Sports Betting Coverage
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Victoria's MMA Minute for UFC London!
Another...meh...card, looking at it from the outside; but maybe we'll get some surprises like we did from UFC Vegas 77! Can this fighter get out from behind another fighter's shadow? Plus, whose experience might really help or hurt them this Saturday?? -
Gov. Roy Cooper hopes betting bill bolsters sports scene, creates jobs
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper talks about legalizing sports wagering in the state and the implications for taxpayers and the professional sports scene. -
WRAL Triangle and Two: NC lawmakers consider online sports gambling bill, next moves for Canes
Topics include: North Carolina lawmakers' push to legalize online sports gambling, next steps for the Carolina Hurricanes for the 2023-24 season and North Carolina basketball recruit Elliot Cadeau's decision to reclassify to the 2023 class. -
The OG on NFL Draft betting: The house always wins
Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio discuss betting around the NFL Draft. -
NFL suspends 3 players for betting on games
Three NFL players were suspended indefinitely Friday for betting on NFL games in the 2022 season, while two other players, including the 12th overall draft pick a year ago, received six-game suspensions for betting on non-NFL games at a league facility. -
Sports betting bill proceeds to third house hearing in two days
Members of the House Judiciary Committee debate a bill to legalize mobile sports wagering in North Carolina. The bill has cleared two House committees already and could be voted on as soon as next week. -
State Sen. Jim Perry discusses NC bill that would legalize sports gambling
Republican State Sen. Jim Perry shared his thoughts about a new bill in the North Carolina legislature that would permit wagering on sports from cellphones and other electronic devices in the state as of Jan. 1. -
March Madness a mix of magic, data to pick a winning bracket
A realistic pool of championship contenders should stay pretty small. How small? And how do we whittle things down? Well, with data, of course. -
Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud emerges as early favorite for Panthers' first pick in 2023 NFL Draft
The Carolina Panthers are expected to draft a quarterback with the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. -
Carolina Panthers given 25th-best odds to win Super Bowl 58
Caesars Sportsbook lists the Carolina Panthers at +7000 to win Super Bowl 58. -
Murphy on The OG: What's legal, what's not and where NC residents place their Super Bowl bets
Brian Murphy talked about North Carolina's lag in allowing online betting with Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio. -
Raleigh woman drives to Va. to place legal bets on NFL
Lauren Carrell, a Raleigh woman, drives to Virginia to place bets on the NFL playoffs. She is not alone, according to data from a national geolocation company, which found lots of action along the North Carolina-Virginia border. -
Want to legally bet on the Super Bowl? For North Carolinians, Virginia is for gamblers
Lauren Carrell, a Raleigh woman, drives to Virginia to place bets on the NFL playoffs. She is not alone, according to data from a national geolocation company, which found lots of action along the North Carolina-Virginia border. -
Sports gambling comes to Catawba Two Kings Casino
The Catawba Two Kings Casino in Kings Mountain is located just off Exit 5 on Interstate 85, about 35 minutes from Charlotte and just minutes from the South Carolina border. It opened last week, just before the NFL season kicked off. -
'A weekly ritual': NC's newest sportsbook draws bettors on first NFL Sunday
The Two Kings Casino in Kings Mountain opened its in-person sportsbook before the start of the 2022 NFL season. It is the third facility in the state that accepts wagers on sports games. -
Shot of Joe to Go: State legislators used outdated logic in voting down sports betting
The Dixie Classic? The 1919 Black Sox scandal? What does this have to do with sports betting in North Carolina in 2022? That's what WRAL sports analyst Joe Giglio is trying to figure out. -
The future of sports gambling in North Carolina
WRAL sports investigative reporter Brian Murphy and Pat Welter discussed what went wrong in the state legislature's attempts to pass sports gambling bills and what its future holds. -
Third in-person sports betting facility to open in NC this fall
Bettors will be able to wager on sports at the temporary facilities of Two Kings Casino, located less than an hour's drive west of Charlotte off I-85. -
Adam Gold with Brian Murphy on sports gambling in NC
WRAL sports investigative reporter Brian Murphy and 99.9 The Fan's Adam Gold discuss North Carolina's proposed sports gambling legislation. -
WRAL News poll: Majority support for legalized sports betting in NC
Support to legalize sports gambling cuts across partisan and demographic lines.