One of the best things about being a customer with bet365 Sport is that you know every day of the year, you are going to be able to log in and enjoy a wealth of different sports betting options from a variety of events, tournaments, matches and more played all over the world.
- Forthcoming Big Sports Betting Events In 2023
- 27th to 29th January – 2023 PDC Cazoo Masters
- January 29th & February 12th – NFL Conference Championships & Super Bowl LVII
- February 4th to 18th March – Guinness Rugby Six Nations
- February 14th to May/June – UEFA Club Competitions Return
- March 9th to March 12th – The Players Championship Golf Tournament
- March 12th – April 3rd – NCAAB March Madness Tournament
- March 14th to March 17th – The Cheltenham Festival
But there is no doubt that there are some events in the sporting calendar which are more enticing for a sports betting fan than others, and in this article, we are going to take a look at a number of these massive sporting occasions which are due to take place over the next few months.
These will be events from across a wide range of sports, but they will all be tournaments, meetings, matches or similar that will certainly attract a good number of punters into making one or more bets.
Forthcoming Big Sports Betting Events In 2023
27th to 29th January – 2023 PDC Cazoo Masters
Starting Friday, 24 of the best players in the PDC will head to the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes to participate in one of the biggest non-raking events of the year, the Cazoo Masters.
Joe Cullen will defend the title he won last year after he beat Dave Chisnall 11-9 in an exciting final.
The top eight players in the PDC Order of Merit receive a bye through to the second round of the tournament, with the other 16 players facing each other in the first round.
Michael Smith, the newly crowned World Champion and World Number 1 is the top seed with Peter Wright the second seed and Michael van Gerwen the third.
The winner will take home £65,000 of the £275,000 prize pool for the tournament.
The first round and second round take place on Friday and Saturday this week and are the best of 11 and 19 legs respectively.
The quarterfinals (best of 19 legs), semi finals and final (both best of 21 legs) will all take place throughout Sunday.
Bet365 is already offering a wide range of bets for the tournament with Michael van Gerwen the 9/4 favourite to win the trophy ahead of top seed Michael Smith who is a 4/1 shot.
January 29th & February 12th – NFL Conference Championships & Super Bowl LVII
This coming weekend sees both the NFC and AFC Conference Championship games taking place as the NFL season comes to its conclusion.
In the first game of the weekend on Sunday, the top two seeds from the playoffs the second seeds San Francisco 49ers will take on the top seeds Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field in the city of Brotherly Love.
Then we move onto the AFC Conference Championship game which pits the same two teams that contested the game last season against each other as the Kansas City Chiefs (seeded 1st) take on the third seeds Cincinnati Bengals at Arrowhead Stadium.
Bet365 is already offering extensive betting on each of these games.
Once the winners of the two Conference Championship games are known, the teams will then have two weeks before Super Bowl LVII takes place in Glendale Arizona where the chance to follow the Los Angeles Rams into the record books will be on offer for the lucky winners.
Bet365 will be offering extensive pre-match and In Play betting on both Conference Championship games and the Super Bowl.
February 4th to 18th March – Guinness Rugby Six Nations
Five weeks of exciting northern hemisphere rugby union action gets underway in early February with the first round of matches in the Six Nations tournament.
Holders France and the Number 1 ranked team in the world, Ireland, will be the hot favourites to take the trophy in a tournament that is not only huge in its own right, but which also serves as a crucial build up for the Rugby World Cup in France, which takes place later in the year.
With several of the teams having new coaches ahead of the tournament, it is going to be hugely interesting to see how each performs in what is a pivotal year for them.
Fixtures for each week are shown below:
- Week 1 – Wales v Ireland, England v Scotland, Italy v France
- Week 2 – Ireland v France, Scotland v Wales, England v Italy
- Week 3 – Italy v Ireland, Wales v England, France v Scotland
- Week 4 – Italy v Wales, England v France, Scotland v Ireland
- Week 5 – Scotland v Italy, France v Wales, Ireland v England
Bet365 Sport already has plenty of markets available for the Six Nations and in the outright winner market, Ireland are the 11/8 favourites just ahead of France on 7/4 with England 4/1, Wales 10/1, Scotland 18/1 and Italy the 500/1 outsiders.
February 14th to May/June – UEFA Club Competitions Return
From the 14th February, the Champions League, Europa League and the Europa Conference League are back with the first of each competitions knockout phases.
The Champions League kicks things off with a huge clash between Paris St Germain and Bayern Munich, while on the same night, Tottenham will travel to Italy to take on AC Milan.
The following night, Chelsea take on Borussia Dortmund in Germany, while Club Brugge and Benfica clash in Belgium.
On the 21st February, Eintracht Frankfurt and Napoli meet up in Germany before we have a re-run of last year’s final as Liverpool host Real Madrid at Anfield.
We then finish on the 22nd February with Inter Milan v FC Porto and Manchester City’s trip to Red Bull Leipzig in Germany.
You can find plenty of betting on all the three cup competitions and the matches played in them over the next few months at bet365 Sport.
March 9th to March 12th – The Players Championship Golf Tournament
Viewed by many professionals as the Fifth Major, the Players Championship returns to Jacksonville and the famous TPC Sawgrass course with the top ranking US PGA and DP World Tour players amongst those competing.
While players from Asian, African and Australian tours will also compete, there will not be any LIV Golf Tour players in the field, due to the ongoing ban on these players entering USPGA sanctioned events.
Jon Rahm, who has started the season in superb form, is the 9/1 favourite to win the event, with Rory McIlroy close behind at 10/1. Justin Thomas is rated the best of the American contenders at 16/1.
All those early prices are available right now with bet365 Sport.
March 12th – April 3rd – NCAAB March Madness Tournament
The biggest month in the college Basketball calendar in the United States kicks off on 12th March with Selection Sunday, when the teams set to compete in March Madness will be finalised by the selection committee.
The action then begins in earnest on the 14th March with the First Four preliminary games.
The First Round will take place on the 16th & 17th March, followed quickly by the second round on the 18th and 19th.
The Sweet 16 round will be contested on the 23rd and 24th March, followed by the Elite Eight on the 25th & 26th.
Finally we hit the Final Four on the 1st April, with the NCAA Championship game slated for April 3.
So if you love your US College basketball, then March Madness is the time for you to enjoy the betting on offer on this huge event at bet365.
March 14th to March 17th – The Cheltenham Festival
Four days of the best national hunt racing of the year signals the start of the racing season in earnest for many and the Cheltenham Festival is always a massive event, both for punters as well as bookmakers too.
With several Grade 1 races, including the Cheltenham Gold Cup, to be contested, including four on the opening day of the festival, all the top hurdlers and jumpers will be in attendance in what is always a massive week for horse racing enthusiasts.
The schedule for some of the top races on each day is as follows:
- Tue 14th – Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, Arkle Challenge Trophy, Champion Hurdle, David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle
- Wed 15th – Baring Bingham Novices’ Hurdle, Brown Advisory Novices Chase, Queen Mother Champion Chase, Coral Cup
- Thu 16th – Golden Miller Novices’ Chase, Festival Trophy, Stayers’ Hurdle
- Fri 17th – Triumph Hurdle, Spa Novices’ Hurdle, Cheltenham Gold Cup
Bet365 is already taking ante-post bets on many races for Cheltenham which can be found in that section of the website.
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