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
It’s not golf if you’re not gambling. The British Open, the 148th in the Open Championship’s history, begins tomorrow at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland. Golf’s oldest major championship will be played on the Dunluce Course in County Antrim where 156 of the world’s best golfers will compete for a $10.75 million purse. … Read more
If the North Carolina bill takes one more step, then legal sports betting will cross into the state’s endzone and touch down in the Tar Heel State. House members in the North Carolina General Assembly voted 88-27 in favor of S 154 on Monday, which allows sports betting at two tribal casinos operated by the … Read more
And you bet, baby: If sports betting can make it there, you know, sportsbooks are gonna make it just about anywhere. Come on, come through New York, New York! The wait is finally over: sports betting has arrived in New York. Rivers Casino & Resort in Schenectady opened the state’s first sportsbook Tuesday morning after … Read more
The Place Beyond the Pines will no longer be reserved for a Ryan Gosling movie title after Schenectady — derived from a Mohawk word meaning “beyond the pines” — makes history tomorrow by launching the first sportsbook in New York. Rivers Casino & Resort is set to open its first legal sportsbook Tuesday, July 16 … Read more
After taking a month for the bill to make its way to his desk, the governor of New Hampshire declared today that all people in his state shall forever “Live Free and Bet!” Gov. Chris Sununu signed the all-inclusive HB 480 into law Friday morning, legalizing land-based, online, and mobile sports betting in New Hampshire. … Read more
After taking a three-month-long pitstop, the North Carolina sports betting bill is entering the home stretch. North Carolina lawmakers advanced S 154 out of its final committee hearing Wednesday. The bill would allow two tribal casinos to offer sports betting and is now scheduled for two readings today on the House floor and a possible … Read more
Who will be the last one standing? The 2019 Fortnite World Cups Finals are just around the corner and odds have been released for the players and teams competing for the jaw-dropping $30 million prize pool provided by developer Epic Games. Fortnite’s inaugural battle royale esports championship will feature a winner in two separate tournaments: … Read more
Greece has given many things to Washington, DC over the past couple of centuries: democracy, architecture, and now — a mobile sports betting app. The DC Council voted Tuesday to approve the Athens-based Intralot as the sole mobile sports betting app provider in the nation’s capital, awarding the company with a $215 million contract. Intralot … Read more
There are several possible destinations for Russell Westbrook, but the latest odds say those teams will have to beat the Heat to get him. The Miami Heat are the heavy favorites to land the 2017 NBA MVP, and oddsmakers predict Westbrook will join forces with the recently acquired Jimmy Butler in South Beach. The Oklahoma … Read more
Chalk it up: The United States are World Cup champions! The US women’s national soccer team were the unanimous odds-on favorite to win 2019 World Cup before the start of the tournament and capped off a historic run by defeating the Netherlands 2-0 in the final on Sunday to capture their second straight title. With … Read more
It could be a long, cold winter without legalized sports betting in Maine after what happened yesterday. Gov. Janet Mills could have signed the sports betting bill into law on Tuesday — legalizing land-based, online, and mobile sportsbooks across the state — but instead chose not to sign or veto the legislation, effectively putting it … Read more