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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College Football: Georgia Tech at Clemson

In the best of circumstances this would be a mismatch. Given the circumstances at hand this could get ugly. New Georgia Tech head coach Geoff Collins couldn’t have asked for a tougher challenge in his first game at the Yellow Jackets helm. Georgia Tech is transitioning from the triple option offense run by Paul Johnson […]

College Football: Georgia Tech at Clemson

College Football Betting: Utah at BYU

This is the 94th meeting between Utah and BYU but the Beehive State rivalry just doesn’t have the intensity it once did. For years, BYU was the dominant force in Intermountain West football but they were long ago passed up for that distinction by Boise State and Utah. It’s tough to say where BYU stands […]

College Football Betting: Utah at BYU

‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Season 16 Episode 13 Betting Odds

Season 16 premiered on Monday, June 3 at 8 PM Eastern with live shows beginning on August 12. Cat Deeley is back as host. Season 16 Episode 13 of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ will air on September 2, 2019 Down to the ‘Top 6’ on Season 16 of So You Think You Can […]

‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Season 16 Episode 13 Betting Odds

‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 28: Handicapping the Field

This is the 28th season for ABC’s reality show. Radio personality Bobby Bones was the Season 27 winner. Season 28 of ‘DWTS’ will premiere on September 16, 2019 It’s tough handicapping the DWTS field before the season begins. Contestants that you think will struggle turn out to perform well such as Season 24’s runner up, […]

‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 28: Handicapping the Field

‘Big Brother’ Season 21 Betting Odds Episode 29

This is the 21st season for CBS’s reality show. ‘Big Brother’ is a spin-off of a Dutch TV series of the same name. ‘Big Brother’ Season 21 Episode 29 airs August 29 at 8:00 PM Eastern. We missed a couple of weeks of Big Brother as we were otherwise engaged but we’ll catch back up […]

‘Big Brother’ Season 21 Betting Odds Episode 29

‘America’s Got Talent’ Season 14 Episode 16 Betting Odds

‘America’s Got Talent’ is now in its 14th season on NBC. This is the third quarterfinal elimination round. Episode Sixteen will air Tuesday, August 27 at 8 PM Eastern Daylight Time. America’s Got Talent entered the season like a NFL team that had lost their head coach, offensive coordinator and general manager. At the end […]

‘America’s Got Talent’ Season 14 Episode 16 Betting Odds

‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Season 16 Episode 12 Betting Odds

Season 16 premiered on Monday, June 3 at 8 PM Eastern with live shows beginning on August 12. Cat Deeley is back as host. Season 16 Episode 12 of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ will air on August 26, 2019 There was a time when So You Think You Can Dance was a serious […]

‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Season 16 Episode 12 Betting Odds

‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 28 Betting Odds

This is the 28th season for ABC’s reality show. Radio personality Bobby Bones was the Season 27 winner. Season 28 of ‘DWTS’ will premiere on September 16, 2019 The 28th season of ABC’s reality franchise Dancing with the Stars begins on September 16, 2019 and with the producers releasing the full roster of contestants we’re […]

‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 28 Betting Odds

Soccer Betting: Leicester City at Chelsea

Chelsea will play their second game of the Frank Lampard era on Sunday at Stamford Bridge and it would be hard for it *not* to go better than the first game. In Chelsea’s opening game of the year they were blitzed 4-0 by rivals Manchester United giving the impression that the Blues might not be […]

Soccer Betting: Leicester City at Chelsea

NFL Football Betting: Friday Night Preseason Action

We’re in Week 2 of the NFL Preseason and there are three games on the board for Friday night: BUFFALO BILLS AT CAROLINA PANTHERS The Buffalo Bills head to the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina to take on the hometown Carolina Panthers. The Bills went 6-10 but are poised to be one […]

NFL Football Betting: Friday Night Preseason Action