Jim Tomlin

The defending champion Kansas City Chiefs are headed to the Super Bowl for the second year in a row and, though there are no legal sportsbooks in Missouri or Kansas, there are options in bordering states.

For Bucs fans, the joy of your team playing the Super Bowl in its home stadium is mitigated somewhat by a lack of betting options. In New England, where interest in Tom Brady is sure to be very high, it’s a different story.

The Super Bowl is the biggest single day of sports betting in America and, after Michigan and Virginia residents can now enjoy placing their wagers as they joined the parade of states where NFL betting is available at legal, regulated, online sportsbooks.

Superstar Lionel Messi announced Friday, after a long transfer saga, that he is staying at Barcelona, the only professional soccer club he has ever known. But Barcelona remains a soccer betting underdog both in La Liga and in the UEFA Champions League.

The NBA puts three games on hold after the Bucks boycott their scheduled game against the Magic in the wake of a police shooting in Wisconsin. Three MLB games and three WNBA games are also postponed.

What are the biggest sports betting scandals in America and what were the changes, if any, that came about as a result? Bookies.com takes a deeper dive.

The Premier League, England’s top soccer competition, plans two games on June 17 and a full slate of games on the following weekend, according to a report in London newspaper The Daily Telegraph.

The English Premier League will be allowed to start any time after June 1 after the UK announces easing of certain coronavirus-related restrictions, according to a report.

A bettor turns a 50-cent wager into $524,966.50 on a Pick 5 ticket thanks to three longshot bets on the April 11 card at Gulfstream Park in Florida.

The ease of mobile betting helps Pennsylvania set another monthly sports betting handle record even with football betting opportunities tapering off.

Josh Shaw, an Arizona Cardinals cornerback currently on season-long injured reserve, is suspended from the National Football League until early 2021 for betting on NFL games, the league said.

Kentucky Derby favorite Omaha Beach had to pull out of Saturday’s race with a respiratory condition called entrapped epiglottis. Trainer Richard Mandella pulled Omaha Beach out when the horse had trouble breathing after a morning workout.