“Draft Punk” “The emperor has no clothes.” “The king is dead.” “Long live the king?” Those were some alternate titles we considered for this post. As you’ll see, they all work. Now, then: Since 2018, the legal online sports betting market in the United States has been extremely competitive. With the fall of PASPA came … Read more
One of the biggest reasons potential bettors are hesitant to join a legitimate online sportsbook has to do with the issue of perceived legality. All the most reputable online sports betting sites are legal and safe to use for US players, but there’s a lot of misinformation out there. That’s especially true now that so … Read more
CT Senate approves HB 6451 gambling expansion bill HB 6451 legalizes sports betting, online casino games, online lottery Revised tribal gaming compact requires federal approval After nearly three years of legal conflicts, bad-faith negotiations, and roadblocks, legal sports betting finally appears to be headed to the Constitution State. Yesterday, the Connecticut Senate passed HB 6451 … Read more
Remember the newly legalized sports betting-like service making its debut to the United States a few years back? How could you forget? You saw it show up on the television screen an average of once every 90 seconds back in 2015 when the new corporate-invested startups placed their first big bet—totaling approximately $750 million in … Read more
Heading into the Holiday season, all Michigan bettors wanted for Christmas was legal sports betting. And nearly one year after the Grinch stole the hope of placing bets in the state, residents can officially ’tis the sportsbooks to be jolly. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the Michigan sports betting bill—the Lawful Sports Betting Act—into law Friday … Read more
According to news outlets, the Walt Disney Company now owns a stake in DraftKings after it recently acquired 21st Century Fox for $71.3 billion (USD). DraftKings is a daily fantasy sports betting provider based in New Jersey. They are currently the top DFS provider in the United States above FanDuel. The DraftKings deal comes as … 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
Don’t bet on sports betting coming to Florida anytime soon if Amendment 3 passes. The two largest daily fantasy sports organizations, DraftKings and Fan Duel, sent out emails to Florida patrons, telling them why Florida Amendment 3 is misleading and that sports betting likely would never come to Florida as a result if it passes. … Read more