Imagine sitting on an airliner, watching the vast greatness of the American landscape sprawling out beneath you, while live-betting on a baseball game. That scenario is exactly what Connecticut State Representative Christopher Rosario had in mind when he drafted HB6501, a bill that regulates in-flight sports betting. Under current US law, specifically the Gambling Devices…
BetMGM is expanding its online gaming portfolio in a significant way with a new deal that secures the intellectual property (IP) rights to the popular game shows The Price is Right and Family Feud. It's a deal that covers slots, table games and non-traditional casino games and is aimed squarely at mimicking the popularity of…
Sports betting integrity monitor IC360 issued a warning to its clients regarding suspicious betting activity involving Eastern Michigan University basketball games. It's the second time in a month that Eastern Michigan has been the target of an IC360 warning. According to reporting by ESPN.com's David Purdum, monitors were alerted when a bettor placed a very…
Are "sports trading markets" the same thing as regulated sports betting sites? That's the question at the center of an ongoing dispute between Crypto.com and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It's also a question that will likely be answered very in the wake of Crypto.com's total rejection of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's…
Rush Street Interactive, Inc. is bringing on poker legend Phil Hellmuth to promote its BetRivers online casino and sportsbook brand. As a seventeen-time World Series of Poker winner, Hellmuth is considered one of the best to ever play the game and will certainly be a big-time asset for the Rush Street Interactive and the BetRivers…
Brazil's newly opened regulated online gambling market is going gangbusters, but the dark cloud of taxes could rain on the whole parade. That's the message from Rei do Pitaco’s chief legal officer Rafael Marchetti Marcondes. In a recent webinar titled, The Future of Gambling in Brazil, Marcondes warned players and operators alike about the impact…
Eli and Peyton Manning are the new faces of FanDuel's popular Super Bowl promotion, the Kick of Destiny. The popular pair of former quarterbacks will square off on a live kicking contest that's aired during the Big Game and is aimed at earning free bets for FanDuel players. The Manning brothers are taking over Kick…
How massive is the demand for sports betting in US States that have not yet offered regulated sports betting? A new data set from GeoComply evaluating showing attempts at accessing regulated sports betting sites from seven US States (Texas, Nebraska, Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, South Carolina, and Mississippi) that do not offer sports betting shows that…
ESPN Bet is expanding its market footprint after securing a deal to access the Washington D.C. as the official sports betting of Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE). The deal is a win-win for PENN Gaming, which operates ESPN Bet, as MSE is the operator of the Washington Capitals (NHL), Washington Wizards (NBA), and Washington Mystics…
One of the unexpected side effects of regulated sports betting in the United States has been an explosion of threats and harassment from aggrieved sports bettors aimed at college athletes. This harassment, in many cases, has been the result of lost proposition bets on individual performances. A number of states are combating this problem by…
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