US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is calling for US colleges to end their marketing relationships with sports betting operators like Caesars Entertainment. The Senator was moved to make the call after reading a recent New York Times article titled, “How College and Sports-Betting Companies ‘Caesarized’ Campus Life“, which exposes the deals made between big-time universities…
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is putting the brakes on all UFC wagering "due to non-compliance with AGCO's betting integrity requirements". This isn't the first time integrity concerns have popped up regarding UFC fighters, which isn't surprising considering the MMA giant's lax attitude towards insider betting. While it's unclear what specifically sparked…
California voters shot down two ballot measures aimed at bringing regulated sports betting to the Golden State. These defeats come despite the fact that the supporters of the bills spent an eye-popping $600 million in their efforts to turn the doomed bills into law. Proposition 26 would have allowed existing tribal gaming interests to offer…
Houston furniture dealer Jim McIngvale (aka, Mattress Mack) won $75 million this weekend this weekend when the Houston Astros won the World Series in games against the Philadelphia Phillies. Mack’s $30 million wager on his hometown favorites to win baseball’s big prize puts him in the history books as the biggest US sports bettor ever,…
It's no secret that the booming regulated US sports betting industry is extremely cyclical. While Americans love wagering on sporting events all year round, American football season is when the bulk of the action takes place, as Colorado's recently released gaming revenues for September, 2022 prove without a doubt. According to the Colorado Department of…
The UFC is officially banning its fighters from betting on UFC action for the first time ever. The new policy is a major step for the fight league, though it's a step that seemingly would not have taken place without some kind of outside intervention. The new policy, which UFC officials posted in a letter…
Betr, a newly launched micro-betting app, has announced that it will ban the use of credit cards for player deposits. In doing so, Betr becomes the first US sports betting operator to ban credit cards, but it's not really for the reason that you're probably thinking. Launched on September 2 to the public, Betr is…
When NFL season arrives in the United States, it commands the attention of huge swaths of the American public for months at a time. With the dawn of regulated American sports betting, it's being predicted that about one five American adults, almost 47 million of them, will also be wagering on NFL games. According to…
Colorado's regulated sports betting operators saw their handles fall and their revenue rise as they navigated the doldrums of American sports wagering. It's a trend that was repeated across the country as a sort of calm before the storm of football season. According to the Colorado Division of Gaming, July's total sports betting handle was…
Jake Paul is betting that his social media stardom can help turn Betr into the stratosphere o TikTok of the sports betting world, and investors are getting in on the action. Earlier this month, Paul announced that he's partnered with Joe Levy, Betr's founder and CEO, with a mission to "disrupt legacy gambling and legacy…
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