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We will be chronicling the best boosts and promos on the gambling apps during football season. For a rundown on all the best signing bonuses, with easy links to create new accounts, click here.

Below you will find a ranking of the best boosts and promos currently available. If you enjoy this service, we would greatly appreciate it if you signed up through our affiliate links. Assume all bets are for $25 unless otherwise noted. Bets named 9/7-9/8 have totaled $+55. Total during NFL preseason, which does not count 9/7, was $-351.45 after a bloodbath the last couple of weeks. See bottom of the page for long-term outstanding futures bets.

Tampa Bay +73 -110. (Opt in required; bet $50 ... this is literally free money).

Bet a $25 single-game parlay, get a $25 free bet if it loses. (Opt in required).

Tom Brady to have 300+ passing yards and Mike Evans to score a TD +350. (Fair value is about +288).

Bucs -9.5 vs. Cowboys +150. (Fair value is about -110).

$10 risk-free bet. (Pick: Antonio Brown first TD +950).

Make a $100 NFL bet -200 or longer, get a free NFL jersey.

Bet a $20 single-game parlay on Bucs-Cowboys, get a $20 free bet if it loses. (Opt in required).

Bet $20 on Bears-Rams, get a $20 free bet if it loses.

Bet $10 on Tom Brady to throw for 1+ yard tonight. (This is essentially free money).

5. BetRivers

Bet $50 on Bucs/Cowboys spread, get a $6 free bet for every TD pass the QB you bet on throws. (If you are betting this game with a straight spread, this is the most optimal way to do it; I'm not making a pick myself here but Bucs are better math because Tom Brady has a higher TD pass over/under).

5. Barstool

Mike Evans over 63.5 receiving yards, Dak Prescott over 287.5 passing yards and Bucs to win +450. (Fair value is around +400).

Bears +7.5 vs. Rams boosted to +1000, $5 bet. (Opt in required).

Bet $50 on a team to win the Super Bowl, get $5 per regular-season win. (Opt in; the best value is Chiefs or Bucs because they have the highest over/unders for win totals, but any pick you like is good value here).

Bucs -9.5 vs. Cowboys +150. (Fair value about +110).

Make a $100 NFL bet -200 or longer, get a free NFL jersey.

Bet a $25 single-game parlay, get a $25 free bet if it loses. (Opt in required).

Bet a $20 single-game parlay on Bucs-Cowboys, get a $20 free bet if it loses. (Opt in required).

Bet $20 on Bears-Rams, get a $20 free bet if it loses.

I am placing my $25 free bet from last Friday's CFB promo on Najee Harris to win Offensive Rookie of the Year +1000.

Bears +7.5 vs. Rams boosted to +1000, $5 bet. (Opt in required).

1. BetRivers

20% MLB profit boost. (Pick: Yankees-Blue Jays first five innings under 5.5 boosted from -109 to +110).

20% US Open profit boost.

2. DraftKings

50% MLB profit boost.

Five 10% US Open profit boosts.

3. Barstool

Nathan Eovaldi, Freddy Peralta and Adam Wainright all to throw 4+ strikeouts +100. (No direct comparisons for fair value but this is a good number based on their respective over/under odds).

Bet $50 on a team to win the Super Bowl, get $5 per regular-season win. (Opt in; the best value is Chiefs or Bucs because they have the highest over/unders for win totals, but any pick you like is good value here).

Make a $100 NFL bet -200 or longer, get a free NFL jersey.

Bet a $25 single-game parlay, get a $25 free bet if it loses. (Opt in required).

Bet a $20 single-game parlay on Bucs-Cowboys, get a $20 free bet if it loses. (Opt in required).

Bet $20 on Bears-Rams, get a $20 free bet if it loses.

I am placing my $25 free bet from last Friday's CFB promo on Najee Harris to win Offensive Rookie of the Year +1000.

Bears +7.5 vs. Rams boosted to +1000, $5 bet. (Opt in required).

No run in the first inning of Blue Jays-Yankees +120. (Fair value is about -110).

Five 10% U.S. Open boosts.

Weekly 50% MLB profit boost.

Mets and Astros both to win +200. (Fair value is about +163).

Gerrit Cole to throw 8+ strikeouts and Yankees to win +150. (Can't make a straight fair value comparison because Cole's over/under is 8.5 strikouts, but given correlation, plus Yankees' fair value to win being about -210, I like this bet).

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There are now nearly two dozen legal, regulated sportsbooks in New Jersey, with two more potentially arriving in the next week (check back here for updates). The buzz for new sportsbook arrivals varies, of course, but Barstool Sportsbook operated by Penn National Gaming has more of a cross-country reach than most.

So with the launch of their sportsbook in the Garden State this week, we checked in on what makes this one worth adding to a busy sports fans smartphone app list.

We have many unique features for our New Jersey players to enhance their sports betting and online casino experience, Siska Concannon, VP of marketing for Penn Interactive, told NJ Online Gambling. Unlike the other books, we offer same-game plus multi-game parlays. Our players can build parlays their way, by combining multiple bets from the same Parlay+ games plus hundreds of additional bet types from other Parlay+ games available on the Barstool Sportsbook.

Barstools sportsbook features the usual odds boosts as well as unique picks and bet offers from a variety of Barstool Sports personalities. Penn National acquired part-ownership of Barstool Sports in 2020 in order to use the brand for its sportsbook.

The sites trademarked Move The Line phrase is for a feature designed to make it easy to change the point spreads and over/under totals to create alternate lines for those who are confident they still can win even with more challenging lines, which result in bigger payouts.

There also is a mychoice loyalty rewards program which credits every sports bet and online casino play that is made. The potential for access to exclusive events and experiences at more than 40 retail destinations across the country is particularly appealing to Stoolies who have an affinity for the product outside of the gambling realm.

Another feature that may not appeal to a professional bettor, but likely will appeal to devotees, is the shareable betslip option that sends your bets to various social media channels or to pals through text messages. Supporters of your picks can then quickly click to make the same bet on their account.

Of course, there is the inevitable in New Jersey, anyway signup bonus. This one is for a first-time, risk-free sports bet of up to $1,000, as well as 24 hours of online casino play at no risk for up to $1,000.

Concannon said, Our marketing strategy is unique while we will be investing in targeted and strategic paid advertising, our amplification strategy is heightened by the power of our media partner.

He then added, Barstool Sports is a content marketing master and understands the sports and gambling audience better than any other media operator in the market. Because of this, we are able to focus our efforts on delivering best-in-class promotions for our players, strategic advertising opportunities, unique experiences, and events to all level of players, as well as a world class VIP program. We are excited to deliver even more enhanced offers and unique money cant buy experiences for our New Jersey players.

Barstool debuted its sportsbook in Pennsylvania in 2020 and added online casino there earlier this year. There, the Barstool site offers information such as Betting Stats and Trends and Implied Win Probability.

Other 2021 Barstool launches have come in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Colorado, Virginia, Tennessee, and as of this week Arizona. All are sportsbook-only to start except for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Michigan. More states are likely to be added later this year, Concannon said.

Every sportsbook in New Jersey must have an Atlantic City casino or state racetrack as a partner, and Barstool is teaming up with Freehold Raceway, which can add two additional partners at any point. That harness racing track opened a sportsbook last year with the branding of Parx, a Philadelphia-area racetrack and casino.

Are any changes afoot at Freehold, then?

Not at this stage, Concannon said, Freehold remains an important operation for us under the current structure, and we are looking forward to its ongoing success.

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Last week was close at Darlington. Both picks to win the race almost won, but almost does not pay. Richmond suits the same drivers, but the payouts are better. Should we double down at Richmond or find new drivers to follow?

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No one has been better at Richmond than Truex, and no one has been better in the high horsepower, low downforce package. Truex had last weeks race at Darlington won, but he got nailed for speeding during the pivotal caution late in stage 3. Even with the penalty, Truex charged back for a fourth place finish.

Richmond is the only track that matters this week and thats good news for Truex because no one is in his area code when it comes to speed at Richmond. In the last five Richmond races, he has finished fifth, second, first, first and third. Truex should have won the first Richmond race this season, but he earned a pit road penalty during green flag pit stops in stage 3. A testament to the speed of his car was that he served a pass-through penalty and was still able to stay on the lead lap at the three-quarters of a mile short track. When it comes to bets to win, bettors will find no one better than Truex.

The picks to win this week did not change from last week. This might seem strange or like a losing strategy, but Larson and Truex are great at the high horsepower, low downforce race tracks. Larson has developed a little bit of reputation for not being good at short, flat tracks, but thats exaggerated and inconsistent analysis. He can race anywhere and the short, flat tracks are no different.

At the paperclip-shaped short, flat tracks, Larson finished seventh at New Hampshire and fifth at Martinsville earlier this season. At Nashville, Larson destroyed the field. Nashville is more of an intermediate track, the critics will say. Richmond has the same peculiarity. Its a short, flat track with intermediate track tendencies and before the inaugural Cup race at Nashville, most analysts pointed to Richmond as the most comparable track. But forget about comparisons, just look at the Richmond stats Larson won the 2017 fall night race.

The Hendrick cars have been unstoppable everywhere this season including Richmond Alex Bowman won the spring race. Larsons poor finish in the first Richmond race has created an opportunity for bettors. His odds to win are much worse than they should be. He has proven that he has the talent to win at Richmond, and the Hendrick cars are the best high horsepower cars in the Cup Series. His odds this weekend are an overreaction to a poor setup in the spring Richmond race. During the first pit stop, Larsons team spent a significant amount of time on pit road putting in a packer. It happens, but its not likely going to happen again. The Michael Jordan of NASCAR should not have these kind of odds.

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The last short, flat track race was at New Hampshire. Bell won the Xfinity race that weekend and would have won the Cup event, but NASCAR called the race early due to darkness. In the Xfinity Series, Bell won three of his five races at Richmond and probably should have won four. In the spring Cup race, Bell finished fourth at Richmond. This package and this race track suit Bells driving style.

In converse, Byron is not perfectly suited for this package and hes not good at this track. To come home seventh at a track that Ive struggled at is good for us. This is not a race that we had circled to do well, so its good to finish top 10 again, Bryon said in an interview following the spring Richmond race. Bell is looking for a win and Byron is lucky to get a top 10.

This is pretty simple Almirola has been better in this package at the flat tracks than Kurt Busch. At New Hampshire, Almirola won convincingly and Busch finished 16th. In the high downforce, flat track race before that (Nashville), Almirola finished sixth and Busch finished eighth. Finally, at Richmond, Almirola finished sixth and Busch finished 13th.

Chip Ganassi Racing is building fast high downforce race cars as Chastain has shown but Kurt Busch is not producing results. Almirola has suffered through a lot of bad luck this season and it has taken Stewart-Haas Racing the whole season to figure things out, but theyre finally headed in the right direction and Almirolas bad luck seems to be a thing of the past.

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PHOENIX When Caesars Entertainment's sportsbook opens outside Chase Field in early 2022, fans will be able to bet on their favorite sports teams and match-ups, eat and drink.

Soon, so will fans at Cardinals, Coyotes, D-backs, Rattlers, Mercury, and Suns games, as well as at TPC Scottsdale and Phoenix Raceway, home to the PGA's Phoenix Open and NASCAR Championship race series, respectively.

Or, they can wager from their cell phones.

Fantasy sports betting became legal in Arizona on Aug. 28, 2021, with live sports betting set to begin on Sept. 9, 2021, which also happens to be the start of the NFL regular season.

All are hoping it turns out to be a windfall for everyone.

In addition to the sports teams, ten Arizona tribes were awarded betting licenses: Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, Navajo Nation, Quechan Tribe, Tonto Apache Tribe, Tohono O'odham Nation, Hualapai Tribe, Ak-Chin Indian Community, San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, San Carlos Apache Tribe, and Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation were also awarded gaming licenses.

Caesar's Entertainment, Inc./concept rendering

On Wednesday, Caesar's Entertainment and the D-backs released concept renderings of what their sportsbook will look like. It will replace the Game 7 Grill in the plaza outside the ballpark.

The 20,000-square-foot building will have two floors of sports-betting space -- both live tellers and kiosks, an indoor bar and dining room with LED screens, an outdoor patio, VIP lounge, and broadcast studio.

Caesar's Entertainment, Inc./concept rendering

While construction and subsequent renovations are not expected to be completed until early 2022, beginning Sept 9, people will be able to place bets at windows 21-25 at Chase Field. Five kiosks will also be installed on the north side of the plaza, the D-backs said.

The Phoenix Suns partnered with FanDuel. The Phoenix Mercury partnered with Bally. The Arizona Cardinals partnered with BetMGM. TPC Scottsdale partnered with DraftKings. Arizona Rattlers partnered with BetRivers. Phoenix Speedway went with Barstool Sportsbook.

The Arizona Coyotes have not announced a partnership.

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The fast-growing, sports-first streaming service fuboTV (NYSE:FUBO) has been growing in popularity with both consumers and investors over the last year as it innovates and executes. But this streaming-TV service may be just getting started. The company's subsidiary, Fubo Gaming, has been busy securing market access agreements to launch a new sports-betting app, positioning the company to take market share in the fast-growing digital sports gambling market. Its latest approval is in Iowa.

Here's what investors should know about fuboTV's ambitious new business -- and how it could help the growth stock.

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"We believe we are in the early innings of a massive opportunity," said fuboTV co-founder and CEO David Gandler in the company's second-quarter earnings call when discussing its Sportsbook plans.

Differentiating the app, it will have a "Watching Now" feature that uses data from its streaming service to sync the wagering app with what a user is watching on fuboTV. "Leveraging fuboTV's first-party user behavior data to understand consumers' viewing preferences and recommend relevant bets, the company intends to turn passive viewers into active, engaged participants," the company said in a press release about Fubo Sportsbook. This marks "an industry-first integration," according to fuboTV.

In addition to securing a market access agreement in Iowa, it has obtained agreements in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and New Jersey. The company confirmed this week that it is on track to launch in Q4.

As fuboTV prepares for an official launch of Fubo Sportsbook in Q4, the company has already rolled out free-to-play games, which management says are helping educate and train its users for real-money betting. "Free gaming serves to educate and train our customers, which we believe will ultimately reduce the learning curve and drive greater levels of adoption of our Sportsbook," said Gandler during the company's most recent earnings call.

Fubo Sportsbook will add fuel to an already powerful fire. The company's business has seen extraordinary momentum recently. fuboTV paid subscribers increased 138% year over year to about 682,000 in Q2. This led to nearly 200% revenue growth and a 281% year-over-year increase in advertising revenue. Importantly, engagement also hit new highs as streaming hours on its platform during the quarter rose 148% year over year to 245 million.

Management has high hopes for Fubo Gaming, betting that it will help improve paid customer retention, engagement, and advertising revenue, and ultimately strengthen the company's unit economics over the long haul.

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The Brewers get Freddy Peralta back off the IL for their return home Friday, so Milwaukees series opener vs. St Louis is shaping up to be a pitchers duel. But, Im still only comfortable backing one starting pitcher from that game. Heres what I like on DraftKings Sportsbook for Fridays MLB slate of games.

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John Means had a couple of rough outings mid-August, but the left-hander turned things back around in his last two starts. Although one of those rough starts came on the road, the Baltimore left-hander has been much better away from Camden Yards throughout 2021 that includes his strong start at Yankee Stadium earlier in the season.

And for all the success the Yankees experienced throughout August, they werent that tough on opposing lefties in the Bronx last month. Thats not exactly a stray from the norm for the Yankees either. As much as the Yankees are top 10 in OPS and wOBA against left-handed pitchers this season, their 2021 home OPS and ISO against left-handed pitching are middling.

Keuchel hasnt been giving up home runs like theyre going out of style recently which he did at the end of July but he still gave up one in three of his five August starts. Thats all we need on Friday.

Both Carlos Santana and Andrew Benintendi have taken Keuchel deep before, but Salvador Perez still has yet to. The Kansas City catcher is too good against left-handed pitching to not run into one at some point against Keuchel. Still, its much safer to rely on the lineup as a whole rather than Perez alone.

Keuchel is among the qualified pitchers whove been barrelled up most frequently this season. And while hes not exactly a flyball pitcher, the flies the left gives get out of the yard at a high rate.

Freddy Peralta will likely be on a tight pitch count on Friday with this start being his first after a stint on the IL. The Brewers were already being plenty cautious with him as they prepare for October, and they definitely wont mess with a cranky shoulder.

That same shoulder discomfort ended Peraltas last outing on Aug. 18, which actually came against this same Cardinals lineup. St. Louis got to him for three runs over two innings in that one a significant improvement from their performance against Peralta earlier in the season, when he held them to one run over seven frames.

But the shoulder problem undoubtedly had an impact on Peraltas last start, and the Brewers would not send him back out if he didnt feel much better. Still, the bullpen might need to help finish the first five innings off a little bit. But Im still comfortable trusting Milwaukees bullpen and Peralta to hold down a St. Louis lineup thats been middling against right-handed pitchers recently much like theyve been all season.

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Footballs interest in promoting gambling is now as robust as its desire to sell beer. This is a recipe for disaster or at least a major scandal.

Peter Funt| Opinion contributor

On a rainy weekend in 1962, three road-weary guys who were holed up at the Milford Plaza Hotel in Manhattan created The Greater Oakland Professional Pigskin Prognosticators League.

Bill Winkenbach, a part owner of the Oakland Raiders; Bill Tunnell, the teams PR man, and Scotty Stirling, a sports reporter for the Oakland Tribune, referred to it as GOPPPL.

Today, the roughly 40 million of us partaking in an annual ritual requiring inordinate time and enormous emotion, while providing great fun, call it simply fantasy football.

GOPPPL held its inaugural draft in Mr. Winkenbachs East Oakland basement.

The first pick was George Blanda of the Houston Oilers (later with the Raiders), a prize because he could accumulate points as both a quarterback and place kicker. The next selection was a Cleveland running back by the name of Jim Brown.

As one who loves fantasy football both the weekly and season-long forms I scoff at those who say its a gateway to excessive gambling and even addiction. However, I am concerned to see the NFL and its various media partners rush down the rabbit hole in pursuit of gamblings big bucks.

This year the NFL forged partnerships with three sportsbooks, in deals worth slightly less than$1 billion over five years.

Ads for gambling outlets are allowed for the first time within NFL telecasts limited, for now, to six ads per game.Next year the Arizona Cardinals will become the first NFL team with a sportsbook inside its stadium, and its a safe bet that other teams will follow.

Footballs interest in promoting gambling is now as robust as its desire to sell beer. The NFL has unabashedly accepted three official sports-betting partners: Caesars, DraftKings and FanDuel.

Julie Stamm: Tom Brady didn't play tackle football as a kid. Neither should your child.

On the media front, several content providers have jumped into sports gambling, among them Gannett Co., the parent of USA TODAY, which recently announced a deal with Tipico USA Technology to provide gambling information.

ESPN reportedly wants to go a giant step further. It is seeking to license its name to a sports-betting company and is asking $3 billion over several years, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The Big Bang for sports gambling came in 2018 with a Supreme Court ruling that cleared the way for states (other than Nevada, where gambling was already legal) to whet their beaks.So far, 32 states and the District of Columbia have legalized wagering on sports.

One of GOPPPLs original members was a businessman named Andy Mousalimas. In a 2015 interview with the Oakland Tribune, he recalled, Wed go and root for the opposition and fans would look at us and say, What the hell are you doing rooting for that guy?

Therein was the key to the proliferation of fantasy sports and related wagering, and the reason gambling is embraced by professional leagues like the NFL. Gamblers have a rooting interest in multiple games each week, even those involving lousy teams. This is good for owners, TV networks and advertisers and a windfall for those who promote gambling.

Back in 1988, the renowned coach and commentator John Madden lent his name to a football video game developed by EA Sports. Today, it is the gold standard for computer sports. Not surprisingly, the most popular Madden game is Ultimate Team, for which users create their own rosters, just as they do in fantasy sports.

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Taking it to a new level, DraftKings, which is now affiliated with five NFL teams, offers wagering on simulated games played on the Madden platforms. Other companies also offer cash payoffs on Madden contests. This is the ultimate gambling shortcut: No tickets, no crowds and no waiting for Sunday afternoon. Best of all, no actual teams.

All this has created a perfect storm for sports gambling. Understandably, leagues and media companies want part of the action. But theres a huge difference between the Gannett Co. selling data that might help bettors and the NFL providing tips on how to gamble on its own players. The NFLs website and TV channel offer advice about how best to bet on the very players and teams that the NFL governs. The NFL even sells an app for $9.99 a year that Projects future matchups and shows if adding a player means more wins." This is a recipe for disaster or at least a major scandal.

NFL's new sportsbook deals: A look at the hypocrisy of the league's decades-long gambling stand

The NFL should step back from direct involvement in gambling.

I worry a lot less about my friends and I becoming gambling addicts through fantasy football than I do about the NFL and its owners becoming billion-dollar pushers.

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Despite being the crown jewel of US sports media partnerships, analysts with Morgan Stanley question whether an ESPN-branded sportsbook would ultimately be successful or if the costs associated with such a product make it prohibitively expensive.

The analysts add that a legacy casino company would likely be the best partner for a deal to create an ESPN-branded sportsbook in the US.

Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that ESPN, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company, has been in talks with sportsbooks, including Caesars Entertainment and DraftKings, on a multi-year sportsbook partnership valued at more than $3 billion. ESPN clinched marketing deals with both companies last year.

The deal would reportedly allow an operator to use the ESPN name to rebrand its sportsbook. A deal would also likely include a marketing component where the operator would be required to make an advertising spend on ESPNs platforms.

In a note to clients Monday, Morgan Stanley analysts said that if a licensing deal were to be reached, the devil would be in the details, including how many years and what exactly is covered, though it sounds like a betting operator would be able to create an ESPN-branded betting product.

Morgan Stanley projects the sports betting and iGaming market in the US and Canada will reach approximately $20 billion in 2025, with 25% average margins, implying $5 billion in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA). Using a formula to value the opportunity for its stocks, the firm said a deal valued at more than $3 billion would imply that more than $120 million to $200 million in incremental EBITDA would be needed to justify investment in an ESPN-branded sportsbook, or more than a 2.5% to 4% share.

Because of that, the analysts opined that they see ESPN as potentially delivering more incremental revenue to a legacy casino company than a legacy sports company as it would be attracting a different set of customers, though ability to execute efficiently would be key.

Mondays note was written by analysts Thomas Allen and Ed Young as well as research associates Nicholas DeValeria and Alexandra Ratzker.

Even so, the Morgan Stanley team pointed out that not all media companies make good betting companies. They cited several examples where popular media outlets in Europe were unable to capitalize on their position to make inroads into the sports betting space, including The Sun in the UK, Eurosport in France, Marca in Spain and La Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy.

The media partnerships in the US havent led to any clear winners so far, either, the analysts said. While Sky Betting & Gaming [SBG] is often held up as the example of a successful media brand translating into a successful betting brand, SBGs success was driven by innovative technology and unique mind share in a much more concentrated sports media market than the US today.

The analysts also said a sports betting partnership valued at more than $3 billion would dwarf other deals that have already been signed and questioned whether such a larger deal was ultimately worth it.

While ESPN is the largest media asset in the US, it shares sports coverage with NBC Sports, CBS Sports, FOX Sports and Turner Sportswhich have partnerships with PointsBet, Caesars, Flutter and DraftKings, respectively. ESPN is also partnered with regional sports networks like Bally Sports.

There is also now more competition from sports media apps, like Barstool, theScore and Bleacher Report and streaming services like FuboTV, the analysts said. While [the] economics of most of the prior deals have not been announced, PointsBet in August 2020 paid just $393 million over five years for exclusive rights for NBC Sports.

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The NASCAR schedule continues to fluctuate. Darlington is a high horsepower, low downforce oval track. The circuit has only raced at this style of track twice in the last 13 races. This package and this track are not for underdogs. Straying outside of the favorites on Sunday may be a mistake.

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He has another gear. Its like hes 100 pounds lighter than us, said William Byron over his team radio when asked about Martin Truex, Jr. during the first Darlington race. Before the race, the crew chief of the No. 19 car said this high horsepower, low downforce package played right into their strengths, and he was right Truex led 85% of the race. Truex was the best driver in NASCAR before the executives started playing games with horsepower. In the high horsepower races that remain now a majority of the races thanks to fans and drivers speaking out against the low horsepower package Truex is the favorite every race. Not only does he routinely win at the high horsepower, low downforce tracks typically short tracks he dominates. After Truex won at Darlington in May, he came on the radio and said, Thats an [expletive] whoopin right there.

There will be some concerns about the repave and the setup adjustments. As always, it will be a guessing game for the crew chiefs without practice, but James Small guessed correctly in the spring. The No. 19 car was the best car late in the September 2020 race that featured the low horsepower package. This seasons change to the high horsepower package didnt seem to bother the No. 19 team in May, so a little bit of fresh asphalt wont likely throw them for a loop either.

Martin Truex might have felt like Superman at Darlington based on the ease of his victory, but he didnt know what happened to Larson. The No. 5 car battled from 14th to fourth by the end of stage 1 at a track where passing was nearly impossible as every driver clung to the wall. A speeding on pit road penalty during the stage break forced Larson to do it all over again and he did to begin stage 3, Larson restarted fifth. By the end of the race, Larson had caught Truex thanks in large part to lappers, but Truex did have quite the head start leading the field to green in what was a completely green final stage but Larson used up his tires chasing the rabbit.

The roles will reverse on Sunday. Larson will begin with a better starting position (sixth) than Truex (10th). Its possible that the results could reverse. Overall, Larson and his crew chief Cliff Daniels have been the best duo this season. Theyre the favorites to win it all, but the first step is winning a playoff race.

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This looks like easy money, but this matchup is close. DraftKings Sportsbook knows what theyre doing. DiBenedetto has been popular lately, but thats because the last two races have been low horsepower, high downforce races. Those types of races play to DiBenedettos strengths and the weaknesses of Chastain. Darlington is a high horsepower, low downforce race.

Since Chastains engine failed in a low horsepower race at Charlotte, their engine provider Hendrick Motorsports vowed to provide better equipment and they have delivered on that promise. Not only are the HMS cars crushing the field every week, but the Chevys allied with Hendrick RCR and CGR are running up front too. Here are the results from Chastains five high horsepower races since the Charlotte issue: Watkins Glen (12th), New Hampshire (8th), Road America (7th), Nashville (2nd) and Sonoma (7th).

Those are impressive results, but DiBendettos results in this package are comparable: Watkins Glen (11th), New Hampshire (11th), Road America (10th), Nashville (25th) and Sonoma (23rd). With DiBendetto running close to Chastain, why risk it? For one, Chastain nearly won the the second Xfinity race at Darlington last season before wrecking on the last the lap, but thats not the biggest reason. The main reason to play Chastain has nothing to do with the numbers its all gut. The same reason that Chastain seemed like an easy play is the same reason to take Chastain in this matchup. Trust your eyes. Anyone that watches these races knows that Chastains arrow is pointing up and DiBenedettos is slumping toward the ground.

In the first Darlington race, Reddick finished 12th and Bell finished 14th. Theres more to that race than the results on the stat sheet. Within the first couple of laps in that race, Reddick got into the wall. Now that its playoff time, it would not be surprising to see Reddick aggressively wreck out of this race early and cash the Bell tickets.

Bells 14th place finish does not accurately reflect his performance. The high horsepower, low downforce race tracks have been Bells strong suit and Darlington was not any different. Bell started 21st and got to seventh early in stage 2, but a pit road penalty buried him in traffic. Bell battled back and was in fifth place on lap 287 of 293, but he had to pit under green for a flat tire. Bell could be a top-5 driver this weekend and Reddick could be a DNF.

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