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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NHL Hockey Betting: Montreal Canadiens at Philadelphia Flyers

Two teams trying to get some traction in the Eastern Conference go at it in Philadelphia on Thursday as the hometown Flyers host the Montreal Canadiens. The Flyers have been seriously conflicted this year–at home they’ve been very good going 5-1-1. On the road, they’ve been awful going 2-4-1. They’ve basically been treading water in […]

NHL Hockey Betting: Montreal Canadiens at Philadelphia Flyers

NBA Basketball Betting: Los Angeles Lakers at Chicago Bulls

Spoiler Alert: The opening game loss to the LA Clippers didn’t exactly please LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. Many sportswriter types feared the worst for this team after the Clippers 112-102 victory over the Lakers in their first meeting of the year. It didn’t quite work out that way. The Lakers have been […]

NBA Basketball Betting: Los Angeles Lakers at Chicago Bulls

NBA Basketball Betting: Orlando Magic at Oklahoma City Thunder

For some reason, defense has fallen out of favor in the NBA. It could be making a comeback at least in terms of it’s ‘popularity’ among fans. The Los Angeles Lakers could be the catalyst for a defensive revival this year as LeBron and Company have won 5 of their first 6 games and they’re […]

NBA Basketball Betting: Orlando Magic at Oklahoma City Thunder

NHL Hockey Betting: Arizona Coyotes at Edmonton Oilers

The NHL Western Conference is always competitive and that’s clearly the case after a month or so of regular season play. The Edmonton Oilers and St. Louis Blues are tied for the lead with 21 points, one ahead of the resurgent Vancouver Canucks with 20 points. All told, there are 11 teams separated by total […]

NHL Hockey Betting: Arizona Coyotes at Edmonton Oilers

NBA Basketball Betting: Milwaukee Bucks at Minnesota Timberwolves

Monday night NBA basketball action features an interesting non-conference matchup between the Milwaukee Bucks and Minnesota Timberwolves. The Timberwolves have been one of the bigger surprises of the nascent season aas they stand at 4-1 and are in the mix at the top of the Western Conference. Making it all the more interesting–they’ve only played […]

NBA Basketball Betting: Milwaukee Bucks at Minnesota Timberwolves

NHL Hockey Betting: Chicago Blackhawks at Anaheim Ducks

Something is amiss with the Chicago Blackhawks. Last year, the Blackhawks got off to a terrible start and that led to the firing of legendary head coach Joel Quenneville. Jeremy Colliton took over–at the time he was the youngest head coach in the NHL–and the team played reasonably well the rest of the way. For […]

NHL Hockey Betting: Chicago Blackhawks at Anaheim Ducks

NBA Basketball Betting: Sacramento Kings at New York Knicks

It sure seems as if there’s been an excessive amount of injuries in the early going this NBA season. Maybe it just seems that way but I can’t recall the carnage that we’ve seen this year after a half dozen or so games. Two teams that have been hit hard by injuries will go at […]

NBA Basketball Betting: Sacramento Kings at New York Knicks

College Football Betting: Georgia vs. Florida

The ‘World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party’ will also host a college football game of some significance. Georgia and Florida will go at it in Jacksonville with the SEC East on the line. Both teams had last week off–before that, Florida did something that Georgia couldn’t do this year: beat the South Carolina Gamecocks at Williams […]

College Football Betting: Georgia vs. Florida

Soccer Betting: Watford at Chelsea

English Premier League action on Saturday features bottom of the table Watford hosting fourth place Chelsea at Vicarage Road. The Hornets have already done a managerial change this season sending Javi Gracia packing and replacing him with Quique Sanchez Flores. On the upside, Flores has been at Watford before and took the team to the […]

Soccer Betting: Watford at Chelsea

NBA Basketball Betting: Miami Heat at Atlanta Hawks

Halloween Night NBA action on a short three game card features the Miami Heat at Atlanta Hawks. These teams met on Tuesday night in Miami with the Heat winning 112-97 and covering as -7.5 home favorites. Much of the line adjustment (or lack thereof) in this game is due to the sprained ankle suffered by […]

NBA Basketball Betting: Miami Heat at Atlanta Hawks