Was Caesars 1.4 Percent Hold Last Week in New York State an Error? Pay Per Head Hold Percentage as High as 14 Percent

1.4% hold percentage sports betting
The numbers reported by New York State for last weekend's NFL Conference Championship games were jaw dropping, and not in a good way.
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Top Trending: Chris Dudley, Tennessee Speaker, Arkansas's Prediction Market Stance, More

Chris Dudley on an Oregon postcard
The Yasiel Puig sports betting trial continues to captivate Gambling911.com readers with three of the top five search queries pertaining to the one-time Dodgers super star.
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Yasiel Puig Lost over $1.5 Million in Bets to Illegal LA Bookie According to IRS Agent Testimony

Yasiel Puig playing for the Dodgers
IRS Special Agent Christen Seymour told a jury Wednesday that he based his estimate of losses on $500,000 in wire transfers from Puig’s checking account that went to shell companies affiliated with the bookie.
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Yasiel Puig Sports Betting Trial Continues in LA After Getting Off to Bang, Then a Power Outage

Yasiel Puig trial continues
The trial of one time MLB star Yasiel Puig continued Monday. At the heart of the case is whether Puig intentionally lied to federal investigators during a January 2022 interview in regard to his ties to an illegal sports betting ring.
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Create a Bookie Website in 2026

I wish we could be bookies ourselves
Have you ever wanted to own or operate a sportsbook the likes of a FanDuel or DraftKings? You actually can.
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Power Outage Forces Yasiel Puig Trial Move to New Courtroom

Yasiel Puig superimposed in front of a dark courthouse
Day 4 of the trial of Yasiel Puig went dark, literally, on Friday.
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Top Trending: Yasiel Puig Trial Has Gambling911 Readers Tranfixed to Their Electronic Devices

Yasiel Puig with woman outside courtroom
Through Tuesday, massive traffic continued to come into the Gambling911.com site related to the ruckus and arrests outside the Bellagio in Las Vegas Sunday night in.
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Star Witness Claims Yasiel Puig Bet Thousands of Dollars on Tennis Matches

Yasiel Puig
The trial of former Major League Baseball player Yasiel Puig continued with Hawaiian baseball coach Donny Kadokawa testifying for a second consecutive day on Thursday.
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Key Witness Takes Stand Against Former MLB Star Yasiel Puig Accused of Placing Bets With Illegal LA Bookie

Yasiel Puig in court
Witness claims Puig amassed massive gambling debts over just a few weeks and was slow in paying.
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Miami vs. Indiana Total Passing Yards Prop Bet - Championship Game: Fernando Mendoza vs. Carson Beck

Carson Beck vs. Fernando Mendoza
Fernando Mendoza's total passing yards over/under for Monday's College Football Championship game was listed at 223.5 while Carson Beck's number came in at 199.5. 
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Bookie With Ties to Costa Rica Pleads Guilty to Running Illegal Sportsbook

Legal
Jason Noah Feinman of Calabasas, California is accused of laundering the cash he derived from his business by exchanging the cash for checks made out to him or one of his businesses.
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How Do I Go About Becoming a Bookie?

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Since May of 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court opened the floodgates for legalized sports wagering after kicking decades of prohibition to the curb.  Some states embraced, others did so half-assed, and still others have sat on the sidelines for now.
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Patriots’ Kayshon Boutte Talks Gambling Addictinon: Nearly Went 'Completely Broke', More

Kayshon Boutte
Plus Congresswoman demands answers from Polymarket over Venezuela trades, Connecticut and Tennessee move against prediction markets.
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Colts vs. Texans Total Receiving Yards Prop Bet: Dalton Schultz, Jayden Higgins

Football on the field

Total receiving yards prop bets for Dalton Schultz and Jayden Higgins can be found at a handful of online sportsbooks and Pay Per Head platforms offering NFL player prop bets

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Saturday January 3, 2026 Afternoon Hot Betting Markets

NFL footballs
These are the top betting markets for Saturday January 3, 2026 for the afternoon look ahead.
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Switching From One Pay Per Head to Another: How Easy is it?

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AcePerHead understands that many bookies and agents become disenchanted with their current Pay Per Head service and are looking to switch to another PPH.
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Pay Per Head Leading the Way for 2026

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It's a new year and Ace Per Head continues to reign supreme over all other Pay Per Heads as we enter 2026. First, what exactly is a Pay Per Head business?
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Top Trending: Johnny Manziel Drama, NFL Incentives, College Bowl Betting

Johnny Manziel
Thursday saw 129,399 impressions, mostly a result of a loaded college football bowl game slate and all that betting that came with it.
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Navy vs. Cincinnnati Total Receiving Yards Prop Bet: Eli Heidenreich, Cyrus Allen

College football on field with yards showing
Total receiving yards prop bets were available for Friday's Liberty Bowl game between Navy and Cincinnati.
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Top Trending: ESPN Employee Wins $1 Million With ESPN Official Sportsbook, Conor McGregor, Giants and More

New York Giants fans

Last weekend's Bears vs. 49ers was the most sought after game here at Gambling911.com with 17922 impressions recorded when all was said and done.  Could have fooled us as the Steelers-Browns game witnessed a massive surge in traffic the hours leading up to Sunday's early afternoon game.  What is most astonishing, last Sunday's "Battle of the Sexes" tennis matchup between Nick Kyrgios and Aryna Sabalenka generated a grand total of 30510 impressions across all coverage.

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Top Trending: Tennis Anyone? And What Drew So Many Gamblers to the Steelers-Browns Game Coverage Sunday?

Tennis ball being hit with racket
This weekend was on fire here at Gambling911.com. The site received 95,800 impressions mostly a result of college football, NFL games and even a "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match.
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Sunday December 28, 2025 Afternoon Hot Betting Markets

Football
Two big NFL games on tap late Sunday include the Eagles at Buffalo and Bears in San Francisco (SNF).
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Top Trending: Bowl Games Galore and a Tennis Spectacular Upcoming

College Football
Following a rather lackluster Friday after Christmas, Saturday's traffic at Gambling911.com had already surpassed Friday's just after Noon ET courtesy of a slew of college bowl games, NFL and even some upcoming tennis.
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Top Trending: 49ers-Colts, Boca Raton Bowl, More

NFL logo on field
Coming off of Sunday, it shouldn't surprise anyone that Gambling911.com readers were fully focused on the weekend's NFL games and player props being offered at sportsbooks and Pay Per Head platforms.
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49ers vs. Colts Anytime Touchdown Scorer Prop Bets: Jonathan Taylor, Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle

Christian McCaffrey
The Monday Night Football matchup between the Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers should draw plenty of wagering action.
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Chargers vs. Cowboys Anytime Touchdown Scorer Prop Bet: Javonte Williams, Omarion Hampton, Ladd McConkey

Javonte Williams
The Chargers chances of making the playoffs are currently around 92% while the Cowboys must win every remaining game and have the Eagles lose all theirs to even stand a chance at making the post season, and still they are not guaranteed to make it.
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Can the Dolphins Run to a Win vs Wattless Steelers Monday Night? Just +3 Dogs in Freezing Cold Pittsburgh?

Curtis from AcePerHead.com
Curtis from AcePerHead.com breaks this game down for us.
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Turkey Jails Metehan Baltaci, Mert Hakan Yandas, Others Star Footballers as Part of Massive Gambling Probe

Mert Hakan Yandas
Soccer gambling scandal rocks world.
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Football Players and Officials Arrested as Part of Probe Into Turkey's Betting Scandal

Turkey football game with national flag waving
Prosecutors in Istanbul on Friday issued arrest warrants for dozens of soccer players and officials in relation to a betting scandal that has shaken Turkey.
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Duke vs. Virginia Anytime Touchdown Scorer Prop Bet: J'Mari Taylor, Nate Sheppard, Cooper Barkate

J'Mari Taylor in a college football game
Duke vs. Virginia anytime touchdown scorer prop bets can be found at a number of online sportsbooks and Pay Per Head platforms.
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