We hope everyone had a succulent Thanksgiving Day feast and arrives back home safely, especially with Winter Storm Ezekiel causing delays throughout the northern United States. And with Black Friday and Cyber Monday kicking off the holiday shopping season, there haven’t been too many developments on legal sports betting at the state level. Very few … Read more
Thanksgiving football is about as American as pretending to enjoy canned cranberry sauce. This year’s slate of NFL Turkey Day games includes: the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, the Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys, and the New Orleans Saints versus the Atlanta Falcons. To help drown out the inevitable bickering between family members, BetOnline has … Read more
Take note, America—this is how market leaders crush the competition. Laws written to favor corporate interests and exclusivity deals have plagued legalized sports betting ever since the federal prohibition ended last year, becoming the latest industry in the United States to be seized by an oligarchy. But for sports betting in New Hampshire, we just … Read more
The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards are not until January 26, 2020, but that doesn’t mean prop bets are off-limits until then. Online sportsbook BetOnline is currently accepting action on some of the ceremony’s biggest awards, including Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year. Pop sensation Billie … Read more
If you live in one of the states that have legalized sports betting—currently 19 states and Washington DC—then for this Thanksgiving, I bet you’re thankful for the licensed and regulated sportsbooks that are either already accepting wagers or will launch sometime next year. Most of the United States still doesn’t have the option to place … Read more
Like Sam Cooke famously sang in 1959: “Everybody loves to cha cha cha.” Little did Sam know everybody would love to watch celebrities do the cha cha cha on television decades later. The 28th season of Dancing with the Stars will conclude tonight with the finale featuring the showdown between reality star Hannah Brown, singers … Read more
President Donald Trump has had a rough week. After speculation that he was suffering from chest pains or acute issues coupled with damning testimonies against him during the impeachment inquiry, things have not gone according to plan. To add insult to injury, oddsmakers are now giving the President his best odds at impeachment since the … Read more
Sports betting is officially the last leg of its yearlong journey toward legalization and launch in Montana. And while the last leg of the climb is always the toughest, regulators are prepared to weather whatever issues may arise. The Montana Lottery Commission met in Helena on Thursday and unanimously approved the drafted rules for legal … Read more
In Germany, legal sports betting is mostly the purview of individual states. However, 15 of Germany’s 16 states effectively operate under an omnibus “federal” gambling agreement called the Interstate Treaty on Gambling. This law, briefly installed in 2008 and then again – more permanently – in 2012, covers most of the betting and gambling industries … Read more
There’s long been a debate on who is the greatest Jeopardy! Champion of all-time, usually with Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter, or the IBM Watson Supercomputer taking the crown. However, the debate was renewed earlier in 2019 when professional sports bettor James Holzhauer won over $2.7 million in his unique, high-stakes playing style. The argument will … Read more
The long wait for sports betting in Washington DC may finally be over. And that’s something both the big-name sportsbooks and District’s small businesses can be thankful for. Office of Lottery and Gaming recently stated it plans to begin accepting applications for DC sports betting licenses after Thanksgiving, according to a report from WTOP. Although … Read more
Things may not go so peachy in Georgia for a couple of candidates during the fifth Democratic debate tonight. Coming from the Oprah Winfrey stage at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, MSNBC and The Washington Post will host the fifth Democratic debate tonight at 9 pm ET. While last month’s debate in Ohio featured 12 … Read more