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Gambling911.com is honing in on Jackson Koivun ahead of the upcoming Rock Classic golf tournament after his big win having only played in three professional tournaments. Bookmakers are most certainly envisioning a Tiger Woods effect.
Poker
Rampage Yau Challenges Chainsaw Kessler to Epic 100K-Hand Poker Duel
Monday July 27, 2026 (9:46 am EDT)
After fans claimed they'd crush him heads-up, Yau fired back by challenging Kessler to 100,000 hands of high-stakes No-Limit Hold'em. Kessler, a mixed-games expert with nearly $5 million in live earnings, declined the NLHE matchup and countered with his preferred games, prompting Yau to label him a 'whiny ass fart' and 'cancer to this industry.' Community figures like Shaun Deeb and Dan Maor weighed in, defending Kessler's contributions while praising Yau's role in growing poker, as Kessler dismissed the feud as a marketing ploy.
Top Trending
United States Holds Off Brazil, Mexico as Top Referring Country at Gambling911.com
Monday July 27, 2026 (9:22 am EDT)
The Jackson Koivun effect managed to keep the United States relevant Sunday in what would normally be among the slowest sports days of the year. Prior to Koivun's impressive victory Sunday at the 3M Open, soccer matches throughout Latin America helped in delivering 230,513 impressions to the Gambling911.com website.
Prediction Markets
Choctaw Casinos Launches Free Sports Prediction App Ahead of Bet Choctaw Rollout
Monday July 27, 2026 (9:15 am EDT)
Choctaw Casinos & Resorts launched their Choctaw Sports app, which lets players predict games without any real money wagering. The app works with digital tokens and simulates sports betting environment, offering odds on 12 different sports, including football, basketball, golf, as well as baseball, hockey, tennis, and soccer. BETChoctaw is being billed as "the newest Choctaw Nation iGaming product which will allow casino guests to play their favorite slots and iBingo from anywhere on a Choctaw Casino property, including at the pool, restaurants or their room. They can't bet remotely as this is Oklahoma and neither sports betting or internet casino gambling have been approved in the state. Tom McDonald, senior director of digital gaming at Choctaw Casinos, said that the app is a digital product that allows players to have fun and learn how sports betting works without risking their money. “Based on real-time data, fans can follow the trends and place bets throughout the game”, he added. Choctaw Sports can be downloaded on the App Store and Google Play, or you can get it directly on the Choctaw Sports website.
Prediction Markets
Fanatics Set to Buy a Designated Contract Market and Derivatives Clearing Biz
Monday July 27, 2026 (9:07 am EDT)
Fanatics, a global sports platform, and BGC Group Inc, (Nasdaq: BGC) (“BGC”), a leading global brokerage and financial technology company servicing financial markets, announced today that they have entered into an agreement for Fanatics to acquire Water Street Labs, LLC and CX Clearinghouse L.P. from BGC. The acquisition of Water Street Labs, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) registered Designated Contract Market (DCM), and CX Clearinghouse, L.P., a CFTC registered Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), will enable Fanatics to offer its own federally regulated prediction market exchange and expand its prediction market offerings on Fanatics Markets. By owning its own exchange and clearinghouse, Fanatics Markets will combine its proven expertise in building and scaling consumer-facing platforms with the freedom to directly list and clear prediction markets across an expanding opportunity set to Fanatics’ highly engaged customer base. By harnessing BGC’s expertise in institutional market infrastructure, liquidity, and trading, Fanatics Markets will connect retail-focused prediction markets with the institutional marketplace for the first time.
Golf
Rock Classic Takes Center Stage as Koivun Rocks Golf World
Monday July 27, 2026 (9:07 am EDT)
All eyes on golf's newest phenom Jackson Koivun, who took the sport (and Gambling911.com) by storm this past weekend. He won the 3M Open at the age of 21. This was only his third pro tournament. He has the 6th shortest odds of winning the Rock Classic this week.
Win Only
Cameron Young
+1200
Xander Schauffele
+1600
Chris Gotterup
+1800
Si Woo Kim
+2000
Wyndham Clark
+2000
Jackson Koivun
+2000
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Bookmakers Licking Their Chops Over Jackson Koivun and the Future of Golf
Monday July 27, 2026 (8:56 am EDT)
To get a sense of just how amazing Jackson Koivun's stunning win at the 3M Open Sunday really was, Gambling911.com witnessed first hand the amount of traffic coming to the site. We profiled the 21-year-old barely able to drink adult beverages Koivun just as he was about to win the tournament. He's already listed among the odds for the upcoming Rock Classic tournament that kicks off this coming Thursday where he sits with the 6th shortest odds (paying out $2000 for every $100 bet).
- Chris Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher
