- The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major qualifiers have begun, and the Road to Rio is one of the biggest ones.
- Nicaragua brings basketball action to the betting slate today as part of the Torneo Carlos Ulloa.
- Belarus, known at the moment for its soccer, brings Futsal to the betting slate today instead.
LAS VEGAS - Today’s edition of the Daily Sports Betting Preview covers a mixed bag of traditional sports and esports.
First, the Preview checks in on the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene, as the ESL One Road To Rio competition is underway. After that, the Preview visits Nicaragua, for some basketball action in Nicaragua’s Torneo Carlos Ulloa.
Finally, the Preview covers some Belarusian futsal, which is ongoing, just like Belarusian soccer.
ESL Road To Rio Betting
The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament scene is organized around tournaments known as Majors, which are ran by various entities.
ESL is an esports organization and it will be running one of the Majors for 2020, as it often does.
The ESL Road to Rio is how teams qualify for this Major tournament, making it one of the more important qualifying events of the 2020 CS:GO season.
Moreover, the volume of play in this tournament is quite high, making it a good introduction to esports betting and CS:GO in particular.
Over the next four days, there are more than 30 separate matches in the first of the qualifying rounds of the Road to Rio competition.
Today features some of the best teams in the world going up against one another, such as Team Vitality’s match against Ninjas in Pyjamas.
Vitality is a -145 favorite in that match, while NIP clocks in with the slightest of underdog odds at +115.
On the match line, which works similarly to the puck line in hockey betting, Vitality (-1.5) has +200 odds, while NIP (+1.5) has -265 odds.
The Over/Under line for this match, as with most best of three CS:GO matches, is set at 2.5. This effectively makes it a bet on whether the match will end 2-0 or 2-1.
The Over is a mild underdog with -105 odds, while the Under boasts -120 odds.
This is only one of the many matches today featuring some of the best teams in professional CS:GO. This competition is well worth checking out. While some esports betting events might be hard to follow. CS:GO is one of the easiest games to grasp.
Torneo Carlos Ulloa Betting
Nicaragua is one of the few countries that is still running professional sports in some capacity and there are two games of basketball to be played today.
This is welcome news to many basketball bettors who have been starved of action as of late due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
These basketball games will be played as part of the Torneo Carlos Ulloa, a national tournament in tribute to Ulloa. Both of the games start at 8:00 p.m. EST on April 22, 2020.
In the first game, Masatape is a monstrous underdog to Tipitapa. Tipitapa is favored by a whopping 18.5 points on the spread.
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On the moneyline, Tipitapa is -2500, while Masatape is +900, which honestly seems a bit low for a game in which the spread is as large as this one.
The Over/Under for the game is set at 144.5 points, with some slight shading toward the Over, which has -120 odds while the Under has -110 odds.
In the second game, Real Esteli clashes with Costa Caribe. Esteli is a mild favorite, with the spread favoring them by 5.5 points.
On the moneyline, Costa Caribe are set at +175 odds, while Real Esteli are -240 favorites in the match.
The Over/Under line for this match is set at 143.5 points, with similar shading towards the Over as in the last match - the Over has -120 odds while the Under has -110 odds.
Belarusian Futsal Betting
Belarus has become famous in recent days for being one of the very few places on earth not to close their major sports leagues in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Most of the attention at most online sportsbooks has been focused on Belarusian soccer, or football as it is known across the world to non-Americans.
However, the country also continues to run its futsal tournaments, and there are two futsal matches in the Mogilev Championship today.
In the first match, Dreams takes on Neo-System-BCH in what looks to be a closely contested match.
Dreams enter the match as underdogs by 0.5 points on the spread. It is worth noting that there is some shading towards them, however, with Dreams (+0.5) having -125 odds.
On the moneyline, Dreams are slight underdogs with +175 odds to win compared to Neo’s -125 odds. A draw has +400 odds.
The Over/Under line for the match is set at 7.5 goals, with very significant shading towards the Over. The Over has -150 odds while the Under has +105 odds.
In the second match, Arsenal Mogilev takes on Mogilevliftmash. Arsenal are very significant favorites in this match, with a whopping -3.5 spread in their favor.
On the moneyline, Arsenal boast -600 odds while Mogilevliftmash check in with +575 odds. A draw has +650 odds.
The Over/Under line for this match is set at 10.5 goals, with notable shading towards the Over. Over 10.5 has -140 odds, while Under 10.5 has -105 odds.
Overall, today is an excellent day for sports betting, with a lot of different opportunities for those who know where to look.
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