Now that sports betting has become legal and regulated in many U.S. states, various companies are looking to get into the game. Many companies already have aligned themselves with sportsbooks to capitalize on their own contacts list. Yahoo, Verizon, Barstool as well as many others have put themselves into the sports betting arena. Recently, Fubo TV , a streaming service ...
Read MoreToday the University of Colorado announced that they have signed a 5 year deal with PointsBet sportsbook. This is the first ever sponsorship deal between a sportsbooks and a division 1 college team. The deal will provide the University of Colorado with money in the absence of other forms of income due to the coronavirus pandemic. The most costly result ...
Read MoreWhen Illinois legalized sports betting, they also created a rule that the large existing online sportsbook outfits (like DK and FD) would have to wait 18 months before they could enter the market. This week it was announced that DraftKings has made a deal with Casino Queen in East St. Louis. The deal will rename the Casino after DraftKings and ...
Read MoreThe news from the state of Virginia this week is that the state is most likely not going to keep a 10% hold on sports bets. This is good news for those in the know. Many states rolling out sports betting are looking to cash in as much as possible as early as possible and are adding all sort of ...
Read MoreIf you are sports fan in the United States you have probably heard of Barstool Sports. It is a powerful source of sports information started by a man named Dave Portnoy. Portnoy himself has earned fame for being very vocal on the sports scene and for his constant lambasting of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Sports betting company Penn National, which ...
Read MoreThere were serious efforts to get sports betting legalized and regulated at the state level in California. There were originally two pieces of legislation introduced that would make sports betting legal. Each had its own cause and stipulations. Advisers to Governor Gavin Newsom worked with the two sides to try and reach a compromise. Senator Bill Dodd indicated that there ...
Read MorePeople from Illinois have been able to bet sports legally for three months. That hasn't meant anything however, because there have been virtually no sports to bet aside from a few UFC fights and a Nascar and Golf event or two. But now, just in perfect time, the state has its first mobile sportsbook operation up and running. Rivers Casino ...
Read Moreimage credit NBA and Sacramento Kings. We do not own this image and it is being used for editorial purposes only. California was already a state that tired to tax itself into prominence only to realize that the wealthiest people were very good at avoiding taxes, or that they decided to leave the state altogether. The state is strapped for ...
Read MoreTwo bills for sports betting recently failed in the Grand Canyon State. The first was centered on allowing sports betting at tribal locations but would've prohibited sports betting online. The second bill was seeking to also authorize legals sports betting at any one of 26 tribal locations but also addressed legalization of commercial sportsbooks. It too was not "mobile-friendly". Representative ...
Read MoreWorld renown sportsbook Bet365 is the latest sportsbook to get approval to operate in the Rocky Mountain state. Bet365 is already well known in many countries throughout the world but has yet to make its mark in the United States. Main competitor William Hill is a UK based bookie that has been in the U.S. market for years and was ...
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