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Get a Grip: The Week in Sports Betting and Sports

Brett Smiley by Brett Smiley
June 22, 2018
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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 Friday Sports HandleΒ item, β€œGet a Grip,” rounding up top stories inΒ sports bettingΒ and gaming, and the world of sports at large. You may have missed them, and they are worth reading. This is meant to be brief, so that’s it.


Off the Top Rope: Regulations Here for Mississippi Sports Betting, West Virginia Sports Betting, Plus Rhode Island Sports Betting Gets Official ‘Go’

UP NORTH: With the governor having signed the budget on Friday, RI sports betting will begin in the fall

DOWN SOUTH: Prohibiting wagering on college sports ‘is not a particular concern’Β in Mississippi

COUNTRY ROADS: WV sports betting regulations are hereΒ — and here’s the big picture


Most Interesting, Important Sports Betting Stories of the Week:

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ROOT ROOT ROOT: The ‘homer effect’: A new bookmaking quandary [Chalk]

OPENINGS: Meadowlands Racetrack (near Metlife Stadium) to launch sports betting on July 15 [AP]

REVIVALS: Can sports betting legalization save NASCAR? [Action]

HIRES: Former AFL commishΒ Scott Butera joins MGM as president of interactive gaming [Yogonet]

LONG GAME:Β How a long shot came in for the man behind betting battle, Monmouth Park’s Drazin [ROI-NJ]

BACK TO SCHOOL: Connecticut lawmakers get aΒ crash course on luring sports betting from the shadows [CT Mirror]

KING JAMES:Β How LeBron’s free agency is shaking up the 2019 NBA title odds [US Bets]

COMIC VILLAIN:Β Scott Boras has some thoughts on sports betting [Boston Herald]

MILLENNIALS: e-Sports mesmerize as traditional sports worry about decline [PBS]


In the Wider World of Sports This Week:

HOT AIR: Stephen A. Smith won’t stop taking [New Yorker]

YOUTH SPORTS: Brett Favre seeks to end youth tackle football [PFTΒ ]

SPONSORSHIP: 11 notable local car commercials starring athletes and coaches [TBL]

DUMBED DOWN:Β Fox’s World Cup coverage finds lowest common denominator forΒ  viewers [Awful Announcing]


Tweets of Note:

The @NYPost and ⁦⁦@VSiNLive⁩ have entered into a sports betting content partnership. The sports section of the NY Post now has expanded betting content, with two VSin-penned articles today. https://t.co/oyGZkf0Tw1

— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) June 21, 2018

DraftKings is working on making a media move by launching an OTT network that will include an MLS livestream, per source. Official announcement expected in July.

— Darren Heitner (@DarrenHeitner) June 21, 2018

Don’t compare Ayton to me either… I play DEFENSE

— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) June 22, 2018

Videos of the Week:

Mikal Bridges mom talking about she's excited that her son is going to play for the Sixers where she works…..he gets traded to Phoenix about 10 minutes later…Cold world pic.twitter.com/3puYQQcfFq

— gifdsports (@gifdsports) June 22, 2018

Skip contradicts himself so much you can make a video of skip debating with himself πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€ pic.twitter.com/FkYJ14HC2Z

— abdul (@BBBettyx2) June 21, 2018


ICYMI at Sports Handle:

Pittsburgh Pirates Take Sports Betting β€˜Integrity Fee’ to Whole New Level

Oregon Lottery Prepping Mobile App, With Mobile Sports Betting to Follow

Odds Shift in Race for Operator Dominance in Legal U.S. Sports Betting Market


Have a good weekend and stay cool 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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