For decades, the National Football League (NFL) was one of the loudest voices arguing against regulated sports betting in the United States. The whiny billionaires who own the 32 teams that play professional American football swore up and down that sports betting would damage the integrity of their game and would be nothing short of…
UK operator William Hill is continuing its deep probe of the US sports betting market with the launch of a new sportsbook at the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino at a New Mexico Indian reservation. The casino, which is operated by the Mescalero Apache Tribe is the third in the Land of…
The relationship between professional sports and regulated sports betting in the United States has always been tense at best and outright hostile at its worst.The big leagues, including the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL fought vigorously against sports betting, but one league, NASCAR, is rarely included in the conversation. That's because NASCAR is embracing America's…
Tribal gaming interests in the United States have always had something of a fraught relationship with the US Government. After all, despite their status as independent entities, American Indian tribes have been under the thumb of the government in one way or another since the late 19th Century. Not surprisingly, that relationship has not always…
Regulated sports betting is coming to Washington DC and plenty of folks are not happy about the way the contract for the operator who will be handling the action was approved. Late last night, DC Council approved a five-year, $215 million contract with Greek gaming firm Intralot to oversee the introduction of regulated sports betting…
As of July 1, the State of Arkansas became the ninth US State to launch regulated sports betting. Sporting wagers can be placed at two sites that were once horse tracks, and more sites are on the way. It's a model for the sports betting industry that other states are likely to follow as the…
Gambling, unregulated gambling that is, has always played an out-sized role in the legends and lore of the American West. Every Western film, it seems, includes a shot of men playing poker in a rugged old saloon without a the burden of a state gambling commission to oversee the good times. These days, if you…
Major League Soccer (MLS) is breaking ground as the first US professional sports league to allow sports betting operators and liquor companies' logos to appear on jerseys and stadium names. This represents a huge leap forward for American sports by embracing a practice that's been common across the rest of the world for decades. Under…
Regulated sports betting in the United States is an idea whose time has definitely come and Americans are embracing their access to this newly legalized vice to the tune of nearly $10 billion since the Supreme Court struck down PAPSA. While that number is pretty impressive all on its own, it's a number that will…
Officials at the US Department of Justice (DOJ) are delaying enforcement of the revised Wire Act of 1961 until December 31, 2019. That's the official word that came down in the form of a very sparse memo from Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen that was issued yesterday. Rosen's memo appears to be a direct response…
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