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Opinion: New Official Data Rule Means NCAA Must Change Betting Tack

by: John Holden for legalsportsreport.com
The NCAA recently released a new interpretation on the sale of official data to sports betting companies. In short, the NCAA decided to allow any individual, school, or conferen...
NJ fines DraftKings $150,000 for allowing proxy betting

by:Wayne Parry for ABC News
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- New Jersey gambling regulators have fined DraftKings $150,000 for allowing a Florida man to make online sports bets from his home by having a friend who w...
AGA Wants Government Intervention for Offshore Gambling

by:Erik Gibbs for Gambling News
Among issues confronting the US legal sports betting industry, particularly the web-based segment, is the test presented by offshore sportsbooks. The American Gaming Association...
Revealed: how bookies clamp down on successful gamblers and exploit the rest

by:The Guardian
Stake factoring is a way of grading customers according to their success and is widespread in the betting industry On any given Saturday, Rory would spend several hours glued to...
Majority of Super Bowl Bets Were Placed Illegally, DraftKings’ CEO States

by:Filip Mishevski for GamblingNews.com
The CEO of DraftKings, Jason Robins, has stated that even though the Super Bowl has shattered records in terms of wagering, a majority of the bets were conducted illegally. Alth...
Customer Acquisition, Promo Costs Take Their Toll on DraftKings

by:Erik Gibbs for Gambling News
Sports betting and iGaming operators are going through a massive acquisition phase in the US. They’re fighting for customers as each state comes online, and the best way to att...
Fanduel Sportsbook receives license for mobile sports betting in New York

by:Ashley Soriano, wbng.com
NICHOLS, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Fanduel has been awarded one of the few licenses given out for mobile sports betting in New York State. The sportsbook will eventually allow sports bette...
Mobile NY Sports Betting Bids Due Monday As Regulator Drops Final Clues

by:Matthew Waters for legalsportsreport.com
Hopeful entrants into the mobile NY sports betting market now have all the information they can get from the state’s gaming regulators. The fourth and final round of quest...
DraftKings eyes Detroit in launching Sports & Social betting bars, restaurants

by:Melody Baetens for DetroitNews.com
DraftKings, a major player in digital sports entertainment and betting, is teaming up with national restaurant concept Sports & Social to launch a chain of co-branded upscale ve...
Arizona Sports Betting License Allocation Guidelines Released

by:Pat Evans for Legal Sports Report
The Arizona Department of Gaming hosted a virtual public comment meeting Friday to specifically discuss AZ sports betting license allocation. The ADG will use the discussed guid...
Massachusetts Sports Betting Legislation Makes Another Run

by:Eva Ivanova for Gambling News
In Summary Massachusetts’ sports wagering bills S 269 and H 506 moved forward to voting polls on Friday Members of the Joint Committee on Economic Development and...
Status Of Every Legal, But Not Live, U.S. Sports Betting Jurisdiction

by:Jill R. Dorson for Sports Handle
Of 11 legal-but-not-live states, application process is open only in South Dakota thus far As we move into the second half of 2021 with lawmakers in Maine, Massachusetts, Ohio, ...
Super Bowl Champ Drew Brees Signs On With PointsBet As Brand Ambassador

by:Chris Altruda for Sportshandle.com
NFL's all-time passing yards leader deepens ties between Australian-based sportsbook and NBC Sports PointsBet announced Wednesday that it had signed Drew Brees, the MVP of Super...
‘This could be a game-changer’: Minority businesses see opportunity in Maryland’s sports betting licenses

by:PAMELA WOOD for the Baltimore Sun
Winston DeLattiboudere and Tony Jones could see the opportunity coming as Maryland lawmakers and voters debated legalizing gambling on sports. An increasing number of states had...
Washington state moves closer to legal sports betting at tribal casinos

by:Keith Eldridge
The state has moved a step closer to seeing sports wagering at tribal casinos. Governor Jay Inslee approved agreements with 15 tribes this week and another tribe just got the ok...
Sports betting plan hit with legal challenge

by:Jim Saunders / The News Service of Florida
Pointing to a “legal fiction,” two pari-mutuel facilities have filed a federal lawsuit challenging a newly approved plan for the Seminole Tribe to operate sports bet...
The Week In Sports Betting News: New York State Of Mind Once Again

by:MATTHEW WATERS for The Legal Sports Report
Sports betting news we’re watching: NY publishing RFP details It has been a long wait since mid-April when Gov. Andrew Cuomo finally signed online sportsbooks in New York ...
Ball Finall Rolling As MA Sports Betting Hearing Starts Tedious Process

by:Matthew Waters for LegalSportsReport.com
After more than five hours of testimony, the MA sports betting discussion is exactly where it was before the hearing started. Plenty of interested parties testified at the Joint...
Canada Could Pass Sports Betting Legislation On Monday

by:Christina Monroe for LegalSportsBetting.com
The Senate of Canada will vote on sports betting on Monday. Bill C-218 is expected to be approved by a majority vote. Sports wagering in the country will be seen on...
Illinois Punts On In-State College Sports Betting Bill

by:Dan Holmes for GamingToday.com
he Illinois Senate decided against voting on an amendment this week that would have legalized in-state college sports betting. The amendment to Senate Bill 521 would have strick...