William Hill sportsbook at Capital One Arena The NBA playoffs are in the midst of the first round, so don’t expect anything particularly memorable to occur (though my Milwaukee Bucks are the only team to advance so far and the only team to sweep their opponent). All the really fun stuff happens later. The Washington… Read more »
State and tribes amended their compacts It appears that online casino and sports betting are closer to becoming a reality in Connecticut. On Thursday, the state House of Representatives passed HB06451 easily by a 34-6 vote, sending the bill over to the Senate. On Thursday, Governor Ned Lamont tweeted his thanks to the House for… Read more »
Maryland has legalized sports betting. Governor Larry Hogan signed a bill to make both online and retail (in-person) sports wagering legal on Tuesday, an action which was entirely expected considering state lawmakers passed the legislation last month by overwhelming margins. Under emergency authorization, the law can take effect immediately, but no sportsbooks are expected to… Read more »
In what would be the largest expansion of gaming in the state in over a decade, the Florida legislature will debate changes to their laws on gaming in the state. Governor Ron DeSantis signed a new compact with Chairman Marcellus Osceola, Jr., and the Seminole Indians of Florida at the end of April, forcing the… Read more »
It felt inevitable and now it is officially going to happen: an independent investigation will be launched into the sudden collapse of soccer betting site Football Index. According to a Sunday report in The Times, UK Members of Parliament (MP) were the catalysts for the inquiry, one of whom said, “something appears to have gone… Read more »
Rule is only there because of politics Leave it to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to ruin a good thing. To be fair, the state legislators that drew up Illinois’ sports betting regulations were the original geniuses who came up with the awful rule, but Pritzker could easily fix things with a swipe of a pen.… Read more »
Stock exchange for soccer stars British legislators are looking to roll some heads in the ongoing saga of the soccer betting exchange Football Index and its parent company, BetIndex Limited. Members of Parliament are looking squarely at the UK Gambling Commission and, of course, BetIndex itself. Football Index is a European soccer betting site that… Read more »
Wagers are pouring in The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments return in a few days after being canceled last year only about a week before they were to begin. Nearly everything in the world was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic – and we aren’t in the clear yet – but it was the… Read more »
Legislators in the state of Texas, long known as the home of Texas Hold’em, have filed paperwork in the state capitol of Austin that would open the state for casino gaming and sports betting. This move comes directly on the heels of surveys that say the people are wanting such options, but there are concerns… Read more »
Easy money, right? We are a divided family here at Poker News Daily. For me as a Green Bay Packers fan, these last couple sports weeks have been awful. For my friend and colleague Earl Burton, however, life has been a joy, as his Tampa Bay Buccaneers just won the Super Bowl for the first… Read more »
Murphy’s Law rears its ugly head The growth of the US sports betting industry is exciting for casinos and bettors alike, but with that growth comes the inevitable growing pains. On Super Bowl Sunday, the biggest betting day of the year, several sportsbooks ran into technical problems, mostly stemming from the volume of wagers they… Read more »
State-by-state regulation can expose sportsbooks The past week, I have had so many images of stocks, hedging, futures, and cryptocurrency in my head that I have gone on deep YouTube dives into clips and discussions of the film, The Big Short. And I didn’t even jump on any of the meme stocks or invest in… Read more »
Plenty of options More than a year after legalizing online gambling, the state of Michigan is finally, finally set to launch one branch of its industry. On Friday, January 22, online sports betting will go live for people over the age of 21 who are located within the state’s borders. State regulators have authorized nine… Read more »
Money goes to education Georgia lawmakers are stepping up to the sports betting plate yet again. On Thursday, House Tourism and Economic Development Chairman Ron Stephens filed a bill which would legalize the pastime in the state, putting it under the control of the Georgia Lottery. Though Georgia just went “blue” in the presidential and… Read more »
When it comes to online gaming, the state of Kentucky is one of the most oxymoronic states in the country. Despite being the hub of horse racing in the U. S. and profiting tremendously from betting on those races, the state’s leadership has prevented online casino gaming, sports betting and online poker from being opened… Read more »
Entain says try again MGM Resorts International has made an £8.1 billion ($11.1 billion) offer to buy online gaming company Entain (formerly GVC Holdings), but Entain says it is not enough. On Monday, the owner of partypoker confirmed publicly that MGM did, in fact, receive a proposal from MGM, but that it “significantly undervalues the… Read more »
Maybe shy away from the team that doesn’t have players I don’t bet on sports, mainly because I can’t do so legally from where I live, but also because I’m terrible at it. Therefore, me making fun of the betting public for not knowing anything is extremely hypocritical, but I’ll do it anyway. The public… Read more »
Looked great for Baltimore I didn’t catch much of the Monday Night Football game between the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Ravens this week. Neither team interests me, so it wasn’t going to be appointment viewing, anyway, but my son has also discovered the show “Lost” on Hulu, so we watched some of that. I… Read more »
Daily fantasy sports, too DraftKings has announced partnership with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation for both sports betting and daily fantasy sports in Connecticut. DFS will launch on Sunday, December 13, while sports betting will have to wait until the pastime is actually legalized in the state. State Rep. Sean Scanlon, who will soon be… Read more »
Not much fingernail biting needed Every week, I read about massive sports bets people make. I get jealous when they win. I might even get more jealous when they lose, knowing they are in a position to be comfortable losing gigantic sums. But mostly, reading about horrifically wonderful bets is like window shopping to me:… Read more »
Brick-and-mortar limits tax potential Last Tuesday, the attention of the world was on the U.S. presidential race (and still is, frankly), but in addition to president and other legislative races, residents of six states had the opportunity to cast their votes for or against gambling expansion measures. One such state was Louisiana, which saw 55… Read more »
As sports betting spread throughout the United States, New Jersey is sitting back, grinning. It was the Garden State’s years of persistence that eventually got the Supreme Court to strike down PASPA and make sports betting legal in 2018. After eons of Nevada being the only place one could put a few bucks down on… Read more »
Might as well go for the gold There is a chance that we might get legal sports betting here in Georgia some day – a bill was actually introduced in the legislature – but until then, I am going to have to live vicariously through people who make mind numbing bets. Such was the case… Read more »
It used to be that, to bet on sports, the only option available was to head to Nevada and the casinos there (and, in particular, Las Vegas). Since 2018, however, that has begun to change. In fact, the sports betting industry in the States of America are welcoming the newest addition to the fraternity, the… Read more »
Neither side loses! The Big Ten’s college football season finally began this past weekend and with it came a controversial ending to the game between the eighth-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions and the Indiana Hoosiers. Because of how the game ended – Indiana won 36-35 — DraftKings Sportsbook decided to refund all bets on the… Read more »
