Its week 5 of college football and the public has had all week to lay its action. William Hill is one of the sportsbooks that makes this information public. Some sports bettors like having this information so as to avoid betting with the public and sometimes even to bet against them. The theory for betting against the public is that ...
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Illinois launched its endeavor into online sports wagering just months ago. Up until this week, a person could register online. But that has changed. Now, a person must show up to an approved location to register for his or her betting account. This all came about from Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new executive order which is now hampering online sports betting. ...
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Originally posted by Darren Rovell, sports betting reporter, the following statistics were posted for market share of the state of New jersey regarding its sports betting market: Overall Market-share by Sportsbook FanDuel: 44% DraftKings: 32% William Hill: 7% PointsBet: 5% 15+ others: 12% His source is cited as Bank of America Securities FanDuel and DraftKings were very aggressive getting into ...
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Not quite legal but almost there - That's how one might describe Ohio's sports betting situation. House Bill 194, a bill that has been moving around in the house for a year, was just passed. The law would legalize sports betting and place it under the jurisdiction of the state lottery. It would take 10% of the profits for the ...
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Three sports betting bills are being put forward in the state of Louisiana for consideration on the November ballot in individual parishes. Sports betting is not currently legal in the state. The idea is to get sports betting up and running by fall 2021. The money generated from sports betting could help the state recover from the Covid-19 shut down. Senator ...
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Sports betting has been legalized in the state of Tennessee. Now, its only a question of getting sportsbooks in the door to offer their services. The state has made it harder on sportsbooks than other sates have. They have included rules for sportsbooks which include: Sportsbooks must hold 10% for at least one year. This means that bettors winning are ...
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One year ago, things couldn't have been better for sportsbooks in the state of Nevada. They booked a record $596.7M in bets for the month of March. Flash forward one year and Las Vegas and the state of Nevada record their lowest handle (total $ in bets placed) numbers in decades. $141M was the final total for bets placed in ...
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Indiana is one of the more recent places to legalize and regulate sports betting. They were primed and ready to go for March Madness this year when the coronavirus struck. Indiana is a huge basketball state. They love their Hoosiers. Sportsbooks not only missed out on the conference tournaments but also the NCAA tournament., adding to the list of disasters ...
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As you may have heard by now, every American sport has cancelled or postponed their games for the immediate future. The coronavirus scare of 2020 is at pandemic proportions. Here are the changes made to the sports schedule as a result: NCAA basketball cancels conference and championship tourneys. NHL has suspended its games indefinitely. The NBA has suspended its games ...
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The first round of the NFL playoffs are set. The sportsbooks have been abuzz all day with people getting the early jump on this weekend's NFL action. The Bills take their vaunted defense to Houston to do battle with the slipping Texans. Can Houston get it together and keep their wagons from getting circled? The Ryan Tannehill led Tennessee Titans ...
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