This week Sharapan is joined by Dan Back of RotoGrinders.com. They talk about how sports betting has grown with fantasy sports. The guys also spend some time discussing futures betting, innovation in regulated sports betting and if exchanges will work in the US.

5. 'Get a Grip': What is Sports Betting Innovation, Futures Betting & Booking

Get A Grip is co-hosted by 20-year sportsbook veteran Dave Sharapan and Sports Handle Editor-in-Chief Brett Smiley. The duo talk about sports betting, the industry, and a lot of other stuff: the game of life with the memorable and embarrassing experiences of betting men. We’re not talking picks!

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Last Friday’s news dump about Aaron Rodgers’ possible retirement from football sent some sportsbooks spinning: what to do with win total and futures markets? Sharapan explains how some shops “book defensively” and shares tales about bag men looking to bet big... when they must have known something… and did. Then with an eye toward a big roster of sportsbooks for Arizona’s opening day, the fellas wonder, how many accounts/apps does the average guy have, and how many are funded? And we’re itching for some football. But booking preseason point totals? Brutal.

14. Aaron Rodgers Speculation Spells Betting Madness; All Aboard In Arizona!

Eric Raskin from US Bets joins to break down boxing’s status and reveals that he’s dropping a big bet on the Errol Spence-Manny Pacquiao fight. Dan is frustrated with limitations on parlay betting, so Dave explains why sportsbooks simply don’t or can’t allow most correlated parlays. Discussion of live golf betting, why Olympics betting doesn’t move the needle, and finally some words on the rise of best ball for fantasy football.

13. Easy Money In Spence-Pacquiao?; Why Correlated Parlays Don’t Fly; Olympics Betting Doesn’t Move Needle

Sports Handle reporter Matt Rybaltowski joins to explain the cryptic New York road map. The guys then predict who will be in and out of the enormous NYS market.  Sharapan and Back then share observations from the road, from the physical sportsbook experience to the value of Face ID technology.

12: New York Sports Betting 'Matrix' Explained; Dan & Dave's Vacation Betting Takes

Dan Back welcomes ESPN's David Purdum on the podcast to talk about sports betting three years post PASPA.  What are sharp bettors role in US regulated betting, will a betting exchange actually work in the US & thoughts on the Parlay Patz sentence.

11.  Interview w/ ESPN's David Purdum on future of books, sharps, betting exchanges & bad apples

In this week' episode Dan Back is joined by Sports Handle Editor in Chief Brett Smiley to discuss the new laws passed in Canada around sports bettting.  Dan talks about an aggravating experience in mobile betting in multiple states....what do DraftKings and FanDuel have cooking in FL...and news and notes around Maine, Washington DC, and karaoke.

5. 'Get a Grip': What is Sports Betting Innovation, Futures Betting & Booking

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