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Get A Grip — The Week In Sports Betting: Problem Gambling Awareness Month

Most of the industry news that's fit to link

Jeremy Balan by Jeremy Balan
March 4, 2022
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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 Sports Handle item, “Get a Grip,” recapping the week’s top U.S. sports betting stories, highlighting some fresh news, and rounding up key stories. 

Top stories around our network this week

March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month, and it has become abundantly clear that the issues related to problem gaming and responsible gaming are here to stay. But what are gambling states, wagering operators, and industry organizations doing about it?

Stakeholders offer new programs to battle addiction, APA rolls out new guidelines

Confusion over PA self-exclusion lists highlighted by man’s plea to get $15,417 back

The madness of March is just starting

With Illinois college betting expanded, Illini top March Madness hopeful in state

No New York team is a lock for the tournament in this first year of legal mobile sports betting

Villanova has had hiccups, but stands ninth in odds to win NCAA title

South Carolina favored in NCAA women’s tournament, but UConn lurks

But what about baseball?

As MLB owners, players squabble, they’re losing sight of how wagering can drive future revenue

You can bet on the NFL combine?

Yes, you can wager on this weekend’s showcase of the top NFL Draft prospects

Getting closer or false hope?

Missouri committee moves sports betting legislation forward with reservations

Arkansas mobile betting launch may come after March 4

We’ll see you in court

Where gaming lawsuits stand in courts across the country

Flutter confirms June deadline for Fox arbitration if FanDuel pact can’t be reached

Law professor suggests flaw was never remedied in case that vastly expanded sports betting

Bob Baffert sues Churchill Downs Inc. to overturn two-year suspension

Transparency? What is that?

WynnBET adds some much-needed transparency to sportsbooks

A peek at how legislative sausage gets made

The convoluted path of Oregon’s greyhound racing ADW bill

Revenue reports

Colorado smashes sports betting handle mark with $573.7M for January

Virginia sets new monthly sports betting handle standard at $485 million

Finger pointing in Massachusetts

Sports betting bills in Massachusetts remain stalled, and this week Speaker of the House Ron Mariano and Sen. Walter Timity both pointed to Senate President Karen Spilka as the source of the logjam, according to WHDH.

“It’s extremely frustrating, the amount of money we’re leaving on the table by just this stubborn reluctance to take the bill up,” Mariano said on Bloomberg Baystate Business, according to the report. “We have, I think, a good bill. Obviously, I’m willing to negotiate. But it takes two people to negotiate.”

The House has twice voted to legalize wagering, but no action has been taken in the Senate over the last two years.

— Jill R. Dorson

Alabama trying again

Sen. Greg Albritton has again introduced gaming bills that would bring a lottery to Alabama as well as retail and digital sports betting. Retail sportsbooks could be located at casinos operated by the Poarch Creek Band of Indians and at some local dog tracks.

The pair of bills, SB 293 and SB 294, call for proceeds from the new lottery to fund education initiatives and scholarships. The bill is a constitutional amendment and would require voter approval in November.

Neither bill has been assigned to committee and the legislative session ends April 7, though bills introduced this year can be carried over to the 2023 session.

— Jill R. Dorson

Sports betting in Oklahoma?

A bill that would allow for retail wagering on tribal land passed the Oklahoma House Budget and Appropriations Committee Thursday, the last day it could be moved out of committee.

The bill, HB 3008, now advances to the House floor for discussion and a potential vote. The bill does not address digital wagering, but if approved, would become effective Nov. 1, 2022, though tribes would have to re-compact with the state before taking bets. The bill calls for tribes to pay the state 10% of gross gaming revenue.

Oklahoma is the second biggest tribal gaming state in the U.S. behind California, with 39 tribes operating more than 130 casinos.

— Jill R. Dorson

CHRB closes Breeders’ Cup investigation

The California Horse Racing Board on Thursday announced it has closed its investigation into the controversy and issues related to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf from November and issued a summary of its investigatory report.

Yet summary said, "While the CHRB does not typically release an investigation report, especially when it does not result in a complaint…"
That indicates decision is optional. IMO poor choice was made. International race, millions of $ bet. Public deserves to see all. (2/2)

— Jay Privman (@DRFPrivman) March 4, 2022

The findings in the summary lacked notable new details, but five recommendations for future operating procedures were made. One of those, regarding a change that could allow bettors to name alternate selections for multi-race wagers through advance-deposit wagering operators, will be considered by the regulatory agency’s Pari-Mutuel and Wagering Committee on March 16.

More of the most important, interesting stories

CHOPPED: Revenue projections for D.C. sports betting app slashed [DCist]

LEAVE YOUR WALLET HOME: A cashless casino bill is moving in Iowa [IowaPublicRadio]

BACK TO SCHOOL: Connecticut stakeholders support gambling study bill [TheDay]

NO GO: KHRC denies Baffert stay of suspension [DRF]

Again Bob Baffert’s legal team is playing this song. After the KHRC denied Baffert’s request for a stay of his suspension today, his attorney, Clark Brewster, said this as part of his issued statement. If there is evidence of this kind of collusion, I’d like to see it. pic.twitter.com/apz6jIfLzV

— Jeremy Balan (@jeremybalan) March 4, 2022

IT’S MORPHIN TIME: Sportradar CEO says sports betting will “morph into media” [Gambling Insider]

BITCOIN BETS?: NV casino industry can’t “bury its head” over cryptocurrency [Nevada Independent]

ISLAND GAMING: Puerto Rico commission grants licenses to three new casinos [NimB]

EXPANSION?: New committee looks at expanding eSports wagering in Nevada [CDC]

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT: Sports betting at Red Wind Casino in Washington [Nisqually Valley News]

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Jeremy Balan

Jeremy Balan has been a journalist, editor, and sports writer since 2007. After years covering prep, college, and pro sports for online and print media, he focused on turf writing at BloodHorse from 2015-2019 and won an Eclipse Award for his coverage of the devastating fire at San Luis Rey Training Center. Contact Jeremy on Twitter (@jeremybalan) or through email at [email protected].

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