.
- BetOnline had pulled its election odds immediately after the shooting but put them back up two hours later with Trump going from -180 to -300 odds.
- Crypto Casino Owner Gambles Away Millions in Investor Funds
Politics
Trump Picks Sen. JD Vance of Ohio at 2-1 Odds
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former President Donald Trump chose Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate on Monday, picking a onetime critic who became a loyal ally and is now the first millennial to join a major-party ticket at a time of deep concern about the advanced age of America’s political leaders.
“After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network as the Republican National Convention got underway in Milwaukee.
Hours later, Vance formally received his party’s formal nomination after walking onto the floor of the convention to Merle Haggard’s “American First.”
The 39-year-old Vance rose to national fame with the 2016 publication of his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” He was elected to the Senate in 2022 and has become one of the staunchest champions of the former president’s “Make America Great Again” agenda, particularly on trade, foreign policy and immigration.
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