Happy July 4th Weekend and 250th birth to America. Soccer has been on most sports fans’ minds including bettors over the last few weeks and it was never so evident on Wednesday in the USA’s 2-0 win over Bosnia-Herzogovina, which saw nearly 25 mllion viewers. That set a record for most watched telecast in English language history.
1)World Cup moves to the round of 16. Friday’s matchups are the last of the round of 32. That includes returning champion Argentina (-2500) against huge Cinderella Cape Verde (+1000). Egypt (-140) also takes on Australia (+115) to open the action, while Colombia (-650) takes on Ghana (+425).
On Saturday, the 4th, we’re down to two matches with Canada (+215) facing Morocco at 1pmET and Paraguay (+950) facing France (-2000) at 5pmET.
On Sunday, Brazil (-215) takes on Norway (+170) in the first game, while England (-140) takes on Mexico (+115) in the last game.
2)The first week of Wimbledon will finish up this weekend. On Friday, 7th-seeded Novak Djokovic takes on No. 25 Arthur Rinderknech. Djokovic is a -1060 favorite in that match. He’s a longshot since Jannik Sinner is the -155 favorite to win Wimbledon and Djokovic is +500 to win his eight title and 25th Grand Slam. Sinner has four GS titles and is going for his second Wimbledon title.
On the women’s side, No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka (+280) will face unseeded Jelena Ostapenko on Friday, while American hopeful No. 7 Coco Gauff (+1600) will face unseeded American Claire Liu on Friday.
3)We’re past the midway point in Major League Baseball and about a week away before the All-Star Break. There are some huge series coming up led by St. Louis (45-39) at the Chicago Cubs (49-38). In the AL Central, we have the improved Chicago White Sox (45-41) take on Cleveland (46-42) in a big series from Progressive Field. Don’t look now, but a big payroll isn’t for everyone and Miami (46-42) travels to Sutter Health Park in Sacramento to take on the Athletics (41-46) in an Interleague series.
4)While most eyes are on where LeBron James will head and the aftershock of the Jaylen Brown deal to Philadelphia, the rookies and players trying to make an impact are headed to Vegas where we open on Friday with Miami (who just acquired Giannis Antetokounmpo) facing San Antonio at 8pmET. The Spurs are -3.5 (-115) and the total is 178.5. The games are still four quarters, but 10 minutes and they experimenting with a one shot rule for shooting fouls before two minutes left. In other words, if a player is fouled beyond the three-point line, he only has to shoot one free throw for 3 points. Inside the arc, means one free throw for two points. (I guess it would make the game faster, but ugh).
The Lakers are also in action in the later game on Friday, taking on Golden State. The Lakers (-1.5) are the slight favorite and the total is 176.5.
On Saturday, Memphis and rookie third pick Cam Boozer face OKC at 3pmET from Utah. The Jazz and No. 2 pick Darryn Peterson will face rookie No. 8 pick Kingston Flemings and Atlanta at 5pmET from Utah.
Peterson and top pick A.J. Dybantsa of the Washington Wizards will meet on Thursday, July 9 from Las Vegas at 9pmET on ESPN.
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Upcoming and Current Events at ATS:
- The World Cup runs through July 19. Consists of 32 teams in the Knockout Stage, mainly playing in the United States. It’s the biggest event in the world.
- Wimbledon Tennis Championships (June 29-July 12)
- UFC Fight Night
- UFC 329 MCGREGOR VS HOLLOWAY 2 / LAS VEGAS, NVSaturday July 11th*Projected +30 units as $250 /u clients expected to win $7,500+
- Hall of Fame Game (Aug 6). Preseason NFL action begins as ATS enters its 34th football season. Early Bird discounts are available now!
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