The Week 16 NFL schedule begins with a crucial Thursday Night Football showdown between the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams. Those teams are tied for first place in the NFC West and the NFC, with the Rams listed as 1.

Prediction markets like Kalshi and Underdog may offer significant tax advantages over sports betting under the IRS 60/40 rule.

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This is the most basic way to wager on any game. You are betting on the winner between the two teams, and the sportsbooks base the odds on the percentage chance that one team is expected to win. The favorite has a minus sign next to its number and the underdog has a plus sign, which also lets you know how much you would win.

Missouri’s launch of legal sports betting this week has drawn attention well beyond the state’s borders, as regulators and leagues watch how its strict rules on proposition bets interact with a fast-growing but harder-to-track crypto gambling scene.

Preview the Dec 17 matchup between the Xavier Musketeers and Creighton Bluejays with how to watch, tv channel info, predictions, odds, over/under, spread, betting lines and more.

Michael Leboff is a long-suffering Islanders fan, but a long-profiting sports bettor with 10 years of experience in the gambling industry. He loves using game theory to help punters win bracket pools, find long shots, and learn how to beat the market in mainstream and niche sports.