Radio's First Sports Talk & Betting Show Set to Debut

RADIO ONLINE | Friday, July 26, 2019 | 2:18pm CT

Tom Barton

Sports Garten Network's "Wanna Bet?!" debuted in September, 2018 in New York, making it the first sports talk and betting show on terrestrial radio. Now, "Wanna Bet?!" has joined the Envision Networks lineup, as the four-hour daily show will debut next week in Chicago, Las Vegas, Richmond and Paducah-Cape Girard. Hosted by Tom Barton, a respected sports handicapper, the show offers listeners entertaining sports/talk with an inside look at the analysis and news they need to gain an edge on wagering intelligence.

"The time is now for sports talk to reach an audience craving not just wagering news but knowledgeable information. The response to what we're doing is phenomenal," said Barton. "Radio is ripe for a transition from arguing hosts and home team bias to important decision-making information and guests whose opinions are not only entertaining but informative. This is a game changer."

The program features interviews with such sports figures, writers and wagering professionals as Jim McMahon, Vince Papale, Ryan Leaf, Jane Leavy and sports book directors Jay Kornegay and Bert Osbourne.

Barton is a well-known sports analyst who has hosted sports programming on national radio outlets and helped build ESPN. He's been a fixture in Las Vegas radio for over 10 year as a sports talk host on Fox Sports. Barton was the original person to legally place a bet in the U.S. outside of Nevada, when he beat out the Governor of Delaware and others vying to be the first.