The California state legislature has been considering an amendment that would allow for domestic sports betting, but regional tribal leaders have introduced their own constitutional amendment that would require all wagers to be made at Native American casinos and four state horse tracks. State legislators have been focused on a sports betting amendment as of … Read more
Washington, D.C. area sports bettors are in for a treat come June, as local online lottery platform, GambetDC, plans to roll out a new downloadable app that will allow for mobile wagers to be placed on major athletic competitions. Per an Executive Director Order from the government of Washington D.C., the new sports betting app … Read more
Today marks the second anniversary of the US Supreme Court decision on May 14, 2018, to overturn PASPA — a federal law that had created sports betting prohibition with very few exceptions. There are now 22 states, plus Washington DC, that have legalized sporting gambling in some form since PASPA’s repeal. Despite the lack of … Read more
The first-ever legal sportsbooks in Colorado will launch before the week is over, but the odds of early success couldn’t be farther from “mile high” given the current outlook of the country and the world as a whole. Regulators from the Colorado Division of Gaming recently confirmed they have no intention of waiting for sporting … Read more
Since America’s founding, the “power that be” and the written word of law have continued to guide the masses on what they can and can’t do legally on the soil, which is protected under the United States constitution. America’s criminal justice system “mostly” gets things right, but the legalization of sports betting, like marijuana and … Read more
When the Pride of the Southland Band plays “Rocky Top” after the Tennessee Volunteers’ first victory of the 2020 college football season, bettors will, for the first time, be able to cash out their winning bets legally at a state-licensed sportsbook. But when Tennesseans count the money they won on their smartphone or online device … Read more
As the coronavirus pandemic forced the postponement of sporting events across the United States, legal sportsbooks in West Virginia asked regulators for help and to inquire whether they could accept bets on the 2020 presidential election and other political odds. A new document containing email exchanges between the DraftKings/PNG, FanDuel, and others released Monday and … Read more
In the wake of the now-flattening Wuhan coronavirus crisis, West Virginia governor Jim Justice delayed the state’s 2020 Presidential primary election. Originally scheduled for Tuesday, May 12, the new date for the vote will be Tuesday, June 9. While that in itself is hardly meaningful given that Bernie Sanders just threw in the towel after … Read more
The nation’s capital should have accepted its first legal sports wager this week, but all bets are off until the coronavirus pandemic is over. The launch of Washington DC sports betting, with Intralot’s “GambetDC” app, was delayed indefinitely by the Office of Lottery and Gaming this week after officials determined not to go live until … Read more
You can bet lawmakers, governors, and lobbying interests will play it cool most of the time. But in the states with legal sports betting, when elected officials and mysterious bags of digital cash sat around the negotiating table, these nincompoops didn’t just act a fool—they’ve since doubled down during the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 outbreak, … Read more
In a world which is changing rapidly before our very eyes, the only logical way to wager is by using legal sports betting sites to avoid spreading coronavirus. Despite this, the new Washington state sports betting law signed by Gov. Jay Inslee is a catastrophe waiting to happen. Inslee, the former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, … Read more
President Donald J. Trump is unquestionably the king of the United States jungle, which is filled to the brim with myriad pride of lions and cheetah coalitions as of 2020. A “swamp” works too, but odds still favor the political cat pun covering the intention for the new “Tiger King” odds from an entertaining prop … Read more