ESPN and the PGA are teaming up to bring live betting to a whole new level on the world's biggest sports media channel. Earlier this week PENN Entertainment, the operator of ESPN Bet, announced a new partnership with the PGA that will have ESPN+ hosting a live betting stream of the PGA TOUR LIVE. The…
Are online advertisements for sportsbooks and casinos heading for the dustbin of history? They will surely be a thing of the past if a New Jersey lawmaker has his way. Late last week New Jersey Assemblyman Brian Bergen introduced Assembly Bill A5207, which would ban all forms of online advertising for sportsbooks, online casinos and…
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…
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…
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…
Representatives of the gaming industry are speaking out after a hearing on legalizing sports betting in Minnesota went ahead without a single voice or opinion from a regulated operator. The hearing, which took place earlier this week, was hosted by Senator John Marty and was ostensibly supposed to be about introducing legal sports betting to…
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