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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Fox TV’s ‘Empire’ Renewal Betting Odds

Fox TV’s ‘Empire’ is midway through its fifth season. Fox TV has yet to renew ‘Empire’ for another season. A recent scandal involving cast member Jussie Smollett has clouded the future of ‘Empire’. Earlier this week, I was interviewed by a website about my odds on the forthcoming season of Project Runway. Among other things […]

Fox TV’s ‘Empire’ Renewal Betting Odds

Commercial Aviation Is Amazingly Safe–Even On A 737-MAX

It has never been safer to fly on a commercial airline flight. It has now been over a decade since the last fatal commercial plane crash in the US. The Boeing 737-MAX has flown millions of passengers all over the world. The quote ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’ has been alternately and […]

Commercial Aviation Is Amazingly Safe–Even On A 737-MAX

NBA Basketball Betting: San Antonio Spurs at Dallas Mavericks

It wasn’t that long ago that this would have been a marquee matchup. That’s no longer the case. The San Antonio Spurs are still a playoff team but they’re far from being the perennial championship contender that they were during the Tim Duncan/David Robinson era. Heading into this game the Spurs are in 6th place […]

NBA Basketball Betting: San Antonio Spurs at Dallas Mavericks

NBA Basketball Betting: Los Angeles Lakers at Chicago Bulls

The LeBron-to-Los Angeles move sure didn’t work out as expected in its first season. There was a time when the Lakers were the second choice in preseason futures betting to win the NBA Championship. Now? Not so much. The Lakers have essentially thrown in the towel on the season. The team has made the decision […]

NBA Basketball Betting: Los Angeles Lakers at Chicago Bulls

‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 Betting Odds

With a huge international following HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ is undoubtedly the most popular TV show in the world. Season 8 will consist of only 6 episodes. Season 8 will premiere on HBO Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 9 PM Eastern. The TV viewing landscape has been altered forever by the digital revolution. A few […]

‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8 Betting Odds

‘Project Runway’ Season 17 Episode 1 Betting Odds

‘Project Runway’ is returning to Bravo for its 17th season. Model Karlie Kloss and designer Christian Siriano are the new hosts. ‘Project Runway’ Season 17 Episode 1 airs March 14 at 8:00 PM Eastern on Bravo. It might be more appropriate to title this article Project Runway Reboot Season 1. A lot has changed since […]

‘Project Runway’ Season 17 Episode 1 Betting Odds

‘Survivor: Edge of Extinction’ Episode 4 Betting Odds

This is the 38th season for CBS’s reality show. ‘Survivor’ was one of the early pioneers of the reality TV genre. ‘Survivor: Edge of Extinction’ Episode 4 airs March 13 at 8:00 PM Eastern. Episode 3 of Survivor: Edge of Extinction is in the books. That means we’ve got another poor sap eager contestant dispatched […]

‘Survivor: Edge of Extinction’ Episode 4 Betting Odds

NBA Basketball Betting: Chicago Bulls at Detroit Pistons

You don’t have to be a handicapping genius to know that basketball is an extremely streaky game. This is not only true within each individual game but within each season or portion thereof. One good quality to develop if you want to be a successful NBA handicapper is to learn to understand and ‘read’ these […]

NBA Basketball Betting: Chicago Bulls at Detroit Pistons

NBA Basketball Betting: Orlando Magic at Memphis Grizzlies

This has been a forgettable year for the Memphis Grizzlies. They’ve got the worst record in the Western Conference not counting the Phoenix Suns who are on another level of bad. They’re 19 games out of first place and 10.5 games out of the final playoff spot in the West. On Sunday they’ve got a […]

NBA Basketball Betting: Orlando Magic at Memphis Grizzlies

NCAA Basketball Betting: Miami-FL at Virginia Tech

One of the more enduring college basketball handicapping scenarios is looking for opportunities to fade big home favorites on ‘Senior Day’. The thinking is that the upperclassmen will be distracted by the whole affair and not in the frame of mind to play basketball. At the very least, having a crowd of people gloating over […]

NCAA Basketball Betting: Miami-FL at Virginia Tech