As US gambling legislation produces new sports betting states and markets for legal sports wagering, more and more prospective bettors will have the long-awaited opportunity to join one or more now-legal “cash entry” football betting contests. Such contests have a rich…
Last week the Nevada Gaming Control Board posted the following notice: “The Board recognizes the potential impact the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Murphy v. NCAA could have on Nevada’s sports wagering industry. In addition, various divisions of the…
Back in the 1800’s Horace Greely was credited with the popular phrase “Go West Young Man, Go West” when offering advice about going west to seek fortune and opportunity. If Horace Greeley were alive today and were offering advice to…
If you have read more than a few stories about sports wagering, odds are you have seen the picture above. It was taken on the night of Nov. 15, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Race & Sports Book on the…
A new report shows that the New York sports betting market will surpass Nevada as the biggest in the U.S. and the U.S. will do more gambling business than the United Kingdom by 2023. The GamblingCompliance report, titled “U.S. Sports Betting — Sizing the Post-PASPA…
One of the favored bets by those of us who treat sports betting as if it were stock trading, is the futures bet. While as a standalone bet a sports futures wager is generally a sucker bet with the books…
Imagine thinking about a business model, in this case the possibility of nationwide sports betting, for almost 40 years, and then finally it happens! That’s what has just occurred for Michael “Roxy” Roxborough, universally regarded as a pivotal and instrumental…
The sports wagering industry has an interesting opportunity to guide its own fate, but as there is no true unifying voice within the industry, it is ill prepared to speak or negotiate with the leagues or conferences, both amateur and…
This breaking story will be updated. Representing a major, official tide turn in NCAA policy regarding sports wagering, the NCAA announced in a statement on Thursday that it supports federal sports betting regulation. “Our highest priorities in any conversation about…
Two vastly different topics caught my curiosity this past week, Blast Poker and the well intended efforts of the Nevada Gaming Control Board to try and come up with regulations related to sexual harassment, both of which caused me to…
August 16, 2018 Sports betting is awesome. We have literally devoted our work lives here to covering it from all angles, and most of us are sports bettors…
August 10, 2018 Legal sports betting in New York could occur before the start of the next legislative session in January, but it wouldn't be statewide. Why? Because…
August 15, 2018 This story is the first of two detailing the latest situations on the West Coast. A second installment covering the Mountain States will be posted…