{"id":1117,"date":"2024-03-27T21:15:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T18:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/espn-anchor-rece-davis-backtracks-sports-betting-comment\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T21:15:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T18:15:20","slug":"espn-anchor-rece-davis-backtracks-sports-betting-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/de\/espn-anchor-rece-davis-backtracks-sports-betting-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN Anchor Rece Davis Backtracks Sports Betting Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Inhaltsverzeichnis<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/de\/espn-anchor-rece-davis-backtracks-sports-betting-comment\/#Davis_Backlash\" title=\"Davis Backlash\">Davis Backlash<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/de\/espn-anchor-rece-davis-backtracks-sports-betting-comment\/#Betting_Should_Be_Entertainment\" title=\"Betting Should Be Entertainment\">Betting Should Be Entertainment<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Rece Davis, a lead sports anchor on <i>ESPN<\/i> and <i>ABC<\/i>, is backtracking sports betting comments he made on Sunday ahead of top-seeded UConn\u2019s second-round March Madness matchup against No. 9 Northwestern. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-315312\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO wp-image-315312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ESPN_Rece_Davis_Football_58942-858x572.jpg\" alt=\"ESPN Rece Davis sports betting\" width=\"858\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ESPN_Rece_Davis_Football_58942-858x572.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ESPN_Rece_Davis_Football_58942-430x287.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ESPN_Rece_Davis_Football_58942-302x200.jpg 302w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ESPN_Rece_Davis_Football_58942-238x158.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ESPN_Rece_Davis_Football_58942-194x128.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ESPN_Rece_Davis_Football_58942.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"text-description\">ESPN\u2019s Rece Davis is walking back comments he made in jest about sports betting being risk-free when an expert like Erin Dolan dishes her picks. Davis says there is, of course, inherent risk in gambling on sports. (Image: <em>AP<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As the line between sports betting and sports analysis continues to blur, Davis welcomed ESPN Bet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/espn-bet-attracting-women-casual-bettors-says-analyst\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sports betting analyst Erin Dolan<\/a> to <em>College GameDay <\/em>\u00a0before Sunday\u2019s slate of games tipped off. Dolan dished her opinions on how to bet the UConn game. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dolan expressed enthusiasm for bettors taking the under on the Wildcats\u2019 60.5-point <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ahead-of-espn-bet-launch-espn-network-ditches-caesars\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">over\/under<\/a>. She reasoned that Northwestern would need to slow the game down to have any chance against UConn. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At the conclusion of the segment, Davis oddly weighed in with his thoughts that anyone who takes Dolan\u2019s advice isn\u2019t gambling, but making a risk-free investment. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>You know what? Some would call this wagering, gambling. The way you\u2019ve sold this, I think it is a risk-free investment,\u201d<\/strong> Davis said. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Connecticut\u2019s men\u2019s basketball team finished the regular season and conference championships as the top-ranked program in the country. The Huskies, the defending national champions, went 28-3 during the regular season, and then won the Big East Tournament. It has sailed through the first two rounds of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/march-madness-expected-to-generate-2b-legal-hoops-bets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NCAA tournament<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;You know what? Some would call this wagering, gambling; the way you&#8217;ve sold this, I think what it is, is a risk-free investment,&#8221; said ESPN&#8217;s Rece Davis after an ESPN Bet segment with Erin Dolan. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/257daMIBON\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/257daMIBON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1771942350568178140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Davis_Backlash\"><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>Davis Backlash<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Davis\u2019 comment, which he said later was made in jest, comes as baseball\u2019s biggest star, Los Angeles Dodgers\u2019 Shohei Ohtani, is on the defense for reportedly paying $4.5 million to cover his longtime friend and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/dodgers-fire-shohei-ohtanis-interpreter-as-gambling-story-becomes-lost-in-translation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">interpreter\u2019s sports gambling debt<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Davis apologized for his sports betting comments in a social media message posted to X. Davis said his remarks came after Dolan\u2019s earlier NCAA March Madness betting picks turned out to be winners.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>I joked the advice was more like \u2018risk-free investing.\u2019 As we all know, such a thing does not exist. Obviously, there are risks,\u201d<\/strong> Davis tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Davis then went on to promote responsible sports betting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThough I\u2019m not a gambler, I strongly encourage those who do partake to do so with prudence, care, caution, fiscal and personal responsibility, and never over-extend. Sports are unpredictable. Wagering is tricky. So let\u2019s agree to manage monetary risks appropriately.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI\u2019m sure most recognized my comment was tongue-in-cheek,\u201d he concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Davis is typically a consummate professional when it comes to calling games and analyzing sports. Davis has been with ESPN since 1995, and has served as host of\u00a0<em> College GameDay <\/em>since 2015. \u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Betting_Should_Be_Entertainment\"><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>Betting Should Be Entertainment<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Responsible gaming experts encourage gamblers and sports bettors to consider wagering as a form of entertainment, not unlike purchasing a concert ticket. <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">GameSense, a leading responsible gaming program developed by the British Columbia Lottery Corporation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/mgm-resorts-bringing-gamesense-program-nfl-stadiums\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">implemented by MGM Resorts<\/a> at its casinos across the United States, tells bettors to educate themselves on how sports betting works and how the house makes the odds in their favor before wagering. GameSense also says bettors should \u201cnever play expecting to make money.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSports knowledge can provide helpful guidance on which potential outcomes are more or less likely to happen. However, don\u2019t be fooled, chance still plays a part. No matter how skilled you might be, you still can\u2019t control all of the factors. Hope to win, but expect to lose,\u201d the GameSense website cautions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cRemember \u2014 you\u2019re playing to have a good time,\u201d GameSense added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/espn-anchor-rece-davis-backtracks-sports-betting-comment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN Anchor Rece Davis Backtracks Sports Betting Comment<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rece Davis, a lead sports anchor on ESPN and ABC, is backtracking sports betting comments he made on Sunday ahead of top-seeded UConn\u2019s second-round March Madness matchup against No. 9 Northwestern. 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