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 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
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
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
Rookie and veteran players in the NFL begin reporting to training camp this week, which means the biggest sports betting season of the year is nearly upon us. And you can bet several states will push hard for their sportsbooks to launch before September 5 — the start of the 2019 NFL season. The gaming commission … Read more
You’ll be able to bet on sports in Iowa long before the farmers harvest this year’s crop of corn since state regulators are now eyeing the start of football season for a launch date. The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is scheduled to meet on July 30 to discuss guidelines for the sportsbooks seeking to … Read more
While many Americans are taking advantage of Amazon’s Prime Day deals this week, state lawmakers are rushing to legalize sports betting and launch sportsbooks before the prime betting season gets underway — otherwise known as the NFL season. Indiana recently announced plans to launch on September 1, which also happens to coincide with the first … Read more
One thing outsiders probably don’t know about Iowa is that there are 19 casinos and legal sports betting is on its way. Last week Governor Kim Reynolds signed legislation to allow sports gambling in the Hawkeye state. SF617 is the state legislation that lays out the groundwork for sports betting in the state. The context … Read more
If you legalize it, they will bet. Iowa became the third state of 2019 and 11th overall to legalize sports betting when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the SF 617 bill into law on Monday. After receiving the bill on May 6, the governor’s signature comes just a day before the one-year anniversary of the landmark … 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
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy was the first in line to place New Jersey’s first ever legal sports bet. Even though it was partially done as a political stunt his bet will be remembered as the first legal sports bet in the state of New Jersey. The NJ Governor put $20 on Germany to win … Read more