You may soon be allowed to bet on sports from your Apple and Android devices in the Big Apple. New York took a big step forward on Monday when the Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee unanimously voted in favor of advancing the online and mobile sports betting bill S 17. Democrat NY Sen. Joseph … Read more
Hoosiers have always had a knack for beating the longshot odds. Now, bets can be placed on those odds in the state. Indiana became the 10th state and the 1st in the Midwest to legalize sports betting on Wednesday when Republican Governor Eric Holcomb signed HB 1015 into law. With the bill’s passage, Indiana becomes … Read more
It was only a matter of time before the major television networks decided to get in on the action. And now, the first one has placed its bet. Fox Corp. announced Wednesday that Fox Sports has reached an agreement with the Canadian online gambling company The Stars Group to launch the mobile sports betting app … Read more
Whether you’re in Times Square or are upstate, you may soon be able to bet on sports from anywhere in New York. The New York sports betting bill sponsors have added amendments that would grant casinos operated by the Seneca Nation and two separate tribes the right to offer mobile sports wagering legally to residents … Read more
Several sports betting bills were introduced in Maine by lawmakers during the current legislative session, but only one survived on Monday. The Maine Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs committee voted yesterday to table one bill that would make sports betting legal in the state and voted to kill all other bills to further study the … Read more
The Treasure State just struck gold. Montana became the ninth state to legalize sports betting and the first of 2019 on Friday, May 3 when Governor Steve Bullock signed H 725 into law. Under the new law, the Montana Lottery will oversee all sports wagering and become the state’s sole licensed sportsbook that will be … Read more
The CFP National Championship, Final Four, and all other NCAA title games could soon be heading to Las Vegas, Nevada or any other state that has legalized sports betting. The NCAA announced Thursday in a press release that it has fully rescinded the “NCAA Championships Policy Related to Sports Wagering” — officially lifting the ban … Read more
The first sports bets in Rhode Island were placed back in November, but now, a group led by Republicans are calling the state’s legalization of sports betting “unconstitutional.” Former Providence mayoral candidate Dr. Daniel Harrop filed a lawsuit in Superior Court on Wednesday, stating that land-based and mobile sports betting legislation should have been sent … Read more
It’s official: sports betting will be coming to your phones, tablets, and computer on ol’ Rocky Top in just a couple of months. The Tennessee General Assembly voted Tuesday in favor of legalizing online and mobile sports betting and despite Governor Bill Lee’s opposition to the bill, his office said he would allow the bill … Read more
Several US States including Iowa, Indiana, and Tennessee are trying to pass legal sports betting legislation as state session deadlines loom. It’s no surprise that more states want in on the legal sports betting action now that the Supreme Court of the United States has repealed the Professional and Amature Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of … Read more
As the finale of Showtime’s docu-series Action drew to a close, Timothy Fong, MD, a professor of addiction psychiatry at UCLA, ponders the potential good that could come from legalized sports betting in the United States. Dr. Fong asks rhetorically, “Who built America?” “Risk-tasking immigrants, who were willing to travel really dangers conditions to seek … Read more
Near the beginning of the penultimate episode of Showtime’s docuseries Action, while discussing the rise of daily fantasy sports in the United States, a reporter asks Hall of Fame Super Bowl-winning NFL quarterback Joe Namath if DFS was gambling because it is “skill-based.” “Do they have to pay anything to play?” asked Namath. “I think … Read more