Weekly Sports Betting Summary: Rangers win World Series, Wembanyama shines, Travis Kelce doesn’t want sportsbooks to know if Taylor Swift attends games – DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG), PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN), MGM Resorts Intl (NYSE: MGM), Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS)

Sports and sports betting fans were treated last week with the Sports Equinox 2023 which took place on Monday October 30. The event saw the day featuring matches from MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL and MLS for the only day of the year. it happens.

Here’s a look at other top sports betting news from last week and the week ahead.

Major League Baseball: The 2023 MLB season is officially over with the Texas Rangers defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks four games to one in a best-of-seven series. This victory marked the first World Series in franchise history for the Rangers, who were major underdogs entering the season.

The Rangers were listed at 50-1 odds to start the 2023 MLB season.

Benzinga shared that in June, a bettor bet $200 on the Rangers beating the Diamondbacks to win the World Series. This bet yielded a profit of $80,000 for getting the exact prediction correct.

NCAA Football: The first NCAA playoff rankings were released during the week and it was Ohio State who ranked first, despite placing third in the AP poll.

Here’s a look at the top teams in the playoff rankings and their current chances to win the NCAA championship. DraftKings Inc. (NASDAQ:DKNG).

1. state of ohio: +700
2. Georgia: +240
3. Michigan: +240
4. State of Florida: +600
5. Washington: +1500

The five teams are among eight still undefeated this season, with Air Force and James Maidson and Liberty universities also having perfect records.

Related link: Weekly summary of last week’s sports betting

National Football League: There are no undefeated teams in the NFL, but several teams with the best records face off in Week 9’s marquee matchups this weekend.

The Kansas City Chiefs (6-2) and Miami Dolphins (6-2) are Sunday morning’s game live from Germany. The Dallas Cowboys (5-2) and Philadelphia Eagles (7-1) will also face off on Sunday in a big clash.

The current Super Bowl LVIII odds are:

Kansas City Chiefs: +500

San Francisco 49ers: +600

Philadelphia Eagles: +600

Miami Dolphins +850

Dallas Cowboys: +850

Detroit Lions: +1100

Cincinnati Bengals: +1400

Baltimore Ravens: +1500

Jacksonville Jaguars: +1600

Buffalo tickets: +1600

San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey scored in his 17^th consecutive NFL game counting the playoffs, extend his streak punters back him aggressively every week. McCaffrey now has nine rushing touchdowns and four receiving touchdowns in eight games during the 2023 NFL season. The 49ers have their bye week this week, which means bettors will have to find another touchdown play.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has become a hot topic in the betting world and the NFL viewing world thanks to his relationship with musician Taylor Swift. A report showed that Kelce had better stats during matches when Swift was present.

Kelce has 34 catches for 432 yards and two touchdowns in games Swift plays, averaging 108 yards per game, with the Chiefs also having a perfect 4-0 record. The games Swift skipped saw Kelce make 20 catches for 151 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 50.3 yards and the Chiefs going 2-1.

“When everyone knows she’s in the game, Vegas’s plus/minus on my catches goes up and down, the spread goes up and down,” Kelce said, as sharing by Action Network, declining to say whether Swift was present.

The current DraftKings line for the Chiefs game in Germany is Kelce with 7.5+ catches, 79.5+ yards. A bet on a touchdown for Kelce pays off at odds of -120. A parlay bet on over catches, over yards and touchdowns would return +268 if all three hit.

National Basketball Association: There was big NBA news this week with the star player James Harden be exchanged by the from the Philadelphia 76ers to the Los Angeles Clippers. The trade improved the NBA championship chances for both teams.

Speaking of the NBA, rookie Victor Wembanyama lit up the league this week with his now averages of 20.6 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. On Thursday, the San Antonio Spurs rookie scored a career-high 38 points and also pulled down 10 rebounds for his second double-double in five NBA games.

Wembanyama betting odds at BetMGM, a joint venture between MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) And To entertainimproved to -350 from -145 at start of the season.

The NBA kicks off its first tournament of the season on Friday and could see betting increase, with the tournament placing teams into groups where bettors can bet on the winner of each group and the entire tournament.

NCAA men’s basketball: Punters will have another league to start betting on with the information from The NCAA men’s basketball season will take place on Monday, November 6. Twenty-one of the top 25 ranked teams will be in action Monday, including seven of the top 10 ranked teams.

Launch of the ESPN bet: PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) released its third quarter financial results earlier in the week and shared an update on its upcoming ESPN Bet platform, launching via a licensing deal with Walt Disney Company (NYSE:SAY).

The company announced that ESPN Bet will launch on November 14 and will initially be available in 17 states.

States included for launch are: Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

DraftKings Earnings: Thursday, DraftKings turnover declared in the third quarter of $790 million, up 57% year-over-year and beating analyst estimates.

The company saw strong customer engagement and ended the quarter with 2.3 million monthly unique paying customers on average, up 40% year over year.

DraftKings launched its sports betting in Kentucky in the third quarter and plans to launch operations in Maine, Puerto Rico, Vermont and North Carolina in 2024, under updated guidance.

Revenue and EBITDA guidance was raised for 2023 and the company shared a first look at guidance for 2024, sending shares higher to close out the week.

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