Each Thursday, Sports Handle recaps all the top sports betting news in Canada , highlights the Game of the Week, and takes a look ahead at some of the most intriguing games to bet on over the weekend. Our top Canadian sports stories this week
Event of the week
U.S. Open
There’s a major buzz surrounding this year’s U.S. Open, which will be the last tournament of Serena Williams’ career. The legendary tennis star, who plans to retire after the event, knocked off No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2 in the second round on Wednesday to ensure that she will play at least one more singles match in her illustrious career, which includes 23 Grand Slam titles. After ousting No. 2 seed Kontaveit, @serenawilliams ‘ moved to 18/1 @FDSportsbook to win the @usopen . Prior to tonight’s win, #Serena had odds of 40/1 to win the tourney in her #USOpen swansong. Swiatek is still the favorite at +300, followed by Coco (+900) and Sabalenka (+1200) pic.twitter.com/JVtJk6u0Cx — Matt Rybaltowski (@MattRybaltowski) September 1, 2022 But there are are also several Canadians off to blistering starts at the Open.
Bianca Andreescu, the 2019 U.S. Open women’s champion, earned an impressive 6-2, 6-4 second-round win over 15th-seed Beatriz Haddad Maia on Wednesday night. She’ll now face France’s Caroline Garcia (-142) and is a small underdog (+118) in that match.
Earlier Wednesday, British Columbia ‘s Rebecca Marino advanced to the third round with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over Ukraine’s Daria Snigur. She’s drawn China’s Zhang Shuai (-184) and is a +152 underdog in that matchup.
*Tennis odds courtesy of FanDuel . Reaction to Ontario’s revenue report
Earlier this week, regulators released Ontario ‘s first revenue report. There, it was revealed that Ontarians wagered more than $4 billion (CAD) and the new regulated market produced $162 million total iGaming revenue — from iCasino, online sports betting, and online poker — for the period of April 4-June 30. ($1 CAD is currently equal to $0.76 USD.)
The early numbers are drawing mixed reactions online, with many American reporters and media outlets describing them as […]
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