Gambling911.com Top Stories for July 12, 2024

Written by:
C Costigan
Published on:
Jul/12/2024

These are your hot trending Gambling911.com top stories for today July 12, 2024.   Kamala Harris Odds - Biden Crisis - Pete Rose Documentary Charlie Hustle.

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Hot Takes

  • Poker player Sean Perry, accused of being a scammer, threatens to expose Jason Mercier "for all the crooked shit you are capable of doing you scum".
  • A New Jersey Assemblyman has introduced a constitutional amendment to allow sports bets on in-state colleges by 2026.
  • Tracy Cortez had to cut her hair to make weight! Cortez missed weight by 0.5 pounds in the first attempt.
  • Biden 50%, Trump 48% in latest NPR poll.
  • Adam Rude (@realadamrude) suffered an apparent heart attack before Day 5 of the @WSOP Main Event and still made it to play before the first break.
  • Vegas stripper, 47, 'tricked lonely tycoon into thinking he was her only boyfriend while conning him out of millions'

MLB

These Hot MLB Betting Trends Are Through Sunday July 14

Dodgers @ Tigers - The Dodgers have lost seven of their last ten games, including four straight heading into Friday.  This is mostly due to injuries among their starting pitchers.  Detroit has won seven of their last ten games.  Tarik Skubal has been terrific all season for the Tigers and set a career-high in whiffs in his last start against the Reds.  He was the scheduled starter on Friday.

Guardians @ Rays - Cleveland is 7-3 in this series and have won half of their last ten overall.  Tampa also won half their last ten games.  For Friday's matchup, Tampa's Taj Bradley has a 1.76 ERA at home and has held six straight foes below three runs. Carlos Carrasco has a 5.68 road ERA.  

Yankees @ Orioles - Baltimore is 6-2 in the last eight of this series. New York continues to struggle, winning just three of their last ten games while Baltimore has won just four.

Royals @ Red Sox - The Red Sox are playing especially well of late as the Royals have taken a bit of a step back in recent weeks. Boston is 6-2 in the series. 

Rangers @ Astros - Houston is 4-1 in the series in the last five meetings. Both teams have had a spark of late following sluggish starts. Yordan Alvarez is 9 for 19 against Friday's starter for Texas, Andrew Heaney.  Jose Altuve is .326 with two home runs against him.  Heaney threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings and got a no-decision in the Rangers’ 4-3 victory over the Rays on Saturday and had a win prior to that. Hunter Brown has also had his troubles against these Rangers. Brown allowed seven runs with five strikeouts over six innings in a loss to the Twins on Saturday but was near perfect in his prior start. In fact, he allowed a total of one run in the four starts before his last outing, striking out 27 batters.

Twins @ Giants - Minnesota has won 7 of their last 10 games overall.  They come to San Francisco with this Giants team having gone 3-5 over their last seven. Joe Ryan, starting for Minnesota, followed three straight no-decisions with a win his last start,  allowing three runs with eight strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings against the Astros on Saturday. Kyle Harrison allowed four runs in 3 1/3 innings and took the loss against the Guardians on Saturday.  He has not had a win since May 18. They are .311/.367/.516 with 12 doubles and 11 home runs in the last seven days and 219 at-bats. Harrison has allowed four or more runs in four of his last five starts.  The Twins bullpen has been solid as well, posting a 4-0 record with three saves, 3.23 ERA, 0.85 WHIP, and a .168 batting average against (30.2 IP) so far this month.

WSOP

Mouth Shaves Beard to 'Change My Luck' With 3 Events Left at This Year's WSOP

Mike "The Mouth" Matusow showed a photo of himself with a newly shaven beard saying that he shaved it all off to "change his luck" as this year's World Series of Poker is winding down.

"Looks great! Bracelet(s) coming," one follower chimed in.

"For years you’ve said poker was skilled based now it’s luck based?," another questioned.

And of course there were the haters tweeting out Uncle Fester memes.

MLB Gambling Scandal

Pete Rose: 'Gambling Scandal Cost Me $100 Million'

There is a new HBO Max documentary coming out July 24 that focuses on MLB icon Pete Rose. 

"Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose", a four-part @HBO Original Documentary Series, chronicles the life and career of one of sports' most polarizing figures.

"You have to understand one thing, ladies and gentlemen," Rose said at a Q&A after the premiere of episode 1 of Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose, "gambling cost me a hundred million [dollars]. That’s what I’d have made in baseball if I hadn’t got suspended."

For some background, in 1989, Rose was managing the Cincinnati Reds when Major League Baseball investigated claims he had wagered bets on MLB games, including his own team's. Bart Giamatti, then-Baseball Commissioner, issued a lifetime ban from baseball on Rose.  Fast forward to today and Major League Baseball is now partnered with sportsbooks, advertises betting apps in most of its ball parks and sometimes promotes the activity during broadcasts, including mentions of odds.  Likewise, the league is now facing some new gambling scandals.

In the documentary written and directed by Mark Monroe, Rose continues his campaign to be reinstated in baseball.

"I’m the one that got hurt the most," he said at the premiere, held as part of the Uninterrupted Film Festival in Los Angeles. "Me gambling on baseball, I didn’t hurt you," Rose added, pointing to members of the audience. "I didn’t hurt her. I didn’t hurt you. I hurt myself and my family and I was stupid. But I’ve overcome it. I've overcome it."

Pay Per Head

AcePerHead Talks Being a Bookie in California

Is being a bookie in California illegal? Our friends at AcePerHead.com answer that question. 

Between 1992 and 2018, sports betting was completely banned across the US. It was prohibited by the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). Bettors could only wager on sports in Nevada or with illegal bookies.

However, the PASPA ruling on sports betting was stricken down on May 14, 2018. At this point, it was left to the states to determine whether or not to allow sports betting within their jurisdiction. Currently, 30 states have some form of legal sports betting.

"If you’ve been running your #sportsbook with a series of envelopes and cash, with your cell phone constantly ringing or buzzing, it is time to bring your clientele into the modern era," AcePerHead.com proclaims.

Starting Your Own Sportsbook

How to Start a Sportsbook?

Starting your sportsbook is a lot easier, faster, and affordable than you probably think compared to years past.  This is all courtesy of pay per head solutions like AcePerHead.com.  Instead of investing a ton of money into your own software, employees, wire room, servers and the like, AcePerHead's sportsbook solution does all of this for you at a nominal cost per customer per week using the most advanced software on the planet.  AcePerHead.com has been part of the Gambling911.com family of endorsed pay per heads for well over ten years now.

  • Register as an Agent with AcePerHead.com - This is the most important step, Ace Per Head is the leader in pay per head bookie services and their white-label solutions are second to none, you can set up your business completely with your very own website in as little as 24 hours by choosing one of their website templates.
  • Set Your Investment Budget - One of the advantages of signing up with AcePerHead.com is that they are currently offering a 6-week free, this means you won’t have to pay for their services for your first 6 weeks of operation, something that will help you stretch your budget considerably.  Knowing how much you are comfortable investing in your new business will determine the number of players you need to get started.
  • Get Started - You are now ready to start your business, your account manager at AcePerHead.com can set up your player package in as little as 15 minutes, and they will guide you through how to get the most out of the agent backend console.

Gambling Industry

Kentucky Sportsbooks Total $67 Million In Revenue From March Through May

The seven retail sportsbooks and eight sports betting apps combined to generate $624.9 million in handle. Nearly $2 billion worth of wagers were made the first nine months of regulated betting in the commonwealth.

Despite the Kentucky Wildcats being upset in the first round of the NCAA Tournament by Oakland, the hold for March was only 8.6%. They regrouped with a vengeance in April, posting a 12.4% win rate, and followed that with a 12.9% hold for May.

The commonwealth collected $9.2 million in taxes.

Politics

Harris Odds Slashed to +325 on News Biden Camp Assessing Her Chances vs. Trump

The Biden campaign is reportedly conducting internal assessments to gauge the viability of Vice President Kamala Harris as a candidate against Donald Trump in the upcoming election.  NBC News was among the first to confirm these reports.  This move comes amid growing concerns within the campaign and among Biden's allies about his chances of winning. Several of Joe Biden's closest allies, including three people directly involved in re-election efforts, have expressed doubts about Biden's ability to recover from current challenges and have suggested that he should consider stepping aside. Polls show a tight race between Biden and Trump, with some indicating a slight lead for Harris over Trump in a hypothetical matchup.

BetOnline slashed her odds nearly in half over the last 12 hours on the news, from +700 to +325.  Biden, meanwhile, fell back down to +650.  Trump still sat favored at -185.

 

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By  Chris Costigan

Chris founded Gambling911.com in 1999 and serves as the website's publisher.  He brings more than 3 decades of expertise related to the gambling and sports betting sector.  Creative talent is in Chris' genes, which he brings to the G911 website.  He comes from a showbiz family that includes Yankee Doodle Dandy George M. Cohan.  Chris is the grandson of artist John E. Costigan, whose work appears in the Smithsonian.  Chris' father was also in the news business and co-founded what is today the Union County Performing Arts Center.  Chris is a graduate of Kean University. 

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