BetMGM Horse Racing is a separate racing product within the wider BetMGM brand. This review focuses on whether its horse-racing app is useful to an actual horseplayer—not on BetMGM’s casino, general sportsbook or an expired welcome offer. Current verdict: BetMGM Horse Racing is worth considering for eligible bettors in its limited racing states who want…
Product distinction: horseplayers should evaluate Caesars as two connected but not identical products: the standalone Caesars Racebook, powered by NYRA Bets, and horse-racing functionality integrated into Caesars Sportsbook in selected jurisdictions. Availability is state-specific, so a sports-betting account does not by itself guarantee access to pari-mutuel racing. Caesars launched its racing platform with NYRA Bets…
Horse racing betting is a type of gambling that brings new trends with each year. What may have worked last year for handicappers could become obsolete. These five points record the author’s 2022 perspective, which should be read as history rather than current betting advice. 1 – Beware Trainers With Medication Issues The sad tale…
A parlay compounds uncertainty: every leg must succeed for the sequence to continue, so an attractive potential return comes with a rapidly falling chance of completion. Some licensed operators may offer a combined sports-and-racing wager around the Kentucky Derby. With more sportsbooks becoming legal in the United States it is now possible to make a…
Gamblers have known for many years that some bets can be improved by mathematical concepts. Horse racing is no different. Are there math secrets to horse racing betting? At least one researcher thinks so. Blackjack was revolutionized by the mathematical analysis that led to the creation of card counting. Now, some math experts believe that…
Sports betting and blackjack are different risk products, so neither is universally “better.” Blackjack has fixed rules and a calculable house edge when basic strategy is followed. Sports betting requires estimating uncertain events against a price set by a market. The suitable choice depends on legal availability, enjoyment, skill, bankroll and tolerance for variance. This…
2022 archive: The May 7 race is complete. This guide preserves the preparation discussion and adds a result-based exercise; the old event date is not a current betting opportunity. The most exciting time of the year is here once again for racing fans. The 2022 Kentucky Derby will be held on Saturday, May 7. This…
There was controversy in the world of horse racing in 2021. The horse Medina Spirit ultimately became the second horse disqualified for a medication violation after finishing first in the Kentucky Derby. This has prompted some bettors to ask a reasonable question. They want to know, can my winning bet on Medina Spirit be taken…
A Superfecta asks you to select the first four finishers of one race in the exact order. For the same selections in the earlier positions, requiring a correct fourth finisher makes a straight ticket harder to hit than its corresponding Exacta or Trifecta, and adding horses can make the ticket cost grow quickly. This beginner…
Off-track betting, commonly shortened to OTB, means placing a horse-racing wager somewhere other than the track hosting the race. The term can describe a licensed physical parlor, a telephone account, an advance-deposit wagering account or another authorized remote channel. It does not identify one universal company or legal model. Most modern OTB horse wagering uses…
