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Millions of people across the United States have already legally bet on the NFL and college football seasons, with many sportsbooks indicating September 2019 revenue is expected to surpass figures from this time last year. And it’s not just football season that’s drawing a lot of legal sports betting action. As the 2020 presidential election … Read more
Soon, there will be a sports betting bill sittin’ on Capitol Hill. Two US senators—Republican Mitt Romney of Utah and Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York—have reportedly started working on a federal framework for states wanting to offer legal sports betting. While a copy of the proposed federal sports betting bill has not been officially … Read more
Imagine this, Rhode Islanders: You just won a lot of money after successfully betting on some NFL and college football games, and ponder what to do with your winnings. Do you: Plan a trip to Disney World? Invest in the stock market? Increase the unit size of your account’s bankroll at an online sportsbook? Well, … Read more
The only thing standing between Michigan and large amounts of tax revenue from sports betting is one question, and that one question is… Deal or no deal? Republican Rep. Brandt Iden said Tuesday he is currently negotiating with Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on what the tax rate for Michigan sports betting should be and hopes … Read more
“We’ll be back.” Those were the words from former East Providence mayor and attorney Joseph Larisa Jr. as he and his client exited the courtroom Monday after the lawsuit targeting legal sports betting in Rhode Island was thrown out by a Superior Court judge. “We just need to find a sports bettor who lost and … Read more
After surviving the annual 7-month pro football drought, sports fans and handicappers from all over the country got to wet their whistle Thursday night and wager on NFL action. The 2019 season for college football and NFL has officially kicked off, and with it, the betting season for America’s most popular sport is also underway. … Read more
Forget the streaming war. Forget the chicken sandwich war. Hell, even forget the trade war. Actually, that last one is really important. But if your a sports fan or a sports bettor in any capacity, what you need to be on the lookout for this football season is the newest war being waged by the … Read more
There’s better than late, and there’s better than never. But for Rhode Island mobile sports betting—it’s arrived just in time for bettors to wager on the 2019 NFL season. Legalized sports betting first came to Rhode Island back in November, but yesterday at 3 pm ET, the Sports Book Rhode Island mobile app finally went … Read more
If the entire adult population in the United States is a touchdown and the PAT (7 points), then the NFL betting population is essentially the extra point. The American Gaming Association—a group that promotes, educates and lobbies on behalf of the legalized US gambling industry—released results on Wednesday from a national survey that found over … Read more
We hope everyone had a leisurely Labor Day weekend filled with betting on the first full weekend of college football action (and a personal thank you from me goes out to Stanford -6.5 and Auburn -3.5 for covering in the spread in the final minute of their games). Now, the big boys get ready to … Read more
And Indiana said, “Let there be sports betting,” and there were sportsbooks. Indiana saw that the sportsbooks were good, and it separated the sportsbooks from the back-alley bookies. Indiana called the sportsbooks “legal,” and the back-alley bookies it called “illegal.” And there was before PASPA, and there was Sunday, September 1—the first day of legal … Read more
It’s official: Indiana sports betting is good to go on Sunday. 👍 The Indiana Gaming Commission officially announced this week it had unanimously approved regulations and have authorized three brick-and-mortar casinos to begin sports betting on Sunday, September 1. The IGC has approved the following Indiana sports betting locations: Ameristar Casino Hotel ‒ East Chicago … Read more