The best sports betting sites in North Carolina 2023

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Boom Fantasy

This DFs provider is available on the App Store and won the ‘Best Fantasy Sports App’ award in 2018. There are DFS games for all major leagues, alongside a game where you answer multiple questions on a major sporting event. If you get all your questions right, then you get a chance to win a large cash prize.

ESPN Fantasy

Offering a season-long fantasy sports game, ESPN Fantasy lets you act as a franchise owner and choose players within a budget. The better those athletes perform, the more points you get. Prizes are available at the end of the season for the very best teams, and you can play in leagues with friends or compete in platform-wide competitions.

Yahoo Fantasy

You’ll find DFS games across the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL at Yahoo Fantasy which you can play with its user-friendly app. There are also expert guides and tips to get the edge over other DFS players.

Basketball (NBA)

North Carolina is home to the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets, which play to crowds of 19,000 at the Spectrum Centre in Charlotte. Founded in 1988, the team temporarily left Charlotte in 2002 when it relocated to New Orleans before reappearing as an expansion franchise under the ‘Bobcat’ name in 2004. Under the ownership of Michael Jordan, the team renamed and acquired the history of the former Hornets team in 2014.

Michael Jordan, considered the greatest basketball player of all time, was born in North Carolina and played college basketball with the North Carolina Tar Heels for three years. Jordan won six NBA Championships, being awarded finals MVP each time and five NBA regular season MVPs. He also led the Tar Heels to an NCAA Tournament Championship in 1982.

Football (NFL)

North Carolina is represented in the NFL by the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers play to 75,000 fans at the Bank of America Stadium in black, blue, and silver team colors. Despite appearing in the Super Bowl twice, having won the NFC in 2003 and 2015, the team has never lifted the Lombardi trophy. The Panthers are not without success, historically being the second most successful team in the NFC South since its inception in 2002 with five titles.

The Panthers are partnered with Harrah’s Cherokee Casino, where you can go and place bets on the NFL at Caesars Sportsbook.

Golf

North Carolina is a famous location for golf, hosting the iconic Pinehurst Resort course and acting as an annual stop for the PGA Tour. PGA Tour competitions include the Wells Fargo Championship at the Quail Hollow Club and the Wyndham Championship alternating between Greensboro clubs. You can visit Caesars and wager on all major golf competitions with outrights available well in advance. Caesars is partnered with PGA Michigan, and you’ll find particularly generous odds for these tournaments.

Pinehurst Resort has hosted three US Open Championships (the last of which was in 2014), one PGA Championship, one US Women’s Championship, and the 1951 Ryder Cup.

Ice Hockey (NHL)

The NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes became the first major league sports team in North Carolina to win a national championship. The Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup in 2006 in the team’s second final. The franchise suffered a rough patch in the 2010s with a lack of investment and attendances, causing performances to drop. There were rumors that the franchise was considering relocation, but these were ended by Tom Dundon’s purchase of the team in 2018.

The team won back-to-back divisions in 2021 and 2022 under 2021 NHL Jack Adams Award-winning coach Rod Brind’Amour. The franchise has previously voiced its support for sports betting, with plans to launch a sportsbook in its PNC Arena.

NASCAR

North Carolina is well renowned as the capital of NASCAR, with more than 80% of NASCAR racing teams based in the state. While it now only has one track on the NASCAR circuit, the Charlotte Motor Speedway is commonly referred to as “America’s Home for Racing.” With most NASCAR teams located nearby, the track hosts three NASCAR Cup Series events to crowds as large as 167,000. You can bet on local NASCAR events or races further afield at the two Caesars sportsbooks.

The state is also home to many of the sport’s most famous drivers and families like the Allisons, Earnhardts, Jarretts, Pettys, Waltrips, and notable individuals such as Junior Johnson and Dale Jarrett.

Soccer (MLS)

Charlotte FC, owned by Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper, is an expansion franchise in the Major League Soccer, the country’s top flight of the game. The newly-formed club played its first game on February 26, 2022. The team plays at a reconfigured Bank of America Stadium, the home of the Carolina Panthers, receiving the highest ever MLS attendance when 74,479 spectators attended the first home game against LA Galaxy.

The team has the second highest attendance for the 2022 season with an average of 39,00 fans. Caesars Sportsbooks at local land-based casinos offers moneylines, totals, and players props on most MLS games.

NCAA Football

There is plenty of Division I FBS representation in North Carolina, with seven teams playing at this level. That includes the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, the smallest school to ever play in the Bowl Championship Series. Only two other Division I FBS schools have a smaller enrollment than this ACC Conference Championship-winning program.

The other six Division I teams are the Appalachian State Mountaineers, Charlotte 49ers, Duke Blue Devils, East Carolina Pirates, NC State Wolfpack, and North Carolina Tar Heels. College sports betting is legal in the Tarheel State, and you can wager on in-state teams like the Demon Deacons.

NCAA Basketball

Basketball is one of the most popular sports in North Carolina, and three of the 15 teams with the most NCAA Tournament wins hail from NC. No other state has more. The Duke Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels share one of the bitterest rivalries in sports (voted the #2 sporting rivalry ever by Sports Illustrated in 2003). The Tar Heels have won the third most NCAA Tournament Championships of all times with six. The Devils are five-time NCAA winners, and six-time runners-up, with 71 former players selected in the NBA Draft. 36 of these players have been named All-Americans, and 11 have been named National Player of the Year.

Aside from this rivalry, the North Carolina State Wolfpack has also won two NCAA Tournaments. There are 18 Division I basketball programs in the state you can wager on by visiting a retail sportsbook. Caesars offers all its customers' special bonuses and odds boosts during March Madness.

Formula One

While North Carolina does not host any F1 races, it is the base of operations for America’s only F1 team Haas. You can bet on most Grand Prix by visiting a Caesars Sportsbook at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort and Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River. Haas performed poorly in the 2021 season and lost its main sponsor and one of its drivers, Nikita Mazepin, before the 2022 season started. However, Haas bounced back in 2022 with its first double-point finish at the 2022 British GP.