A draft of a federal sports betting bill that surfaced Tuesday would force states to obtain approval from the U.S. Attorney General’s office for their sports betting legalization plans – while also mandating that operators purchase official statistical data from
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 House Judiciary subcommittee hearing titled “Post-PASPA: An Examination of Sports Betting in America” proceeded on Thursday under the shadow of a more high-profile hearing in the Senate. Little new ground was covered during the one-and-a-half hour session that largely
As the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations prepares to host a hearing on Thursday titled “Post-PASPA: An Examination of Sports Betting in America,” a question comes to mind: As key sports betting stakeholders, including the American Gaming Association,
Nevada Representative Dina Titus (NV-1) has been on record many times reiterating her distaste for a federal framework for sports betting. After all, the state of Nevada has had legal casino-style gaming, including sports betting, since 1949. With nearly 70
The Congressional hearing on sports betting, which was postponed in late June, is back on the docket. Staff for the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday confirmed that the hearing “Post-PASPA: An Examination of Sports Betting in America” is slated for 10
U.S. Representative Bob Goodlatte of Virginia on Thursday announced that he will not seek re-election in 2018. As Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, the Republican Goodlatte (VA-06) wields considerable power over which issues or laws the committee will examine.
A pair of New Jersey Congressmen, Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ-2) and Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1), are currently collecting signatures from colleagues for a letter urging the House Judiciary Committee to review the federal law banning sports betting outside Nevada, trade publication and analyst Gambling
The NFL, along with the NCAA and major professional sports leagues, have just under one month to file their briefs in the Supreme Court case against the State of New Jersey (Christie v. NCAA) that will decide the future of sports betting
Prior to Congress’s return to the floor on September 5, former Libertarian Party presidential candidate Ron Paul has written a scathing rebuke of Pennsylvania Representative Charlie Dent’s proposed ban on online gambling for PennLive.com. Also a former member of Congress,
February 13, 2019 Four-plus years investigating an alleged crime that is so low-level that it results in effectively no bond? Residents of Indiana should be very displeased with…
February 12, 2019 Tribal gaming operations have a huge presence in some of the most populous states. Legal sports betting, now quickly expanding in the U.S., presents various…
April 23, 2018 This rundown represents a mixture of sports bettors, sportsbook directors, radio guys and sources of data and analytics to inform your own wagers.