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Get A Grip —The Week In Sports Betting: New Jersey’s $1B Mark, California Coalition, Connecticut Launch, Louisiana, More

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Brett Smiley and Jill Dorson by Brett Smiley and Jill Dorson
October 22, 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 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

Well, it happened. As expected by even the biggest pessimists among us, New Jersey sportsbooks have officially handled in excess of $1 billion of wagers in a single calendar month.

The billion-dollar figure, coming in Month 39 of an NJ legal sports wagering market that’s coexisted with COVID-19 for about half its life, came close to binary code in September 2021: $1,011,114,311, state regulators announced Monday.

The previous single-month record also belonged to New Jersey: $996.3 million in wagers in December 2020. Based on population alone, it seems likely that New York will one day surpass New Jersey’s heights, while also saving some New Yorkers a bike, train, or automobile trip into the Garden State to get their bet down.

At our sister site NJ Online Gambling, John Brennan traced the history of the market going back to the first month, June 2018, when a trio of in-person ribbon cuttings set the stage. Here’s a chart from Chris Altruda showing the largest single month of handle in each active “legal” jurisdiction.

SportClubEstablishedOdds
HockeyNew Jersey Devils1974
Win Stanley Cup N/A
HockeyMetropolitan Riveters2015Win Isobel Cup TBA
SoccerNJ/NY Gotham FC2007Win NWSL Championship TBA
FootballNew York Giants1925Win Super Bowl +8000
FootballNew York Jets1959Win Super Bowl +15000
SoccerNew York Red Bulls1994Win MLS Cup +700

Unnecessarily complicated regime of the week

Books Face Deadline To Conform With N.Y. Tax Rate Matrix Amid Collusion Warnings

Welcome to the party of the week

Everyone Can Wager In Connecticut Now That Soft Launch Is Over

Headline we never thought we’d write of the week

Fat Joe, Cheat Codes To Play Denver MaximBet Bash

Feature story of the week

Single Game Parlays Have Taken The Sportsbook World By Storm

Put up or shut up of the week

DraftKings-Entain Extend Negotiating Window Until Mid-November 

Federal court fisticuffs of the week

One Florida Sports Betting Lawsuit Thrown Out; Two More In Play

theScore is final of the week

Betting On Successful Expansion, Penn National Completes Purchase Of TheScore

On-deck circle of the week

Caesars Sportsbook Planning Louisiana Soft Launch In Next Few Days

It’s a new age, baby, of the week

NJ Collecting More Tax Dollars From Online Casinos Than Brick-And-Mortar 

Changing of guard of the week

Tennessee Sports Wagering Advisory Council Names Executive Director 

The Garden of sports betting programming

MSG Networks Goes All-In On Sports Betting 

Operators building support in California

Mayors from Fresno, Long Beach, Oakland and Sacramento as well as two advocacy organizations for the homeless this week lent their support to a proposed California ballot initiative that would allow for statewide digital sports betting. The initiative, being run by a group of seven major wagering operators, would require that platforms be tethered to tribal casinos. Currently titled the California Solutions to Homelessness and Mental Health Support Act, the proposal is under review by the state attorney general’s office.

“I’m joining my fellow mayors in endorsing this important initiative because this is an all-hands-on-deck moment in our fight against homelessness,” Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia said via press release. “To solve California’s homelessness crisis over the long term, we need sustainable sources of funding to house those experiencing homelessness and provide them the medical and mental health services they need. That’s what this measure provides.”

Proponents of the initiative say legal digital sports betting will generate hundreds of millions of dollars for California to begin to seriously address its homeless problem. In the proposed initiative, the money would be earmarked for “the purpose of delivering permanent and interim housing, including rental assistance, supportive services, and operating subsidies and reserves.” The funds would be earmarked for “cities, counties, and continuums of care.”

It’s expected that the AG’s office will issue a title and summary on or about Nov. 5, and proponents can then begin collecting the nearly 1 million signatures needed to get the initiative on the November ballot. The initiative could be one of three — a tribal proposal that would legalize in-person wagering at tribal casinos and four horse tracks has already qualified for the ballot, and a proposal from a group of cities that would allow wagering at card rooms, professional stadiums, and other locations is being review by the AG’s office.

Here’s what you can bet on in Louisiana

The Louisiana Gaming Control Board on Thursday released its bet catalog, which spells out exactly what wagers will be accepted when sports betting goes live in the state. The menu includes wagering on everything from baseball to football to snooker, but also includes some events that aren’t available in most of the rest of the country.

According to the new menu, wagers will be accepted on the Academy Awards, the Emmys, and the Nathan’s hot-dog eating contest. Interestingly, the Heisman Trophy and other sports awards (like Cy Young winner) are not specifically listed as available to wager on, but also are not included on the exclusion list. The menu also says that wagering on eSports will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

As the LGCB was releasing the bet menu, Caesars this week was preparing to be the first digital platform to go live in Louisiana. On Wednesday, sources told Sports Handle that Caesars would launch its platform within the next week, and on Friday, the company put out a release saying that the app is available to download and customers could sign up and begin funding accounts. A spokesman from the state police, the agency tasked with issuing licenses, told Sports Handle Thursday that none had been issued. Caesars Sportsbook has not yet announced a date on which it plans to go live.

More of the most important, interesting stories

Sports tech and entertainment venture capital fund @DriveByDK has closed its initial funding round with $60 million from a who’s who of sports figures. https://t.co/OdJTWZw1Oo

— Sportico (@Sportico) October 20, 2021

LET’S ROLL IT BACK Kentucky Rep. Adam Koenig will try again with sports betting bill. [WTVQ]

IRONY: Seminoles launch a “don’t sign gambling petitions” campaign. [Florida Politics]

EYEBALLS: Wagering operators want NBA broadcast rights. [FrontOfficeSports]

SETTING UP SHOT: Operators are prepping for betting in Canada. [Toronto Star]

SPEAKING OF: FanDuel Group puts Dale Hooper in charge of Canada business. [SBC Americas]

NH EXPANSION: DraftKings opening another retail location in Granite State. [Yahoo!]

LOVING IT: More and more proof that America is embracing sports betting. [Yahoo!]

ON THE WATER: First sports bet on a cruise ship placed. [Princess Cruises]

Have a good weekend, everyone!

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