Michigan Approves Academy Awards Betting; DraftKings, PointsBet Post Oscars Odds
The Michigan Gaming Control Board has approved wagering on the Academy Awards. Oscars betting in Michigan now makes for three US states to allow to bet on the winners.
DraftKings first posted Oscars odds for the April 25 show, which likely won’t draw the amount of attention of prior years because of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on the entertainment industry. There are less than two weeks left to wager before the 93rd Academy Awards, which will air at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
PointsBet posted Oscars odds too, for the best picture category by the close of business Monday.
The Oscars were previously available for wagers in New Jersey and Indiana. New Jersey was the first state to approve legal Academy Awards wagering in 2019, and Indiana added Oscars betting last year. As recently as last week, it was appearing that Michigan was not going to be able to approve odds for the telecast in time for the show.
But this is a welcome plot twist.
For the third consecutive year, there will be no host for the Oscars telecast. Director Steven Soderbergh will produce the show.
What Oscars categories can you bet on?
According to the MGCB, 23 categories have been approved for Oscars betting in Michigan:
- Best actor
- Best actress
- Best adapted screenplay
- Best animated feature
- Best animated short
- Best cinematography
- Best costume design
- Best director
- Best documentary feature
- Best documentary short subject
- Best film editing
- Best international feature film
- Best live action short
- Best makeup/hairstyling
- Best original score
- Best original screenplay
- Best original song
- Best picture
- Best production design
- Best sound
- Best supporting actor
- Best supporting actress
- Best visual effects
Who are the Oscars front-runners?
Nomadland and director Chloe Zhao are heavy favorites to win big on Oscars night, according to DraftKings.
Late actor Chadwick Boseman is the runaway favorite for best actor for his role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at -2500.
Zhao has similarly overwhelming odds in her favor for Nomadland, which leads the best picture nominees at -670.
The best actress field is more level, with Carey Mulligan of Promising Young Women (+125) edging Viola Davis of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (+180) as the odds-on choice.
Here are the odds posted at DraftKings on Monday for major categories.
Best picture:
- Nomadland: -670
- The Trial of the Chicago 7: +650
- Promising Young Woman: +1400
- Minari: +1400
- Mank: +2800
- Judas and the Black Messiah: +3000
- Sound of Metal: +5000
- The Father: +8000
Best director:
- Chloe Zhao, Nomadland, -2500
- David Fincher, Mank: +1000
- Lee Isaac Chung, Minari: +1400
- Emerald Fenell, Promising Young Woman: +1700
- Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round: +2000
Best actor:
- Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom: -2500
- Anthony Hopkins, The Father: +800
- Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal: +1400
- Steven Yeun, Minari: +2000
- Gary Oldman, Mank: +2500
Best actress:
- Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman: +125
- Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom: +180
- Frances McDormand, Nomadland: +350
- Andra Day, The United States Vs. Billie Holiday: +600
- Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman: +1400
PointsBet also favors Nomadland for best picture
PointsBet added a best picture market on Monday afternoon, also favoring Nomadland to win the statue.
Here were the PointsBet best picture odds:
- Nomadland: -527
- The Trial of the Chicago 7: +700
- Promising Young Woman: +1000
- Minari: +1600
- Judas and the Black Messiah: +2500
- Mank: +4000
- Sound of Metal: +5000
- The Father: +8000
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