James Murphy
James Murphy

James Murphy is a preeminent authority on the international gambling industry and has made frequent appearances in the mainstream media including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Forbes, Entertainment Weekly, CNBC and NPR. He has previously worked as a radio and podcasting host where he broadcast to an international audience that depended on his expertise and advice. Murphy also serves as an odds making consultant for sports and ‘non-sport novelty bets’ covering the entertainment industry, politics, technology, financial markets and just about everything else.

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The Basketball World Mourns the Death of Kobe Bryant

I’m shaking my head with each word I type, still hoping and praying that for some reason the reports aren’t true. Hitting the “submit” button on something that is just so hard to wrap your head around, yet also a moment of gut-checking sadness is not something that I expected to do today. A moment […]

The Basketball World Mourns the Death of Kobe Bryant

24th Art Directors Guild (ADG) Awards 2020 Betting Odds

The Academy Award ‘Precursors’ are second tier awards from Critics Groups and Professional Guilds. Hollywood observers follow ‘Precursor’ results trying to predict the Academy Award winners. The Art Directors Guild Award Winners will be announced on Saturday, February 1 2020 at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles. Continuing on with the ‘precursor odds’ for the […]

24th Art Directors Guild (ADG) Awards 2020 Betting Odds

The Zion Williamson Era Has Begun

It’s been a long time coming, but the past week has been what NBA fans have been looking forward to for what seems like years: the Zion Williamson era in the NBA has arrived. The big man out of Duke has now played two NBA games in the past 3 days after missing the first […]

The Zion Williamson Era Has Begun

A Stacked Field Highlights 2020 Farmers Insurance Open

The PGA Tour stops at the gorgeous greens of Torrey Pines this week in San Diego, California. 2019 tournament winner Justin Rose will make the attempt to become the fourth back-to-back winner at Torrey Pines in history, following in footsteps of consecutive winners J.C. Snead, Phil Mickelson, and Tiger Woods. Rose currently has 16-1 odds […]

A Stacked Field Highlights 2020 Farmers Insurance Open

‘Basketball à Paris’

The NBA travels overseas this week to play its first-ever regular-season game in Paris. The Charlotte Hornets ‘host’ the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday, January 24th at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France (presented by beIN SPORTS). In an attempt to keep pushing the globalization of the league, the NBA has chosen to highlight one of […]

‘Basketball à Paris’

22nd Costume Designers Guild (CDG) Awards 2020 Betting Odds

The Academy Award ‘Precursors’ are second tier awards from Critics Groups and Professional Guilds. Hollywood observers follow ‘Precursor’ results trying to predict the Academy Award winners. The Costume Designers Guild Award Winners will be announced on Tuesday, January 28 2020 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. We’re in the stretch run to the […]

22nd Costume Designers Guild (CDG) Awards 2020 Betting Odds

The Mighty Continue to Fall

Anyone who knows or watches College Basketball is aware of the disparity from conference to conference across the country. Even within conference, it’s hard for one single team to establish complete dominance over the course of the regular season. This past weekend, however, was an upset day for the ages that no one could’ve seen […]

The Mighty Continue to Fall

72nd Annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards 2020 Betting Odds

The Academy Award ‘Precursors’ are second tier awards from Critics Groups and Professional Guilds. Hollywood observers follow ‘Precursor’ results trying to predict the Academy Award winners. The Directors Guild Award Winners will be announced on Saturday, January 25 2020 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. We’re in the midst of ‘award season’ as […]

72nd Annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards 2020 Betting Odds

Profiling Good and Bad NBA Pointspread Teams Part 2

This is the second of our two part article profiling good and bad NBA pointspread performers at midseason. You can read the first part at the link below: PROFILING GOOD AND BAD NBA POINTSPREAD TEAMS PART 1 Since a few days have passed since our first installment let’s update the ‘best and worst’ pointspread performers […]

Profiling Good and Bad NBA Pointspread Teams Part 2

Early Super Bowl LIV Pointspread Shows Chiefs As Short Favorites

It’ll be the San Francisco 49ers against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV (that’s ’54’ in Roman Numeral speak). Super Bowl LIV will be played at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida on Sunday, February 2. Kansas City held of a feisty challenge from the Tennessee Titans to win the AFC Championship […]

Early Super Bowl LIV Pointspread Shows Chiefs As Short Favorites