• About Us / Contact
  • Responsible Gambling
This site contains commercial content
SportsHandle
  • US Sports Betting
    • Arizona
    • Arkansas
    • Colorado
    • Connecticut
    • Delaware
    • Illinois
    • Indiana
    • Iowa
    • Kansas
    • Louisiana
    • Maine
    • Maryland
    • Massachusetts
    • Michigan
    • Mississippi
    • New Jersey
    • New Mexico
    • New York
    • Ohio
    • Oregon
    • Pennsylvania
    • Tennessee
    • West Virginia
    • Wyoming
  • Pending States
    • California
    • Florida
    • Georgia
    • Missouri
    • North Carolina
  • Canada
    • Ontario
    • British Columbia
    • Alberta
  • Sportsbook Apps
    • FanDuel
    • BetMGM
    • Caesars
    • PointsBet
    • BetRivers
  • Tools
    • Sportsbook Bonuses Explained
    • Sports Betting Revenue Tracker
    • Sports Betting Podcasts
    • Partnership Tracker
    • Expected Value
    • Sports Scores And Odds Apps
    • Sports Betting Twitter
    • Guide To ‘Risk-Free’ Bets
  • News
No Result
View All Result
SportsHandle
  • US Sports Betting
    • Arizona
    • Arkansas
    • Colorado
    • Connecticut
    • Delaware
    • Illinois
    • Indiana
    • Iowa
    • Kansas
    • Louisiana
    • Maine
    • Maryland
    • Massachusetts
    • Michigan
    • Mississippi
    • New Jersey
    • New Mexico
    • New York
    • Ohio
    • Oregon
    • Pennsylvania
    • Tennessee
    • West Virginia
    • Wyoming
  • Pending States
    • California
    • Florida
    • Georgia
    • Missouri
    • North Carolina
  • Canada
    • Ontario
    • British Columbia
    • Alberta
  • Sportsbook Apps
    • FanDuel
    • BetMGM
    • Caesars
    • PointsBet
    • BetRivers
  • Tools
    • Sportsbook Bonuses Explained
    • Sports Betting Revenue Tracker
    • Sports Betting Podcasts
    • Partnership Tracker
    • Expected Value
    • Sports Scores And Odds Apps
    • Sports Betting Twitter
    • Guide To ‘Risk-Free’ Bets
  • News
No Result
View All Result
SportsHandle
No Result
View All Result

Get A Grip — The Week In Sports Betting: New York Already Looking To Tinker

All the industry news that's fit to link

Gary Rotstein by Gary Rotstein
January 20, 2023
in Industry
get a grip graphic

Art by Blundell Design

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

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 headlines, highlighting some fresh news, and rounding up key stories.

Top stories around our network this week

The biggest story in the sports betting industry last year was undoubtedly New York’s arrival as the largest state to implement mobile wagering, generating far more cash and tax revenue than anyone thought possible. One of the biggest stories of 2023 could well be various changes in the Empire State’s gaming laws to increase the number of digital sportsbooks, reduce their tax rate, and add online casino games and poker to what is permitted.

Those forms of expansion were proposed this week as either bills already introduced or legislation that is still being drafted in Albany, with the changes being initiated by the same two lawmakers — Sen. Joe Addabbo and Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow — who fought for years to legalize mobile sports betting. The mere fact that the pair are introducing the measures is no guarantee that anything will be voted on or enacted, but the influential roles played by Addabbo and Pretlow in the state Capitol suggest that the topics will at least be seriously discussed.

Gaming issues were already certain to be at the forefront of many New Yorkers’ minds this year as a result of plans to license three casinos in the New York City area, with heavy jockeying among influential developers for the rights to do so. How that discussion plays out alongside debate over further sports betting and iGaming expansion will be quite interesting to follow. We at Sports Handle and our network of other sites will be monitoring the developments closely, just as with all of the other issues covered in stories below from the past week.

Massachusetts getting closer every day

Six digital operators granted temporary sports betting licenses in Massachusetts

Massachusetts Gaming Commission approves series of sports betting regulations

Massachusetts Gaming Commission curious about sportsbooks limiting customers

Massachusetts gaming regulator pleased with PointsBet mobile application

Modern tools aim to keep out the hackers

Combating fraud: High-tech solutions help sportsbooks react to major data breaches

More from the when-bettors-go-bad file

Dayton basketball players receive online hate from upset gamblers

When in doubt, ask Jay

Ask a Bookmaker with Jay Kornegay: About that insane Chargers bet (and Ohio)

The great trifecta: sports, TV, and betting

Media notebook: NFL playoff ratings propped up by sports bettors?

Caesars takes its punishment

Caesars Sportsbook accepts $150,000 fine from Ohio commission

Diversity remains Maryland priority

Maryland wagering commission approves 10 licensee diversity plans

Finally, Betfred gets its day in Nevada

Nevada gaming board finally set to consider Betfred’s sportsbook application

Never hit a woman, unless you’re a woman

DraftKings debuts wagering on female fighting league

Eureka, the money keeps pouring in

New Jersey caps 2022 with $1.06 billion in December handle

Record December pushes PA gaming revenue to high of $5.2 billion in 2022

FanDuel taking two-fifths of all bets in PA, claiming more than half of all revenue

Michigan steered $365 million in gambling taxes to schools in fiscal year 2022

Louisiana sportsbook revenue hits record $37.2 million in 2022

Fanatics reportedly interested in betPARX

Fanatics is looking to make a big push into sports betting this year, though it has been short on publicizing details of just how exactly it will do that. CNBC may have the answer, as it reported Friday — based on information from unidentified sources — that Fanatics is in discussions to acquire the betPARX digital sportsbook operation.

CNBC reported that while the deal isn’t certain to be completed, Fanatics has signed a letter of intent to buy the sportsbook that is owned by Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment, which operates Parx Casino in suburban Philadelphia. The betPARX sportsbook originated in 2019 in Pennsylvania, where it shares an online casino platform, but it has since branched out to other legal states, including New Jersey, Michigan, Maryland, and Ohio, with its entry to Massachusetts forthcoming.

BetPARX has been a relatively small player in the highly competitive states in which it operates — it has about a 2% market share in its home state of Pennsylvania — but the better-known Fanatics brand could be more competitive, and the sports merchandiser’s executives may deem it advantageous to take over a sportsbook that’s already up and running in multiple states.

More of the most important, interesting stories

THIS YEAR’S GAME IN GLENDALE IS JUST A WARM-UP: Super Bowl is in a betting state for the first time — Vegas is watching [The Nevada Independent]

NOW THAT THAT’S SETTLED …: Ex-Georgia chief justice: Sports betting doesn’t require constitutional amendment [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

WE WERE BETTING THEY’D CHANGE THEIR MINDS: Ontario’s regulator reinstates wagering on UFC after organization revamps gambling policy [Canada Sports Betting]

NEW on CSB: UFC is back on the betting menu in Ontario! This is thanks to new regulations within the sport that calm fears of match-fixing risk. Here's @GregwarrenBC with all you need to know. https://t.co/lnHXwdSZZo

— CanadaSportsBetting.ca (@CANSportbetting) January 19, 2023

THAT DIDN”T LAST LONG: CU Boulder discontinues controversial sports betting incentive [CU Independent]

THINGS ARE COOLER DOWN IN MEXICO, IRONICALLY: Coolbet brings sports betting and iGaming offering to Mexico [SBC Americas]

SURVIVAL OF THE BETTING FITTEST: “Definitely got very lucky.” Circa Survivor winners tell $6.1M story [Las Vegas Review-Journal

ShareTweetShare
Gary Rotstein

Gary Rotstein

Gary is a longtime journalist, having spent three decades covering gambling, state government, and other issues for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, in addition to stints as managing editor of the Bedford (Pa.) Gazette and as a reporter for United Press International and the Middletown (Conn.) Press. Contact Gary at gary@usbets.com.

Related Posts

Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Promotions

FanDuel Sportsbook Promo Code: $3K No Sweat Bet for UVA at Syracuse CBB

January 30, 2023
get a grip graphic
Industry

Get A Grip — The Week In Sports Betting: Massachusetts Gets Ready

January 27, 2023
Load More

Top Stories

patrick mahomes

Mahomes’ Ankle Speculation Twists Line Movement In Chiefs-Bengals Rematch

January 27, 2023
fanatics-grand-opening

Fanatics Sportsbook At FedEx Field Offers Unique Retail Option In Maryland

January 23, 2023
Shutterstock

Missouri Legislators Lament Exodus Of Bettors To Neighboring States

January 27, 2023
rob gronkowski adam vinatieri

Rob Gronkowski Goes Training Montage Route In Latest FanDuel Spot

January 17, 2023

State Sports Betting Guides

Ohio (U.S. state) flag waving against clear blue sky, close up, isolated with clipping path mask alpha channel transparency, perfect for film, news, composition

Ohio Sports Betting – Where To Play, Bonus Offers And Promo Codes

by Brian Pempus
January 25, 2023

Downtown Detroit at twilight (Shutterstock)

Michigan Sports Betting – Where To Play, Online Sportsbooks, And FAQ

by Brett Smiley
January 30, 2023

VA captial

Virginia Sports Betting – Where To Play, Online Sportsbooks And Bonus Offers

by Brett Smiley
January 17, 2023

nj flag

New Jersey Sports Betting — Where To Play, Online Sportsbooks, And FAQ

by Brett Smiley
October 20, 2022

pa online sportsbooks

Pennsylvania Sports Betting – Where To Play, Online Sportsbooks And Bonuses

by Brett Smiley
October 6, 2022

Canada Sports Betting Guides

Canada Sports Betting – Best Sportsbook Apps & Bonus Offers

British Columbia Sports Betting – Legal Update, Available Sportsbooks, and FAQ

Ontario Sports Betting – Legal Status And Where To Play

gambling therapy
ncpg
igaming ontario
If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL). Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER (MI/NJ/OH/PA/WV), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (CO), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), 1-888-532-3500 (VA) or call/text TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN).
19+. Please play responsibly. Terms and conditions apply. 
Individuals must be 19 years of age or older to participate in igaming in Ontario. Gambling can be addictive, please play responsibly. If you, or someone you know, has a gambling problem in Ontario and wants help, please visit ConnexOntario or call their helpline at 1-866-531-2600. Operators on this website operate pursuant to an Operating Agreement with iGaming Ontario.

Search Sports Handle

No Result
View All Result
  • About Us / Contact
  • Responsible Gambling

No Result
View All Result
  • US Sports Betting
    • Arizona
    • Arkansas
    • Colorado
    • Connecticut
    • Delaware
    • Illinois
    • Indiana
    • Iowa
    • Kansas
    • Louisiana
    • Maine
    • Maryland
    • Massachusetts
    • Michigan
    • Mississippi
    • New Jersey
    • New Mexico
    • New York
    • Ohio
    • Oregon
    • Pennsylvania
    • Tennessee
    • West Virginia
    • Wyoming
  • Pending States
    • California
    • Florida
    • Georgia
    • Missouri
    • North Carolina
  • Canada
    • Ontario
    • British Columbia
    • Alberta
  • Sportsbook Apps
    • FanDuel
    • BetMGM
    • Caesars
    • PointsBet
    • BetRivers
  • Tools
    • Sportsbook Bonuses Explained
    • Sports Betting Revenue Tracker
    • Sports Betting Podcasts
    • Partnership Tracker
    • Expected Value
    • Sports Scores And Odds Apps
    • Sports Betting Twitter
    • Guide To ‘Risk-Free’ Bets
  • News

loading

Please wait while you are redirected to the right page...

Please share your location to continue.

Check our help guide for more info.

share your location