Michael Kates

College basketball tips off Tuesday, and we couldn’t be more excited. The Road to the Final Four for bettors started last April when the first NCAA basketball futures were posted at the top online sportsbooks in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and beyond.

Oddsmakers have set Kamala Harris as the favorite to be Joe Biden's vice president pick, with Susan Rice second and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer surging into third. No other candidate is close to the top three.

Donald Trump managed to flip six states that went for Barack Obama in 2012, and three states — Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — proved most critical. Those 46 combined electoral votes swung the outcome in Trump’s favor. Will Joe Biden flip them back in 2020?

While the Presidential odds reflect both where money is being wagered and how bookmakers view the state of the race, prop bets can offer social commentary on the state of US politics. That's especially true with Donald Trump prop bets.

European bookmakers have odds up for who will win the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. There are lots of nominations - there always are - but who are the favorites?

California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, the subject of the recall election, has seen his odds to remain governor improve and he is now heavily favored to survive that effort.

A federal appeals court on Friday denied the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s request to stay a lower court’s ruling that had invalidated the Tribe’s new gambling compact with the state.