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: Anaheim Ducks at Minnesota Wild

Things are definitely looking up for the Anaheim Ducks. Since Randy Carlyle was fired as head coach and Bob Murray assumed his role behind the bench the Ducks have won two of three games. As we’ve pointed out in the past despite all of Anaheim’s struggles they’re still not out of the playoff hunt in […]

NHL Hockey Betting: Anaheim Ducks at Minnesota Wild

New Seattle NHL Hockey Team Name Betting Odds

On December 4, 2018 the National Hockey League Board of Governors unanimously approved Seattle’s franchise application. The team will begin play in the 2021-2022 season as the NHL’s 32nd team. There’s no doubt that the ‘Jet City’ is a perfect fit for a NHL team and it should be hugely popular. If advanced season ticket […]

New Seattle NHL Hockey Team Name Betting Odds

NHL Hockey Betting: Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning

In the 2018-2019 NHL season it’s been the Tampa Bay Lightning and everybody else. The Lightning have run away with both the overall league race for the President’s Trophy and the best record in the Eastern Conference. The Bolts enter this game at 43-11-4 good for 90 points. That puts them 15 points ahead of […]

NHL Hockey Betting: Montreal Canadiens at Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL Hockey Betting: Calgary Flames at Pittsburgh Penguins

Big board of NHL betting action for Saturday and in this writeup we’ll take a look at one of two afternoon games as the Calgary Flames finish up an East Coast road swing against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Flames are currently in a three way tie atop the Western Conference. Calgary has 75 points as […]

NHL Hockey Betting: Calgary Flames at Pittsburgh Penguins

NHL Hockey Betting: Nashville Predators at Vegas Golden Knights

The kneejerk reaction of clueless sports media types is that the Vegas Golden Knights are in the midst of a ‘disappointing season’ after their unprecedented success last year. That’s really not the case. Vegas didn’t exactly come flying out of the gate but they’ve since found their footing and currently stand at 5th place in […]

NHL Hockey Betting: Nashville Predators at Vegas Golden Knights

College Basketball Betting: North Carolina at Wake Forest

ACC basketball action for Saturday features a big in-state rivalry game between North Carolina and Wake Forest. North Carolina is having a very good season and enters this game with a 19-5 SU/13-9 ATS record. The Tar Heels are coming off a loss to #4 Virginia on Monday. Things won’t get any easier for Roy […]

College Basketball Betting: North Carolina at Wake Forest

NHL Hockey Betting: Boston Bruins at Anaheim Ducks

So far so good for the Anaheim Ducks in the post-Randy Carlyle era. He was fired earlier this week with GM Bob Murray taking over as interim head coach. The Ducks are now 1-0 under Murray after going 2-15-4 in the final games of Carlyle’s tenure. In Murray’s first game behind the bench Anaheim got […]

NHL Hockey Betting: Boston Bruins at Anaheim Ducks

NHL Hockey Betting: Edmonton Oilers at Carolina Hurricanes

Earlier this week, we made a play on the flatlining Edmonton Oilers thinking that they’d been beaten down so much by the market that they might represent a decent betting value. We won’t make that mistake twice. The Oilers might just be completely ‘unbettable’ at this point and they face a tough challenge on Friday […]

NHL Hockey Betting: Edmonton Oilers at Carolina Hurricanes

NHL Hockey Betting: St. Louis Blues at Arizona Coyotes

There’s a big card of NHL hockey for Thursday and we’ll look at a Western Conference game between the St. Louis Blues and Arizona Coyotes. The Coyotes are playing reasonably well this season and are just four points out of the eighth and final playoff spot in the West. It’s hard to remember the last […]

NHL Hockey Betting: St. Louis Blues at Arizona Coyotes

NBA Basketball Betting: Charlotte Hornets at Orlando Magic

Thursday night has a limited card of NBA basketball betting action but we like this game between the Charlotte Hornets and the Orlando Heat. It’s the last game before the All Star Break for both teams. Charlotte will resume play next Friday night at home against Washington while the Magic will host the Chicago Bulls […]

NBA Basketball Betting: Charlotte Hornets at Orlando Magic