School is winding down and so are many sports’ seasons, but there’s still plenty to bet on and so plenty to discuss for the crew at “Bayou Bets,” the twice-weekly local sports betting show on Bet.NOLA.com.
For Thursday’s edition, that included placing some bets for the Preakness Stakes on Saturday — host Jim Derry, who won big on the Kentucky Derby, has an exact box he’s playing — and picking winners in the NBA playoffs.
While host Zach Ewing thought there were reasons to be optimistic for both the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals, Jim had a different take. They also made their predictions for the Eastern Conference finals, in which the upstart Miami Heat surprised the Boston Celtics in Game 1.
Also discussed: Why this is such a big weekend for the LSU baseball team, which is still the second favorite to win the national title, and live odds at the PGA Championship, where some big names struggling on Day 1 may be reason to place some long-shot live bets.
The show is sponsored by Caesars Sportsbook, official odds partner of The Advocate and Times-Picayune, and airs live at 4 p.m. every Monday and Thursday on the Bayou Bets YouTube channel.
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