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Ben Fawkes

New Jersey

Senior Sports Betting Analyst at Yahoo Sports

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Articles

  • 2025-26 NBA Rookie of the Year odds: Cooper Flagg opens as overwhelming favorite

    3 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ben Fawkes

    The Dallas Mavericks won the NBA lottery on May 12, and it was pretty clear from that date on they'd take Duke star forward Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 overall pick in 2025 NBA Draft. And that's exactly what they did Wednesday night at Barclays Center in New York. Flagg will play on a Mavericks team that will be waiting a good chunk of the season for the return of Kyrie Irving from a torn ACL.

  • Jake Paul vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fight odds: Jake Paul is a huge favorite in Saturday's bout

    4 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ben Fawkes

    Jake Paul is back in the ring Saturday to take on Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., and the former YouTube star is once again a big favorite. Paul's last fight was on Netflix in November against former champion Mike Tyson. Paul won via unanimous decision. Paul is a -600 favorite at BetMGM to win the fight, with Chavez a sizable +450 underdog. Despite those odds, the betting public has been siding with Chavez, with 85.5% of wagers and nearly 96% of the money wagered on the underdog at BetMGM.

  • 2025 NBA Mock Draft: Top 10 picks based on the betting odds

    5 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ben Fawkes

    The 2025 NBA Draft begins on Wednesday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and there is little doubt about who the No. 1 overall pick will be when the Dallas Mavericks go on the clock. They are widely expected to take Duke forward Cooper Flagg, and the oddsmakers agree, as Flagg is a -10000 favorite (bet $100 to win $1) at BetMGM to go No. 1. For Yahoo Sports NBA draft analyst Kevin O'Connor's latest NBA mock draft, click here.

  • NBA Finals odds: 1 bettor wagered $8 million (!) on the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the title

    6 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ben Fawkes

    The Oklahoma City Thunder finished off the Indiana Pacers 103-91 in Game 7 on Sunday night, winning the first championship in OKC franchise history and covering as 6.5-point home favorites. While it was an exciting game for fans to watch, one bettor was likely on the edge of his seat throughout. And it wasn't even the BetMGM bettor in Nevada who had wagered $1.05 million on the Thunder at -700 odds to win $150,000.

  • 2025-26 NBA Finals odds: Oklahoma City Thunder open as biggest title favorites since Kevin Durant-Steph Curry Warriors

    6 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ben Fawkes

    The Oklahoma City Thunder just won their first NBA championship, beating the Indiana Pacers 103-91 Sunday night in Game 7 to cap off a dominant season. Oddsmakers don't think the Thunder are one-hit wonders, either. AdvertisementOklahoma City opened as a +240 favorite to win the 2025-26 NBA title at BetMGM, the shortest preseason odds for any team since the 2018-19 Golden State Warriors — a team that was an odds-on favorite (-245) to win the championship, according to Sports Odds History.

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