Oscars betting season is well underway as the top online sports betting sites offer odds on who will walk away with the top awards. The Academy Awards will be looking to put controversy aside, after the confrontation between Will Smith and host Chris Rock last year, and try to focus on the achievements of Tinseltown’s finest.
2022 finally saw spectacle return to cinemas around the world as pandemic-era restrictions began to be lifted. From critical darlings to box-office behemoths like Avatar, audiences flocked to their local cinema last year. Now, the Academy will recognize these achievements on March 12 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Host Jimmy Kimmel will oversee the festivities which are already attracting major attention at the best online sportsbook sites. We asked our resident experts for their Oscars betting picks, plus we have the latest sports betting odds for all the major awards categories.
Read on for our exclusive picks and the latest Oscars odds, courtesy of BetOnline:
Best Picture
| Nominee | Latest Oscars Odds |
| Everything Everywhere All at Once | -1,200 |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | +900 |
| The Banshees of Inisherin | +1,600 |
| Top Gun: Maverick | +1,600 |
| The Fabelmans | +1,800 |
| Tár | +4,000 |
| Avatar: The Way of Water | +10,000 |
| Women Talking | +10,000 |
| Elvis | +10,000 |
| Triangle of Sadness | +10,000 |
Neil Jordan – The Fabelmans
It’s wild that Steven Spielberg has won just three Oscars over 19 nominations, excluding this year: Best Picture and Best Director for Schindler’s List in 1994, and Best Director for Saving Private Ryan in 1999. This semi-autobiographical movie about Spielberg’s early years seems like it’s ripe for a Spielberg celebration in 2023, which started with a win at the Golden Globes in January.
Sunil Prakash – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Seamlessly blending family drama, multiversal sci-fi, and laugh ’til you cry moments, I can’t quite recall at film like Everything Everywhere. Practically everything about this film is gold and I honestly cannot see how it won’t walk away the winner after picking up wins at the PGA and SAG awards in recent weeks.
Fleur de Jong –Everything Everywhere All at Once
The multi-faceted genre-bending action comes thick and fast, but this is a family drama at its core. The emotional interplay between Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, and Jamie Lee Curtis rivals any Best Picture winner in any year. This is one of the rare Best Picture front-runners that was a hit with both critics and audiences and I believe it will go down as one of the best in recent memory.
Best Director
| Nominee | Latest Oscars Odds |
| Daniels, Everything Everywhere All at Once | -1,200 |
| Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans | +500 |
| Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin | +1,200 |
| Todd Field, Tár | +1,400 |
| Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness | +5,000 |
Neil Jordan – Steven Spielberg
See above. I’m expecting Spielberg to tie Capra and Wyler on three Best Director Oscars this year.
Fleur de Jong – Daniels
The Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) exploded onto the scene with Everything Everywhere but they have been working on the project for at least five years. Their passion for the project is evident in every scene. I could hardly imagine any other director, or directors, who could have converted this concept into the fantastic piece of cinema that it is.
Sunil Prakash – Daniels
It’s a surprisingly open field this year, but I believe that the Daniels have made the greatest contribution to cinema in this year. They re-invigorated multiple careers and have probably made the greatest mutliverse story we have, or if the Flash continues to be a train-wreck, will ever see. I think the Academy will be bold and opt for the Daniels.
