Desperate sports bettors are turning to table tennis and presidential debates as cancellations drag on

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Desperate sports bettors are turning to table tennis and presidential debates as cancellations drag on
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Online bookmakers are getting more creative, turning to table tennis and presidential debates as coronavirus cancellations drag on.

Sites like FanDuel and DraftKings are offering expanded bets, such as so-called "over/unders" on the number of players drafted from a certain college -- there's so little going on, they've had time to get comfortable doing the research to set odds around these more obscure bets, Millman said.

"Who would think that people would bet on table tennis point by point, in-game wagering, how many games they're going to play, how many sets they're going to go?" Avello said. "That's the biggest phenomenon that's I've seen out of everything we've done so far." All sportsbooks are somewhat limited on what they can offer because gambling odds and categories have to be approved by gambling regulation entities before they can go live to the public. DraftKings' out-of-the-box bets have to be free, though winners can get actual money to spend on the site.

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