William Hill's oddsmakers thought they'd found a workaround to the problem that's vexing sportsbooks across the planet. What can punters wager on when professional and collegiate sports have been cancelled on nearly every country on the planet? Then they stumbled across the Candidates Tournament. The Candidates Tournament is an international chess tournament that's been taking…
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed a measure allowing regulated sports betting at tribal gaming operations within the state. The measure is a big win for the state's Native American-run casinos but it's also a bit bittersweet as there are virtually no professional or college sports to wager on and no one really knows when…
When the NBA decided to suspend its season in an effort to control the rapidly spreading coronavirus the economic impact of that decision was felt immediately from everyone from the person selling popcorn at the arena where games are played, right up to the betting window at your local sportsbook. The fact of the matter…
Should tribal gaming interests have an exclusive lock on sports betting and online gambling in Connecticut? That's a question that Connecticut lawmakers and the Mohegan tribe are hashing out in a battle that's questioned the once unquestionable exclusivity of the Mohegan's gambling domain in the state. At the core of the issue is the question…
Seven months ago, Puerto Rico officially joined the cavalcade of US States and territories that are embracing regulated sports betting as a means of increasing tax revenues to pay for vital services. This week, the island nation put out a request for proposals (RFP) from industry authorities to help them draft rules and regulations for…
Regulated sports betting in the United States is an increasingly attractive option for state governments that are looking to boost their tax revenues. That idea seems to be working in places like New Jersey, but that's definitely not the case in Oregon. For the fiscal year ending June 30 Scoreboard, the state's regulated sports betting…
Colorado is quickly putting the pieces in place to begin offering regulated sports betting to its citizens as soon as May 1, according to an article recently published on Legal Sports Report. Centennial State lawmakers have already issued seven sports betting licenses to operators and more are expected in the future. In short, the tide…
Regulated sports betting in Tennessee hit a major snag this week when public comments revealed some major problems in the state's plans to offer regulated wagering. From how to pay out parlays to how much cash sports betting operators must keep on hand, the Volunteer State just can't seem to figure out how sports betting…
Spanish media outlets are uncovering what appears to be a match-fixing ring of some magnitude that worked, or is working, out of Cyprus. According to reports, the bubbling scandal involved matches played at the Cyprus Cup, as well as a number of other matches from 2017 and 2018. The potential match-fixing could, according to published…
CBS Sports and William Hill are entering into a strategic partnership that will have the international bookmaker providing sports betting content across the network's sports media properties. It's a huge deal that represents the closest embrace of sports betting by one of America's big three networks and is an equally huge opportunity for William Hill.…
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