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"Magnificent Seven" stocks like Microsoft and Amazon may still trade at or near all-time highs, but you may want to diversify your megacap positions. The "Mag Seven" may have surged thanks to the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, but their future success hinges heavily on AI spending.
There's nothing wrong with being bullish on the AI megatrend, but consider spreading your wagers elsewhere, to other high-growth opportunities. Take, for instance, another trend that isn't slowing down: the digitalization of payments. With this trend, one stock in particular fits the bill: Mastercard (NYSE: MA).
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Mastercard may be synonymous with credit cards, but neither Mastercard nor its competitor Visa (NYSE: V) issues payment cards. Banks issue the cards but use the companies' respective payment networks to operate them.
In other words, payment stocks like Mastercard don't carry consumer credit risk like bank stocks. Think of Mastercard and similar names as the midstream names among financial stocks: middlemen that collect a small fee on every card swipe or digital payment transaction processed through their networks.

#stocks #like #seven

Bitcoin was trading at $77,121 on Thursday, having clawed back much of its summer losses in a sharp August rally.
The cryptocurrency gained roughly 24% during August alone, rising from around $62,600 at the start of the month to a peak of $80,797 on August 25.
That rebound has reshaped betting on Polymarket, the prediction market platform, where traders wager on which price milestones Bitcoin will hit before the end of 2026.
The market, which has attracted $62.1 million in trading volume since launching in November 2025, currently prices a rise to $90,000 at 44%.
A move to $100,000 is priced at 22%, while $110,000 sits at just 13%. On the downside, traders **** ign an 87% probability to Bitcoin falling below $55,000 again before the year is out, reflecting the scars of a volatile summer.

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On August 6, PENN Entertainment (NASDAQ:PENN) reported second-quarter results that flipped from a year-ago loss into a profit. Net income came in at $32.6 million, compared with a loss of $18.3 million in the same quarter of 2025. Revenue rose to $1.86 billion from $1.77 billion, and Adjusted EBITDA climbed to $312.6 million from $236.1 million. Diluted earnings per share landed at $0.24, versus a loss per share of $0.12 a year earlier. For a company whose digital business has weighed on results for years, that combination stands out.
The Retail segment, which covers PENN's casino properties across the Northeast, South, West and Midwest, generated $1.5 billion in revenue and $517.2 million in Segment Adjusted EBITDAR, a margin of 34.4%. Nine properties posted their best second quarter ever for both revenue and Adjusted EBITDAR, a sign the strength wasn't confined to one or two markets. June brought two new additions to the portfolio: a hotel tower at Hollywood Columbus and the new Hollywood Casino Aurora, both of which the company said are already drawing strong visitation.
The balance sheet also moved in the right direction. Total liquidity stood at $1.9 billion as of June 30, including $887.2 million in cash. Traditional net debt fell to $1,927.5 million from $2,217.5 million at the end of 2025, pulling traditional net leverage down to 2.9 times from 4.5 times over that span. Capital expenditures dropped to $97.5 million in the quarter from $159.4 million a year earlier. On May 15, PENN repaid the remaining $106.7 million balance of its 2.75% convertible notes, wiping out roughly 4.6 million potentially dilutive shares in the process.
The Interactive segment still lost money, an Adjusted EBITDA loss of $9.5 million, though that's a sharp improvement from the $62.0 million loss posted in the second quarter of 2025. Revenue for the segment reached $349.4 million, but $185.5 million of that figure came from a tax gross-up rather than actual wagering activity, a distinction that matters when sizing up the segment's real growth. PENN also leaned on refinancing to manage its debt load rather than paying it down outright: on April 16, it extended its $1.0 billion revolving credit facility and $446.9 million term loan A to 2031, and on May 28, it repriced and extended its term loan B facility to 2033.
Total traditional debt still sat at $2,814.7 million at quarter's end. Other expenses jumped to $43.0 million for the first six months of 2026 from just $2.2 million a year earlier, driven by transaction costs, severance tied to a corporate reorganization, and settlement costs connected to the company's cooperation agreement with HG Vora Capital Management. Cash rent payments to REIT landlords also remained a heavy recurring cost, $247.1 million for the quarter alone.

#revenue

CINCINNATI (AP) — The NCAA has cleared the University of Cincinnati of any wrongdoing in its investigation of former quarterback Brendan Sorsby.
Sorsby played the 2024 and '25 seasons for the Bearcats before transferring to Texas Tech. He was ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA in April after he placed thousands of impermissible sports bets over the past four years at Indiana and Cincinnati.
"Earlier this summer, NCAA enforcement staff completed an inquiry into a former Cincinnati student-athlete's prohibited betting activity during his time at the university. The inquiry is now closed and the student-athlete was found to have committed a Level III violation," Cincinnati senior **** ociate athletic director for communications Zach Stipe said in a statement. "Cincinnati worked closely with the NCAA throughout the process, which began when the initial reports of impermissible sports wagering began."
The Cincinnati Enquirer was the first to report on the university being cleared.
The NCAA sent an official letter of inquiry to the school regarding Sorsby in early July. That came after Sorsby's agent, Ron Slavin, said during a radio interview in Dallas that Cincinnati was aware of Sorsby's gambling.

#former

Making 32 bets before the season might feel like a lot, but when you look at how many markets are available to wager on — team futures, win totals, award markets, player props, "Game of the Year" betting, etc., it's really not all that excessive. Of course, if you had just blindly bet one unit on each of all 32 of our plays from last year's article, you'd have been up 7.26 units, and you're probably thrilled to see we're back with this article again.
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The best-case scenario for Baltimore is that Jesse Minter and a bolstered defensive front works well enough that the majority of Ravens games are in control in the fourth quarter — and when they are, Derrick Henry can salt them away without Lamar Jackson needing to scramble around.
Optimism is high for Jackson's statistics because he comes into the season healthy, but like last year, he may not stay that way. Whether that means missed time, or similar inefficiency to 2025 when he had just 349 rushing yards on 67 carries in 13 games, we'll bet Jackson — turning 30 this season — doesn't get loose frequently enough to clear this rushing total.

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Another Premier League season is officially underway, and despite the usual dose of high hopes for Chelsea, the flagship football club finds itself embroiled in more uncertainty than it ever expected.
Minority stakeholders Mark Walter and Todd Boehly, who own a combined 26 percent (13 percent apiece) of Chelsea, are reportedly in talks to sell their shares to Clearlake Capital, which already controls around 61.5 percent of the franchise. To be sure, the talks between Boehly and Clearlake, specifically, are not new. The sides have discussed an ownership stake exchange in the past, albeit to no avail.
This time around, however, another is added to the equation: Walter, who recently sold the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and also owns MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers, is under federal investigation for misreporting what's known as related-party loans among his own business ventures. Though nothing has been finalized, Walter's dilemma injects previously unheard-of urgency into the equation.
The news is another blow to Chelsea fans who have grown to distrust the current ownership regime. Their skepticism is not without merit, either. Just as sports betting enthusiasts will search "Is Betonline legit" when shopping around for a place to make wagers, they along with the EPL at large probably need to be wondering whether this Chelsea ownership group is, in fact, built to lead the club into the future.
While Walter's current legal situation raises all sorts of red flags as purchase talks continue, this is far from the first time these parties have found themselves battling murky circumstances.

#Chelsea #walter

Brookfield and Bloom Energy have dramatically enlarged their wager on data-center electricity. On June 30, Brookfield **** et Management Ltd. (NYSE:BAM) and Bloom Energy Corporation (NYSE:BE) expanded an AI infrastructure framework from $5 billion to as much as $25 billion. Brookfield can finance eligible deployments through its investment vehicles, while Bloom can supply fuel-cell systems that generate power near the customer. The arrangement attacks a genuine bottleneck, but its impressive ceiling is not the same thing as committed revenue.
A Bloom Energy power generation system. Photo from Bloom Energy website
Bloom Energy Corporation (NYSE:BE) offers speed. Its systems can be installed on-site, reducing dependence on slow transmission projects and helping data centers obtain reliable power sooner. If AI demand keeps outrunning the grid, the company can turn its manufacturing platform into a central infrastructure solution. The bear case is execution at unprecedented scale. Equipment costs, fuel availability, service obligations, and project-specific economics will determine whether deployments create durable margins rather than merely large order headlines.
Brookfield **** et Management Ltd. (NYSE:BAM) brings capital formation and **** et expertise. It can choose projects, structure financing, and earn fees without manufacturing the equipment itself. A $25 billion framework expands the universe of potential **** ets and gives Brookfield access to long-lived infrastructure demand. However, capital is deployed only when projects meet contracts and underwriting criteria. Brookfield still bears financing, construction, counterparty, and **** et-performance risks through participating vehicles.
The partnership works because each side absorbs a different part of the problem. Bloom supplies technology and accepts manufacturing and performance risk. Brookfield organizes capital and accepts underwriting risk. Customers must still sign viable contracts. Investors should therefore resist adding the framework ceiling to either company's backlog. The opportunity becomes valuable one approved project at a time, with disciplined underwriting and execution.

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Notre Dame released its depth chart for this weekend's season opener against the Wisconsin Badgers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. But while the Fighting Irish depth chart is out there, the Badgers declined to post one this week.
Apparently, the sports information department at Wisconsin didn't want to put out a depth chart for the season's first game since the Badgers base their depth chart off of the previous game, and there obviously is no previous game to work with for this season.
This doesn't feel like any kind of gamesmanship or subterfuge -- it's the Badgers' sports info department that made the choice, not the coaches. Not to mention that Notre Dame should already have a sense of Wisconsin's depth chart via scouting. In-game adjustments should cover any unexpected developments that surprise the Irish - in other words, if Notre Dame expects a certain player to be the starting running back and Wisconsin switches it up, Notre Dame should be able to adjust quickly. At least in theory.
Fans, however, might be disappointed. So, too, may be those who wager on games.
No depth chart released in today's Badgers game notes. UW Brand Communications made the decision because: "The in-season depth charts are based off the previous game’s usage ... made the decision not to speculate on this prior to the season."

SIDs' call, not coaches, per them.

#dame

SARATOGA SPRINGS - More than $60 million was wagered on Saturday's Travers Day card at Saratoga Race Course, a noted increase from 2025 and the second-highest all-sources wagering handle in the history of the Travers.
The New York Racing **** ociation announced Saturday night that Travers Day, headlined by Leading Change's win in the Midsummer Derby, generated an all-sources handle of $60,863,320, including an on-track wagering handle of $11,197,855.
Wagering on Travers Day jumped more than $6 million from a year ago, when $54,309,929 was wagered from all sources on a day highlighted by Sovereignty's Travers victory and a gutsy victory by the popular filly Thorpedo Anna in the Personal Ensign. This year's on-track handle was also an increase of nearly $1 million from 2025's figure of $10,369,950.
This year's Travers Day handle was second only to 2024, when a card highlighted by Fierceness winning the Travers over Thorpedo Anna generated a record $63,023,405.
The field breaks from the gate in the 157th Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday in Saratoga Springs. (Skip **** stein)

#sources #springs

As sports betting continues to proliferate, college football is taking more steps aimed at minimizing inside information.
Via the **** ociated Press, the Big Ten announced on Friday that it will expand its requirement to submit player availability reports from one per week to four.
The rule, which applies only to in-conference games, mandates the submission of a report on each of the three days before a game, with a final report provided on game day.
The midweek reports require teams to identify players as probable, questionable, doubtful, out, or out for the first half. On game day, the categories will be game-time decision, out, or out for the first half.
The existence, and misuse, of inside information regarding player injuries continues to be one of the biggest potential sources of betting scandals. With more information provided to the public, less information will be private — and less information will be available to provide the basis for wagering by those who have access to it.

#game #inside

Following global football is no longer confined to watching a match for ninety minutes on a weekend afternoon. The modern supporter operates within a continuous cycle of information consumption, tracking tactical breakdowns, injury updates, and transfer market movements throughout the entire week. The transition from physical matchday attendance to a borderless digital ecosystem has fundamentally altered how the sport is covered. This intense demand for constant, high-quality ****** ysis has transformed digital sports publishing, turning fan platforms into comprehensive databases of football knowledge. Rather than relying on simple fixture lists, audiences now evaluate passing networks, expected goals, and historical rivalries to gauge how upcoming matches might unfold. This structural shift in fan behaviour requires publishers to deliver nuanced reporting that goes far beyond basic scorelines, catering to a global readership that treats football ****** ysis with serious ****** ytical rigour.
The appetite for detailed pre-match information has created a natural crossover with online sports markets. Fans who spend hours reading about team formations, defensive vulnerabilities, and managerial strategies routinely apply those insights in practical scenarios. An in-depth understanding of how a Thursday night European fixture might cause squad fatigue ahead of a Sunday domestic clash is exactly the type of context that informs ****** ytical viewing. This precise evaluation of probabilities and match dynamics aligns seamlessly with the mechanics of modern sports wagering, where split-second decisions rely on preliminary research.
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Behind the tactical debates and the sophisticated sports markets lies a commercial engine that continues to break historical records. The financial scale of elite football dictates squad depth, transfer market dominance, and ultimately, competitive success across major domestic and European competitions. Broadcast rights, global merchandising, and lucrative corporate sponsorships have elevated top-tier clubs into massive multinational enterprises. "The 2024/25 season set another new record, with the top 20 Money League clubs generating over €12 billion in revenue for the first time." — Deloitte.
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The London Company, an investment management company, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for its "Small-Mid Cap Strategy." The letter can be downloaded here. U.S. equities rebounded sharply in Q2, with the Russell 3000 gaining 15.4%, supported by AI infrastructure spending, strong earnings, and easing Middle East tensions. Technology led the rally as semiconductors recovered, while Energy and defensive sectors lagged. The portfolio returned 12.1% gross and 11.8% net compared with a 20.3% gain in the Russell 2500 Index. Stock selection weighed on relative performance, as high-beta and high-volatility stocks dominated returns while Quality remained weak, although results improved in June as market participation broadened. Looking ahead, resilient earnings and AI productivity support a constructive outlook, but negative hyperscaler cash flow, sticky inflation, geopolitical risks, index concentration, and elevated valuations warrant caution. The strategy continues to emphasize quality, downside protection, and active management. Additionally, reviewing the Fund's top five holdings could also highlight its best ideas for 2026.
In its second-quarter 2026 investor letter, London Company SMID Cap Strategy highlighted Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ:CHDN). Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ:CHDN) operates live and historical racing entertainment venues, online wagering businesses, and regional casino gaming properties in the United States. On August 26, 2026, Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ:CHDN) closed at $87.57 per share. Over the past month, Credit Acceptance Corporation (NASDAQ:CACC) returned 4.40%, while its shares have declined 16.08% in the last 52 weeks. Credit Acceptance Corporation (NASDAQ:CACC) has a market capitalization of $6.10 billion.
London Company SMID Cap Strategy stated the following regarding Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ:CHDN) in its Q2 2026 investor letter:
"Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ:CHDN) declined despite solid operating results as Derby Week growth fell slightly short of elevated investor expectations. The business continues to execute well, supported by strong Historical Racing Machine growth, improving leverage, and healthy cash flow generation. We believe the recent weakness is disconnected from the underlying fundamentals and remain confident in the company's ability to compound earnings through disciplined capital allocation, pricing power, and continued investment in its differentiated gaming and racing **** ets."

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The PGA Tour has suspended senior tour member Matt Gogel for six months for placing multiple golf bets in recent years, the league announced on Wednesday.
Gogel, who plays on the PGA Tour Champions, placed multiple bets on PGA Tour events in 2024 and 2025. It's unclear which tournaments he bet on or what the wagers were, but the Tour said they did not involve any events in which he was a participant. Betting on any PGA Tour event or any other professional golf competition is a clear violation of the Tour's integrity program.
Gogel is now suspended from Tour-sanctioned events for six months, and will be eligible to return in late February.
"In 2024 and 2025, I unknowingly violated the PGA Tour policy by placing small recreational wagers on golf," Gogel said in a statement. "I want to be clear that these wagers were not placed on regular PGA Tour events, PGA Tour Champions events or any tournament in which I participated. I would never knowingly violate the integrity of the game of golf.
"I made an honest mistake, and I look forward to playing in 227 on the PGA Tour Champions."

#champions #wagers #suspended #months

Dillon Dingler's 26 homers in 2026 are twice as many as he hit last year.
The second half of the MLB season has been a disaster for the best home run bets. Entering the MLB All-Star break, the best home run bets generated $642 in profit for anyone who bet $100 on each of the touted home run props at the listed odds.
In the second half, the best home run bets have cost bettors $892. The best home run props have a 20-81 record, with three no bets over the course of the entire season, and they're $250 in the red.
There is still time to salvage the season and generate a profit. Fortunately, home run props being long-shot wagers cuts both ways. While they're difficult to hit, correctly selecting a few home run bets can pull the best home run bets out of their funk and lift them back into the black.
A power-hitting catcher and one of MLB's best sluggers have eye-catching odds to hit a home run today. The first has an excellent matchup, and the second has an adequate matchup and blistering batted-ball data.

#season #props #profit

Over a 40+ year career on Wall Street, David Tepper has built a fortune estimated at $23.7 billion, mainly by making aggressive, concentrated wagers. First, he focused on the distressed debt market, building his Appaloosa Management into one of the largest and most successful hedge funds and earning him billions in the process.
Now, Appaloosa primarily manages Tepper's personal fortune. Instead of distressed debt, Tepper now mainly invests in large-cap tech stocks, most notably Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). According to Appaloosa's latest 13-F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Tepper has around 16% of his nearly $7.5 billion stock portfolio invested in this "Magnificent Seven" stock.
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During the quarter ending June 30, Tepper's Appaloosa increased its position in Amazon by 680,000 shares, or just under 15.8%. During this same time frame, Appaloosa reduced its Micron position by 41.4% and exited its Sandisk position entirely. The fund also increased its positions in Alphabet and Meta Platforms by 6.7% and 54.6%, respectively.
This strongly suggests a cycling out of "pick-and-shovel" artificial intelligence (AI) plays, into hyperscaler stocks. Tepper's fund may have made an aggressive pivot toward Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms, but given that Meta accounts for only 5.1% of the overall portfolio, Amazon seems to remain the investor's highest-conviction bet on the AI growth trend.

#tepper #amazon #NVIDIA

Ryan Jeffers has an excellent matchup and park factors to hit a home run tonight.
Samuel Basallo and Nathaniel Lowe didn't hit home runs on Friday. Sadly, that means the MLB best home run props have fallen to a 20-79 record, with three no-bets.
The home run bets have spent nearly the entire year in the black. After getting both picks wrong on Friday, profits disappeared. Anyone who has bet $100 on each of the suggested home run props has lost $50.
It's a disappointing outcome for spending all season grinding the data. Nevertheless, it's part of the betting game. Home run props are also long-shot wagers, and most won't cash. That said, getting just a few right can generate sizable profits, and there's time to right the ship and generate a profit on the home run bets for the 2026 MLB season.
Turning things around can start tonight with two teammates in a drool-inducing matchup and a homer-friendly ballpark. Their home run props are admittedly chalky, but they offer enough value to bet when factoring in their numbers and the conditions tonight.

#home #bets #profits #right

DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) — Knightsbridge withstood a fierce battle on the lead in the early going before pulling away to win the $1 million Pacific Classic by 6 1/4 lengths at Del Mar on Saturday.
Ridden by Junior Alvarado, Knightsbridge ran 1 1/4 miles in 2:01.79. The 5-year-old horse had shipped to the seaside track north of San Diego from the East Coast after a win in the Monmouth Cup five weeks ago in New Jersey.
"He was kind of skipping over the ground," Alvarado said. "I had my hopes that when I asked him he would give me his best right when we turned for home. It was all heart there. He's a horse that has a lot of talent."
Knightsbridge was challenged over the opening mile by the speedy Full Serrano before shaking him off at the head of the stretch. The winner paid $4.20 as the wagering favorite.
Original Sin finished second. Full Serrano was another 1 1/2 lengths back in third in the West Coast's richest race.

#alvarado #full #lengths

MUMBAI, Aug 19 (Reuters) - India's rate panel left the door open to future rate hikes earlier this month, watching for evidence that supply-sparked ‌inflation may be seeping into the broader economy which could merit higher ‌borrowing costs, minutes of the committee's meeting released on Wednesday showed.
A sharp rise in oil prices brought on by the Iran war has stoked inflation worries, prompting markets to wager on rate hikes, while also exerting pressure on the Indian rupee.
The panel had voted unanimously to keep the policy repo rate (INREPO=ECI) unchanged at 5.25% on August 5, while retaining ‌its monetary policy stance at "neutral".
India's ⁠headline consumer inflation remained well within the central bank's 2-6% tolerance band at 4.45% in July. The Reserve Bank of India has ⁠a 4% medium term target.
While there are limited signs of inflation becoming generalized so far, headline inflation does appear to be normalizing "from its benign levels seen hitherto," RBI Chief Sanjay Malhotra said in the minutes.

#inflation

The national parcel carriers that once set retail delivery economics have spent a decade shedding their least profitable packages. What filled the gap is a deeper bench: regional carriers, 3PL cross-dock networks, gig courier platforms and private fleets. As it turns out, almost none of them talk to each other.
Burq, a last-mile delivery technology company, wagers that last-mile orchestration — the decision layer sitting above that bench — is the product enterprise retailers will actually pay for.
The shift is already underway. FreightWaves reported in July that carrier diversification is eroding the last-mile delivery duopoly: 55% of retailers now use carriers outside FedEx, UPS and the U.S. Postal Service, and more than a third are actively moving volume away from the two national giants. The payoff is measurable. In one example, home goods brand Caraway cut total parcel costs 20% after its 3PL began shopping every order across a network of regional and national carriers. Capturing that value requires knowing which provider performs in which ZIP code on which day. Most retailers do not know, because the systems that pick a carrier stop watching the moment the order leaves.
Jake Stein joined Burq four months ago to run growth for its retail sector, after four and a half years at Uber launching ship-from-store, same-day and on-demand programs on Uber Direct. The limitations of using a single network are what pushed him out.
"It still came down to that Uber couldn't be the single source for everything," Stein told FreightWaves. "Mostly gig, reasonably shorter distances, some batching but not large scale, no big and bulky. And they can't be 100% of every possible location."

#retailers

Retail investors flocked to ****** e Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), better known as ****** eX, after its initial public offering (IPO) in June. However, some institutional investors also bought the artificial intelligence and ****** e stock. Billionaire Israel "Izzy" Englander was one of them.
Englander's Millennium Management loaded up on ****** eX in the second quarter of 2026. Notably, the hedge fund purchased over 17.6 million shares before ****** eX's first lockup expiration on Aug. 6. Many viewed this lockup expiration as a reason to avoid the stock, at least temporarily. Does Englander know something that most investors don't?
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We don't know exactly when Englander bought shares of ****** eX. However, I'd wager that he began buying days after the ****** e technology company's record-setting IPO when its stock plunged more than 20%.
Initiating a stake in ****** eX in late June might seem like a questionable decision, given the downward pressure on the stock that many expected when insiders began selling their shares. In retrospect, Englander's decision to buy ****** eX could appear to be a poor one, with shares down a double-digit percentage since the end of Q2.

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A new poll shows that more than a quarter of Gen Z investors see gambling on sports as part of "their long-term financial strategy" — and more than half say they have bet on sports at least once in the last year with money originally set aside for investing.
The online survey of 1,000 U.S. retail investors, which was published Tuesday by the personal finance platform Betterment, underscores a dramatic cultural and generational shift.
Sports betting has become ubiquitous since 2018, the year the Supreme Court struck down a longstanding federal ban on the practice. In 2025 alone, Americans wagered far more on sports — roughly $166 billion — than the U.S. movie, music, book and museum industries generated in revenue combined, according to Fortune. Sports betting now rakes in 42 times more revenue ($17 billion) than it did in 2018 ($400 million), according to some estimates.
Yet no other age group is nearly as likely as Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2007) to view sports gambling as an investment — rather than, say, a form of entertainment.
According to the Betterment survey, just 14% of millennials (born between 1981 and 1996), 6% of Gen Xers (born between 1965 and 1980) and 1% of baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1965) have made sports betting a deliberate, ongoing part of their financial plans — compared with 26% of Gen Zers.

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While there were certainly some reasons for optimism surrounding the New York Giants' 2025-26 campaign, it ended like eight of the previous nine seasons have in East Rutherford: with a losing record and without a playoff berth.
After firing Brian Daboll during the season and hiring John Harbaugh this offseason, though, one bettor is convinced next season will be much better for Big Blue.
A bettor at DraftKings placed a $29,347 wager on the Giants to win Super Bowl LXI at 80-1 odds, which would win $2.347 million if New York won its first Super Bowl since 2012. The Giants beat the New England Patriots 21-17 in Super Bowl XLVI.
New York is currently 70-1 to win the Super Bowl at DraftKings sportsbooks.
The Giants finished 4-13 last season, despite winning their final two games, which also ****** ped their potential first-round pick in the 2026 NFL draft from No. 1 overall to No. 5. First-round pick QB Jaxson Dart showed promise, but also suffered several concussions. Top wide receiver Malik Nabers suffered a season-ending knee injury in Week 4 and rookie running Cam Skattebo dislocated his right ankle in October, also ending his season.

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U.S. hedge funds are starting to turn bullish on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: $BTC).
The so called "smart money" is starting to shift from shorting Bitcoin, or betting that the price will continue to fall, to wagering on a rally in the biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
Data **** ytics firm CryptoQuant says that hedge funds trading Bitcoin futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (NASDAQ: $CME) have turned net long the cryptocurrency.
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MLB Prediction Market Apps: Get Best Sign Up Promos This Weekend originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
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Whether you are zeroing in on today's specific slate—like that massive Atlanta Braves vs. New York Yankees clash—or looking ahead to any MLB games later this weekend, this is your ticket to a nice pay day. We're in this together, so let's break down exactly how you can put these prediction markets to work and build your bankroll.
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Once in a while, a particular race invokes memories of a great horse. For me, the Grade 3 Best Pal, to be contested at Del Mar today, reminds me of Nyquist.
Nyquist, now a terrific sire and well into his second career, was an unbelievable 2-year-old: after breaking his maiden on first asking at Santa Anita in June of 2015, he put together his best race by figures in the Best Pal. He went on to win a pair of races in September - both of them Grade 1s - before winning the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile. He kept his undefeated streak into the 2016 Kentucky Derby, and after a win in Louisville, many wondered if we could get back-to-back Triple Crown winners.
"We all booked New York as soon as he crossed the line in the Derby," John Cherwa, my former editor at the L.A. Times, told me.
Alas, that year's Derby runner-up, Exagerrator, got the best of Nyquist in the Preakness. Nyquist never won again, but retired with Grade 1 wins at 5 tracks in 4 states. Just a spectacular 11 months of racing, and one that I'll always appreciate.
Today's Best Pal features a trio of terrific runners, and I'm hopeful we'll meet a Breeders' Cup contender. Let's meet the field, and put together our weekly wager. If you're wagering on Del Mar, check out AmWager! They have a $50 deposit match for new customers, and a player-friendly platform.

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What would you do with $2-5 million?
Buy a reasonably priced home? Not in this market. What about paying off some debt? That's a reasonable idea. Set aside a little to wager on some college football? Could win or lose yourself some money that way. (It is Vegas we're talking about after all.) You could also buy roughly 2 million Mountain Dew Baja Blasts from Taco Bell if you are like me and love the Bell.
But, as one of our recent SB Nation Reacts Surveys will show, plenty of you would use that chunk of change to purchase the UNLV men's basketball team that is TOTALLY NOT FOR SALE if you ask Josh Pastner (again).
Forty percent of voters picked the $2-5 million range, which felt like a low-ball given how that is the going rate for some of college sport's most coveted players. How much can one UNLV men's basketball be worth? Possibly one whole Yaxel Lendeborg, apparently.
Thirty percent picked $10 million and up, which was what UNLV head coach Josh Pastner valued his team at when he jokingly said someone should buy the program, which started this fun hypothetical — one that feels all too possible with private equity and venture capital circling our beloved college sports.

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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) completed its full $50 billion OpenAI investment and built a roughly 5% stake, the Financial Times reported on July 31. The payment became possible after Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) revised its OpenAI agreement on April 27 and ended the exclusivity that had constrained rival cloud providers.
Amazon originally committed $15 billion immediately and another $35 billion after specified conditions were met. Paying the full amount before an OpenAI initial public offering turns a conditional commitment into real equity risk. The broader February partnership also carries a much larger commercial channel. AWS became the exclusive third-party cloud distributor for OpenAI Frontier, while OpenAI committed to consume roughly 2 gigawatts of Trainium capacity. The companies also expanded an existing $38 billion AWS agreement by $100 billion over eight years.
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That makes Amazon's investment more than just a wager on OpenAI's private valuation. It can drive AWS utilization, establish Trainium inside frontier-model workloads and put OpenAI products in front of enterprise customers. Amazon's Q2 2026 numbers show the capacity to absorb the bet: AWS revenue rose 37% to $42.2 billion, and total operating income increased 43% to $27.5 billion.
The cost is material. Amazon raised planned 2026 capital spending to $220 billion, while trailing free cash flow swung to a $7.6 billion outflow. A $50 billion private stake adds valuation and liquidity risk just as infrastructure spending consumes cash. Insider Monkey's database showed 353 hedge funds holding Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) at the end of Q1 2026, down from 381 in Q4 2025.

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