Wagering on a futures bet for the May 17 Preakness Stakes will open on Friday, April 25, and close just prior to the running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 3, the administrators of the pool announced on Wednesday.
The future bet will include 40 entries – 39 individual horses and a final entry including “all other” 3-year-olds. The minimum bet will be $2, and only win betting will be offered. The takeout is18 percent.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The horses who won stakes at Keeneland during this spring meet are off to plenty of big places. The first- and second-place finishers in the Blue Grass Stakes, Burnham Square and East Avenue, are expected to run in next week’s Kentucky Derby, while Ashland Stakes top two La Cara and Take Charge Milady are bound for the Kentucky Oaks.
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As the countdown to Thursday night's first round of the 2025 NFL Draft continues, the futures of notable prospects such as Shedeur Sanders and Tetairoa McMillan are just as volatile as their betting odds.
One of the few states to be exempted from the near-nationwide ban on sports betting enacted in 1992, Oregon has had mobile wagering since 2019, but its exclusive arrangement with DraftKings means options are limited.
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In 1989, the Oregon Lottery debuted Sports Action, an analog means for people to make parlay wagers on football. The product had its share of critics, but its presence enabled Oregon to be one of the few states exempted from the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which went into effect in 1992.
The Oregon Legislature sunsetted Sports Action in 2007, however, and it would be 12 long years before legal sports wagering surfaced in the Beaver State again. While a handful of tribal casinos now accept retail wagers of all kinds, DraftKings, through an arrangement with the Oregon Lottery, is Oregon's exclusive statewide mobile provider for sports betting – including a slot-like product called DK Replay that allows account holders to bet on the results of past Major League baseball at-bats and the pitches within.
Some major athletic movers and shakers – including homegrown Nike – have sought to challenge the status of DraftKings's mobile monopoly. But until that day comes, Oregonians will have to be content with their lone online option for sports wagering.
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September, 1989
The Oregon Lottery debuts a football parlay betting game called Sports Action, which would enable Oregon to be exempted from the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) that would outlaw sports betting in all but a handful of states, most notably Nevada.
July, 2007
Bowing to pressure from various sporting entities, the Oregon Lottery discontinues its Sports Action parlay wagering game, leaving Oregonians without a legal method to wager on sports besides horse racing.
August, 2019
The year after PASPA is stricken down, the Chinook Winds Casino accepts Oregon's first sports wager in 12 years.
October, 2019
Mobile sport wagering comes to Oregon with the debut of the lottery-run Scorecard app. In late 2019, DraftKings acquires SBTech, the platform the app runs on.
January 18, 2022
More than two years after its purchase of SBTech, DraftKings becomes the Oregon Lottery's exclusive sportsbook partner, launching its branded platform statewide.
Sports betting is legal in Oregon and has been for a lot longer than most other states. A parlay product run by the Oregon Lottery launched in 1989, while mobile sports wagering went live in 2019.
Anyone who is at least 21 years of age and physically located within Oregon's boundaries can bet on sports in the Beaver State.
The Oregon State Police's Gaming Enforcement Division regulates sports wagering, which is administered by the Oregon Lottery.
DraftKings has one of the most eclectic and thorough betting menus in the industry. Its Oregon offerings include baseball, basketball, boxing, cricket, cycling, darts, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, MMA, motorsports, rugby, snooker, soccer, surfing, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball, among other sports. Oregonians can also bet on the results of past Major League Baseball at-bats and the pitches within through an online product called DK Replay.
There is no betting on college sports in Oregon via the DraftKings mobile app. However, retail sportsbooks on tribal properties – including the BetMGM Sportsbook at Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde – are permitted to offer wagering on collegiate events, including those involving in-state schools like Oregon and Oregon State.
Daily fantasy sports contests exist in a gray area in Oregon, where the legislature has never taken up the issue of their legality. But while FanDuel and other major DFS providers are active in Oregon, DraftKings does not offer its DFS products in the state as part of its agreement to be the lottery's exclusive sports betting partner.
Oregonians can bet on horses online via account wagering or at off-track betting parlors located around the state. Most OTBs are located in or around Portland, which was once home to Portland Meadows racetrack. A functional OTB is about all that's left of that track, but Grants Pass Downs in the southern portion of the state and a handful of fairs still host live racing.
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Tuesday features a trio of NBA playoff games, including a national TV doubleheader on TNT.
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A New York legislator is hoping to add restrictions on deposits, wagers and operator advertising to the state’s sports betting market.
Assemblyman Robert Carroll (D-District 44) presented Assembly Bill 7962, which would enact a series of regulatory changes to the New York sports betting scene. Those include a $5,000 daily wagering limit, changes to valid deposit methods and new advertising standards.
Welcome to NFL Draft week with the three-day, seven-round selection process getting underway at 8 p.m. ET Thursday in Green Bay, Wis.
Draft betting markets are more popular than ever with sportsbooks offering odds ranging from which players will be selected with each of the top-10 picks to the player position each team will draft with their top selection to over/under totals on how many players at a position or representing a college conference will be selected in the first round.
CHURCHILL DOWNS
Monday, April 21
Weather: Showery
Temperature: 70
Track: Good/fast
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The weather was the big story Monday at Churchill Downs with intermittent showers falling and the track sealed and rated good when opening at 5:15 a.m. Fortunately, the rain abated and the course was able to be harrowed and upgraded to fast in time for the special Kentucky Derby/Oaks training session that began two hours later.
