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Get A Grip: The Week In Sports Betting: New York, Maine, North Carolina, More

Most of the industry news that's fit to link

Brett Smiley by Brett Smiley
April 10, 2021
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It’s information overload everywhere, and there’s not time enough to sleep and eat and stay fully apprised of what’s happening on this crazy blue dot of ours (two out of three ain’t bad). Here’s the weekend (or fashionably late) Sports Handle item, β€œGet a Gnjip,” recapping the week’s topΒ US sports betting stories, highlighting some fresh news, and rounding up key stories. Also check out this week’s Wild World of Gambling at US Bets.

NY mobile betting coverage highlights

Mobile sports betting will be coming to New York. That’s one of the few things we can say at this point with some clarity. The headlines (below) from Albany native Matt Rybaltowski and John Brennan throughout the week tell the story here.

A scandal-stained yet intractable Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears to have gotten his way with a state-run model limiting competition, with a revenue sharing percentage in the range of 50-55%. However the key phrase β€œplatform provider” in the enabling legislation is now seeing a level of scrutiny typically applied to deciphering phrases such as β€œmedically necessary” and β€œa well regulated militia.”

New York Budget Nears Completion, But Tribal Dispute Adds Complexity To Mobile Sports Betting Deal

New York Includes Mobile Sports Betting Framework In Budget Agreement Clearing Path For Legalizing Online Sports Wagering

A Tangled Web: New York Shifts Attention To Competitive Bidding Process After Historic Sports Betting Deal

New York Finally Reaches Mobile Sports Betting Deal β€” Leading To A Chorus Of β€˜Now What?’

The apparent front-runners for access to the coveted New York State online sports betting market are DraftKings, FanDuel, and IGT, if only based on the company’s public statements. But at this point nobody is exactly sure what or who the language in the budget bills is seeking to empower. To be untangled and continued, and probably litigated with the Oneida Nation in Central New York, which is threatening to discontinue payments for regional exclusivity over the bill.

New York’s mobile sports betting framework, established this week, is:

— Sports Handle (@sports_handle) April 9, 2021

More top stories from our network

One of the most important (& best) stories our group has ever published:

A personal account by @GaryRotstein about his father -a sports gambling addict- and scars left.

Covers various aspects of addiction & its relationship w/sports betting in particularhttps://t.co/UJtnbpvkfL pic.twitter.com/kH3xgxeArM

— Sports Handle (@sports_handle) April 8, 2021

My Father, The Problem Gambler, As Defined By Both The New National Report And Me

Maryland Sports Betting Bill Heads To Senate Floor For Possible Action Within Days

As Starting Pitchers Throw Less, How Important Are They To Gamblers?

Ilitch Family Branches Out, Buys Half Of Atlantic City Hotel And Casino

BetMGM, Unibet, And theScore Deal With New Illinois Landscape

The Phil Ivey Baccarat Saga Gets The Harvard Treatment

Iowa Sets Monthly Sports Betting Revenue And Handle Records In March

Maine: Take II

On Wednesday, we reported that a new bill dropped in Maine, same as the old bill. Except the old bill hadn’t died in committee the previous year — it passed both chambers resoundingly only to get vetoed by Gov. Janet Mills for the eyebrow-raising reason that β€œI remain unconvinced at this time that the majority of Maine people” are ready for legal sports betting.” As a matter of whispered fact, the bill that nearly overcame the veto through an override effort in the statehouse was vetoed by the casino lobby, namely Penn National Gaming and Churchill Downs, Inc., owners of the only Maine casinos. The issue? The bill would have allowed a widely competitive market that did not require an online sportsbook to be β€œtethered” to an existing gambling entity, preventing the casinos from serving as gatekeeper. PNG would not have to beg entry to its own quarters in order to launch its own Barstool Sportsbook online.

On Thursday, a near-carbon copy of that bill was filed striking only the clause that would have allowed the non-tethered commercial freedom (as well as directing tax funds to education instead of the general fund) to a β€œqualified gaming entity.” The legislation comes from Sen. Joe Baldacci of Penobscot and Rep. Barbara Cardone of Bangor, who hail from the region that’s home to PNG’s Hollywood Casino Hotel & Raceway Bangor.

We’re not sure where the compromise resides here, but perhaps based on the (very murky) New York situation that favors DraftKings and FanDuel, it’s possible PNG is not in a charitable mood further up the Atlantic. A special session of the legislature convenes on April 28.

N.C. statewide mobile bill filed

A North Carolina senator on Wednesday filed a commercial sports betting bill that would earmark revenue to build schools in the state. North Carolina already has legal retail sports wagering at two tribal casinos, both of which went live with William Hill sportsbooks ahead of March Madness.

SB 688 filed this week would legalize statewide mobile sports betting, and would allow β€œany sports governing body on whose sporting events sports wagering is authorized” to partner with a sports betting operator, which points to professional teams or venues being among the locations that sports betting would be legal under the bill. The proposal allows for a minimum of 10 sports betting operator licenses and a maximum of 12. There is an official league data requirement in the bill.

Other key points in the bill:

  • The legal age to wager would be 21;
  • The North Carolina Education Lottery would be the regulator;
  • Bettors would be able to wager on professional, college, and Olympic sports;
  • The license fee would be $500,000 with a $100,000 annual renewal; and
  • No tax rate is mentioned in the bill.

An interesting twist in the bill is that it would allow bettors to wager using not just credit or debit cards, but cryptocurrency.

— Jill R. Dorson

More of the most important, interesting stories

In sworn testimony, the NFL once insisted sports betting was bad for business, and would harm its reputation with fans. Today, Jerry Jones, Jim Haslam, and Dan Snyder are leading the charge to dominate online gambling in their states. ⁦@TheAthletic⁩ https://t.co/Ad3weBcCf4

— Joe Vardon (@joevardon) April 8, 2021

AZ IMPASSE?: An impasse AZ on legislation possibly resolved [AZ Central]

EXCLUSION TOOLS: Number of gamblers trying to block themselves online surgesΒ  [Guardian]

EQUITY: NFL gets $450M of Genius Sports stock in global data deal [Sportico]

SUSQUEHANNA: How trader Jeff Yass parlayed poker, horse handicapping into $12B fortuneΒ  [Forbes]

RESISTANCE: Community protesting Bally’s Richmond casino plan [ABC8]

β€œIt’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen,” casino owner Jeff Gural said of New York's mobile sports betting plan. β€œI consider this a gift to New Jersey and to me at the Meadowlands, and my only regret is that Andrew won’t be around to see this totally fail.”https://t.co/HEu0K2X2bM

— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) April 7, 2021

UP AND DOWN: Delaware handle down, but revenue up year-over-year [iGB]

FAIR MARKET VALUE: Fox sues Flutter over FanDuel stake as IPO looms [CNBC]

NO MA’AM: Looking a lot like AL doesn’t have an appetite for lottery, legal gaming [AL.com]

IMPETUS: Increased fan engagement from betting fuels sports media deals [CDC Gaming]

And it hits! @SportsbkConsig pic.twitter.com/VMpbPyeGWA

— Nick Yahl (@NickYahl) April 10, 2021

Have a good weekend, everybody.

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Brett Smiley

Brett Smiley is editor-in-chief and co-founder of Sports Handle, which joined forces with the US Bets team in November 2018. He focuses on the sports betting industry and legislation. He's a recreational sports bettor and DFS player himself, focusing on the NFL. In a past life, Smiley practiced commercial litigation in New York City and previously wrote for FOX Sports and SI.com. He lives in New Jersey with his family.

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