Nebraska voters appear to have rejected efforts to legalize online sports betting, with two ballot initiatives falling short of majority support in the November 3, 2026, general election. The apparent defeat of Initiatives 440 and 441 represents a significant setback for gambling expansion supporters who spent millions promoting mobile wagering as a way to generate … Read more
The federal government is escalating its fight with Utah over sports prediction markets, asking a federal judge to stop the state from pursuing criminal and civil enforcement actions against Kalshi. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Department of Justice filed an emergency motion on October 29, 2026, seeking to prevent Utah from applying its … Read more
North Carolina spent years deciding how legal sports betting should work. Sportsbooks needed licenses. Operators agreed to state oversight. They paid taxes on gambling revenue and operated under rules designed specifically for wagering. Now the state is effectively acknowledging a second path for companies offering something that can look remarkably similar to sports betting, and … Read more
On Tuesday, the US Senate passed President Trump’s “big beautiful bill” via a tie-breaking vote by Senate President J.D. Vance. The bill is now in the hands of the US House for further debate and potential acceptance. Highlights of the bill include no taxes on tips, a raise in the child tax credit, new restrictions … Read more
For years, prediction market websites have been accepting what many believe are sports bets while skirting local and federal laws in the process. These sites sell event contracts that pay out to those who risked money on the correct outcome. Sound familiar? That’s because it works exactly the same way sports betting does, but under … Read more
Congressman Paul D. Tonko (D-New York) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) have reintroduced the Supporting Affordability and Fairness with Every Bet Act (the SAFE Bet Act). The Act was first introduced in September 2024 and is being reintroduced to put additional safeguards in place to protect players from addictive gambling tactics. The Public Health Advocacy … Read more
Yesterday, the Seminole Tribe of Florida and two South Florida gambling entities settled a lawsuit that began in 2021. As a result, the Hard Rock Sportsbook has agreed to offer betting odds for Jai Alai. Battle Court Jai Alai, LLC, is an affiliate of West Flagler Associates, one of the plaintiffs suing the Seminole Tribe, … Read more
On November 5th, Amendment 2 passed by a slim margin in MO, legalizing domestic sports betting in the state. How slim? Roughly 4,000 votes separated the yeas and nays. The overseas and provisional ballots that have trickled in since then have been largely opposed to legal Missouri sports betting. Now, the gap between yes and no … Read more
If you are in Louisiana and looking for prop bets on college athletes, you won’t be able to find them at a domestic sportsbook soon. Beginning August 1, 2024, Louisiana sportsbooks will be prohibited from creating props for NCAA players across the board. A recent order enacted by The Louisiana Gaming Control Board, the regulatory body … Read more
We’ve all seen them. Advertisements for sports betting have ramped up significantly since the repeal of PASPA in 2018. As domestic sportsbooks have become commonplace in the United States, gambling venues are extra eager to make their potential clientele aware of their existence. And why not? The relentless pummeling of online and televised commercials has … Read more
Despite being in operation since March of 2020, legal sportsbooks in Illinois broke $1 billion in total dollars accepted on sports betting for the first time in October of this year. The new all-time high monthly sports betting handle collection total in IL is now set at an impressive $1,029,560,184. This places Illinois in elite … Read more
The Better Business Bureau has received north of 2,000 complaints recently regarding sluggish payout times from massive domestic sportsbook operators like FanDuel, BetMGM, DraftKings, and others. The BBB rates businesses based on their ability to respond to customer complaints in a satisfactory manner and has issued the following letter grades for some of the largest … Read more