Missouri lawmakers seem intent on charging licensed sportsbooks some sort of royalty or other fee above and beyond taxes, application fees and other administrative costs. Representative Cody Smith (R-District 163) became the second lawmaker to pre-file sports betting legislation in…
Kansas lawmakers are going to school on sports betting again … and being lobbied for an integrity fee, again. But the Day 2 of their hearing was cancelled.
Missouri state senator Denny Hoskins (D-District 21) isn’t opposed to a sports betting “integrity fee” — an off-the-top cut of all wagers. He’s just not willing to give it to the professional leagues. Hoskins said it’s not unusual for owners of…
Days after Representative Dean Plocher, (R-District 89) told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he anticipates sports betting “being out there” for discussion when the Missouri state legislature returns to session in January, Senator Denny Hoskins (D-District 21) is preparing to pre-file…
Add Missouri to the growing list of states set to consider sports betting legislation in 2019. “I certainly anticipate it being out there (in 2019) for discussion before the House and the Senate,” Representative Dean Plocher, (R-Des Peres) told the…
Voters in six states will decide issues related to gaming during the mid-term elections on Tuesday, but only two will consider measures directly related to sports betting and daily fantasy sports. Arkansans will have the opportunity to issue casino licenses…
Each week we’ll be providing our top college football picks. Also check out our NFL “Lookahead Lines” story, finding value (or not) by comparing earlier lines, and identifying recency bias. Back to the college game (season record: 11-9) … This week…
If Missouri Representative Bart Korman were a betting man, he’d say that neighboring Kansas will beat Missouri to the sports-betting punch. Why? Because Missouri’s state legislature is currently handcuffed by a governor battling felony charges and because, in Korman’s view,…
As the Supreme Court continues to mull over Murphy v NCAA, nearly 20 states across the U.S. have taken up the issue of legalizing sports betting in their respective legislatures. But so far, only Pennsylvania and West Virginia have passed laws…
The odds of a Missouri sports-betting bill crystallizing have plummeted recently. And not because lawmakers aren’t interested in developing a new revenue stream for their state. As Republican Governor Eric Greitens continues to fight felony charges for invasion of privacy,…
December 4, 2018 After much debate, but with no new amendments, the District of Columbia Council voted 9-2 on Tuesday to advance its sports betting bill to a…
November 30, 2018 If the sports betting bill that's currently on the table in Washington, D.C. is approved as written on Tuesday, the District will be on the…
December 11, 2018 For some people located in states home to new legal sports betting markets, the post-PASPA era of wagering means business as usual. One person located…
