Colorado's newest sports betting operator is not interested in finding a place in the standard sports betting market. Novig, a commission-free sports betting exchange, is looking to establish itself in the Colorado market as a traditional operator until sometime in the theoretical future when Colorado lawmakers OK sports betting exchanges in the state. It's a…
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has a plan for bringing regulated sports betting to the Sooner State. His plan, however, came as complete surprise to other sports betting interests in the state, including other lawmakers and the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association (OIGA). Both groups expressed concern and anger that Governor Stitt would be moving forward on…
The PGA suspended two players late last week for violations of the PGA Tour Integrity Program related to sports betting. Both players were found to have placed bets on professional golf events in violation of stated PGA policy (and widely observed customs). Neither player, however, bet on events in which they were actually participating. Vince…
Penn Gaming and ESPN are eager to launch ESPN BET in the regulated Massachusetts gaming market as they possibly can. But that plan hit a snag recently when the Massachusetts Gaming Commission began asking the sports juggernaut some difficult questions about the dividing line between ESPN's sports programming, and ESPN's dreams of being the biggest…
College athletes need protection against a host of new challenges brought on by regulated sports betting in the United States. That's what the NCAA president Charlie Baker is saying as he launches a new campaign to get state legislatures to enact laws to help protect student athletes from harassment by gamblers while maintaining the integrity…
Americans are embracing regulated sports betting in a big way as the 2023 National Football League (NFL) season gets under way. According to a recently released report from Geo Comply, a US-based geofencing firm, From the Sidelines to the Mainstream, 1.1 million Americans opened new sportsbook accounts during the first week of NFL football. It's…
The Big 12 is hiring U.S. Integrity to monitor sports betting across the conference watching for irregular betting patterns and, more importantly, to insure that student athletes are not betting on their own teams. It's a case of closing the barn door after the horses have run out, since the league is already dealing with…
Integrity monitoring is an essential component of any large international sporting event these days and the FIFA Women's World Cup was no exception. According to the the FIFA Women’s World Cup Integrity Task Force his year's Women's World Cup, however, went off without any suspicious betting activity. That's a huge accomplishment for an event that…
Louisiana State University head football coach Brian Kelly is looking to the NFL for the answer to college football's growing sports betting problem. Late last week Kelly announced that the LSU Tigers will be updating its injury report in an effort to help protect players from outside influences. Kelly's new policy is basically the same…
Massachusetts gaming regulators have rejected a request from DraftKings to offer regulated wagers on the controversial, Saudi government-backed LIV Golf. Members of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission were unanimous in their decision and did not mince words when it came to describing exactly why events in the upstart golf tour will not be available to Massachusetts…
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