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“All winners!” said Joseph Reynolds, a WWII veteran and resident of Clarke County, who placed the ceremonial first bet at Iowa’s Lakeside Hotel and Casino earlier today. And with his $20 wager on Iowa to beat Iowa State and another $20 put down on the Kansas City Chiefs to win Super Bowl LIV, the field … Read more
When legal sports betting goes live in Iowa tomorrow, you can bet a casino’s sportsbook or from your smartphone. The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission said it expects eight casinos to open their brick-and-mortar sportsbooks on Thursday, August 15 at noon CT while seven locations could be authorized to offer mobile sports betting. Anyone age … Read more
With legal sports betting growing more popular — and more lucrative — each day, it was only a matter of time before the NFL started to get in on the action. With ten states now offering legalized sports betting, and Iowa expected to join on Thursday, the NFL announced it will provide Sportradar with the … Read more
With students heading back to campus in the coming days and college football starting in less than a fortnight, it’s time to hit the books and take a seat on the legal sports betting bus. So buckle up because I’m about to take all of you to school with this week’s breakdown of the latest … Read more
When the NFL betting season kicks off next month, the nation’s capital will be sitting on the sports betting bench. Washington DC city officials confirmed Thursday the launch of legalized sports betting has been delayed by several weeks and won’t be ready before the start of the 2019 NFL season on September 5. The DC … Read more
When it comes to gambling expansions at the state level, Connecticut is attempting to go “all in.” Gov. Ned Lamont and lawmakers are attempting to bring new casinos — both commercial and tribal — as well as land-based, online, and mobile sports betting and an online lottery to the state in a massive expansion of … Read more
Don’t worry, Oregon: Your bet won’t die of dysentery this Fall if the state lottery has anything to say about it. The Oregon Lottery announced its highly anticipated mobile sports betting app Scoreboard last week, and we’ve gathered all of the online sportsbook’s details ahead of its upcoming launch. Lottery officials said they are hopeful … Read more
We’re exactly one month away from the start of the 2019 NFL season, and college football begins even sooner (just 20 days away if you were wondering). But with football season right around the corner, which states are running the two-minute drill to launch sportsbooks and which will have to grab some pine when the … Read more
T-minus one month until Indiana sports betting is legal! But with the clock ticking, it’s unclear if any sportsbooks will be able to accept wagers when the law goes into effect on September 1 — four days before the start of the 2019 NFL season. After meeting for a final time on Thursday to discuss … Read more
What is Iowa most famous for? “Corn and caucus” are what most Americans would say, but in two weeks, you can add “covering the spread” to the list. The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved the state’s sports betting rules in a meeting on Tuesday, hitting their target and setting the start date for August … Read more
When the 2019 NFL Hall of Fame Game kickoffs on Thursday, it will mark the beginning of the football betting season in the United States. It may be only a preseason game, but who cares? Football is back, baby! And with several states looking to cross the sports betting legalization goal line before the NFL … Read more
The Tar Heel State took a big step Friday by legalizing sports betting at their two tribal casinos. After Gov. Roy Cooper signed S 154 into law last Friday, North Carolina officially became the seventh state to pass a sports betting law in 2019. The new law classifies sports betting under the tribe’s authorized list … Read more