{"id":433517,"date":"2026-09-12T03:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T03:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/433517\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T03:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T03:50:11","slug":"how-texans-can-legally-make-draftkings-picks-on-texas-ohio-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/433517\/","title":{"rendered":"How Texans can legally make DraftKings picks on Texas-Ohio State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the longest time DraftKings fans in Texas had to settle for playing fantasy sports if they wanted to make a quick buck off their favorite athletes. Now with DraftKings Predictions\u00a0available nationwide, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/sports\/article\/texas-transfers-delivered-the-big-plays-for-the-22419945.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Texas football fanatics<\/a> have a new way to score quick cash, if they win of course.<\/p>\n<p>There is no bigger matchup than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/sports\/article\/sec-this-week-no-4-texas-hosts-no-1-buckeyes-22425164.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Texas vs. Ohio State<\/a> heading into week two of the 2026 college football season. The No. 1 ranked Buckeyes head to Austin to take on the No. 4 ranked Longhorns in a rematch from last year&#8217;s 14-7 win for Ohio State. With the arrival of DraftKings, Texas&#8217; sports fanatics won&#8217;t have to fly to Las Vegas or Lake Charles to place their bets. Wondering how much you can make? Here&#8217;s a rundown.<\/p>\n<p>DraftKings Predictions gives Texas a 54% chance to win, while Ohio State has a 49% chance. If you bet $100, a Texas win would pay out 178, while an Ohio State win would pay out $196.<\/p>\n<p>Not wanting to pick a winner? If you bet $100 that Texas and Ohio State will combine for more than 48.5 points, you&#8217;ll win $175. While if you bet $100 that the game will see less than 48.5 points scored, you&#8217;ll win $200.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, if you vote on the spread, a $100 bet that the game will be decided by more than 1.5 points will pay out $188. However a $100 bet that the game will be decided by less than 1.5 points will pay out $192.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the DraftKings Predictions\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/predictions.draftkings.com\/en\/event\/ohio-state-%40-texas\/34226011\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">here<\/a> to mix and match all the betting combos to your hearts desire.<\/p>\n<p>Texas and Ohio State officially kick off at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, September 12.<\/p>\n<p>DraftKings Predictions is legal in Texas as each &#8220;bet&#8221; is classified as a financial exchange contract, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/prediction-markets\/texas\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">according to AL.com<\/a>. Those contracts are bought and sold by users, rather than with a traditional sports bookmaker. Financial exchange contracts are regulated at the federal level by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), allowing them to bypass state regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Texans are still unable to use DraftKings Sportsbook as by state law traditional sports gambling is illegal under Texas Penal Code 47.02.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the longest time DraftKings fans in Texas had to settle for playing fantasy sports if they wanted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433518,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[87602,820,30030,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-433517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-mysasports","tag-mysastaff","tag-mysatx","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}