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Sports Betting in October 2026

October is when football season really finds its rhythm. The NFL passes the quarter mark early in the month, and with a few weeks of results in the books it’s a great time to revisit your weekly picks and season-long futures. College football conference play is in full swing as well, giving college football betting fans a packed Saturday slate every week.

October belongs to postseason baseball. The MLB playoffs opened with the Wild Card Series on September 29th and the Division Series got underway on October 3rd. The League Championship Series begin on October 11th, and the World Series is set to start on Friday, October 23rd, with a potential Game 7 on Halloween. Every pitch matters this time of year, making it the best month of the season for MLB betting.

Hockey and basketball are back this month too. The NHL got started early this year, dropping the puck on September 29th as the league moves to an 84-game schedule for the first time since the 1993-94 season. Canadian hockey fans can circle October 25th, when the Winnipeg Jets host the Montreal Canadiens outdoors in the Heritage Classic. Check out our NHL betting guide to get started. The NBA tips off on Tuesday, October 20th with an opening night tripleheader headlined by the defending champion New York Knicks raising their banner against LeBron James and the Philadelphia 76ers. It’s the perfect time to lock in your NBA betting futures before the season gets rolling.

Horse racing saves its biggest weekend of the year for the end of the month, as the Breeders’ Cup World Championships return to Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky on October 30th and 31st. Fourteen Grade 1 races worth more than $34 million in purses and awards are on the card, capped by the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday, October 31st.

The UEFA Champions League league phase returns with two matchdays this month, on October 13th and 14th and again on October 20th and 21st. The standout fixtures include Manchester City vs. Paris Saint-Germain on October 14th, Paris Saint-Germain vs. Barcelona on October 20th, and Bayern Munich vs. Arsenal on October 21st. Meanwhile, the title races in the Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga keep heating up every weekend.

Ian will have his picks for the month’s notable boxing cards, headlined by Daniel Dubois vs. Fabio Wardley 2 for the WBO heavyweight title in London on October 17th and Saul Alvarez challenging Christian Mbilli for the WBC super middleweight title in Riyadh on October 31st. The UFC heads to Edmonton on October 17th for Joaquin Buckley vs. Mike Malott, then to Abu Dhabi for UFC 333 on October 24th, where Alexander Volkanovski defends his featherweight title against Movsar Evloev and Kayla Harrison meets Amanda Nunes for the women’s bantamweight title.

All told, October 2026 is one of the busiest months of the year to be a sports bettor.