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Sports Betting in August 2026

With the FIFA World Cup wrapped up in July, the sports calendar resets in August, and for bettors that means the countdown to football season is officially on. The NFL preseason gets underway with the Hall of Fame Game on August 6th (Carolina Panthers vs. Arizona Cardinals), followed by three weeks of exhibition games that run through the end of the month before the regular season kicks off in September. It’s the perfect time to start shaping your Week 1 and season-long futures plays. College football also gets underway this month, with week one of college football betting taking place on August 29th.

The daily action in August belongs to Major League Baseball. With the trade deadline now in the rearview, August is when playoff races tighten up as we head into the September stretch run. It’s a great month for MLB betting.

August is also one of the best months of the year on the horse racing calendar, headlined by Saratoga’s summer meet. The $1 million Whitney Stakes brings together the top older horses on August 8th, and the Travers Stakes, runs on August 29th. North of the border, Canada’s most prestigious race, the $1 million King’s Plate, headlines a big day at Woodbine in Toronto on August 15th as the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown.

The European club soccer schedule kicks off this month as well. Spain’s La Liga gets the jump on August 16th, followed by England’s Premier League on August 21st, then Italy’s Serie A and France’s Ligue 1 on August 23rd, with Germany’s Bundesliga rounding out the group on August 28th. After a summer dominated by the international game, the return of club football gives bettors a full slate of matches to dig into every weekend.

Ian will have his picks for the month’s notable boxing cards, including Teofimo Lopez vs Rolando Romero, and the UFC stays busy with its regular slate of Fight Night events throughout the month.

All told, August 2026 is a busy and rewarding month to be a sports bettor.