LA is betting central with money on the Lakers and Clippers as the NBA playoffs begin

The Lakers often attract large betting interest anyway, but the controversial midseason trade that landed Luka Doncic from Dallas has people emptying their bank accounts to put money on Los Angeles. BetMGM trading manager Halvor Egeland said 99% of the bets on the Lakers' opening-round NBA playoffs series against Minnesota is on LA. "It's pretty much all Lakers money coming in so far in the series," Egeland said.