Author: Andy Nelson

Caesars Entertainment announced Thursday it will be a founding partner of the Las Vegas Stadium, the eventual home of the Las Vegas Raiders. The deal does not appear to include naming rights to the $1.8 billion stadium. Those rights are expected to generate a significant portion of the Raiders' contribution to the stadium cost. “Sports have long been a core part of the Caesars…

A phrase cropping up a lot in public discussions and articles about regulated US sports betting and New Jersey in particular it is, we are “just in the first innings.” That should be borne in mind when reading this article. It looks at just the first two months of sports betting data from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. This is a very…

Reports of the death of Nevada sports betting in the new legal US market appear to be greatly exaggerated. Sportsbooks in the Silver State took a record-breaking $571 million in wagers in September. That appears to be the largest total in Nevada history, tracing back to the start of record-keeping in 1984. Nevada sports betting hit its previous high of $565 million in October…

The push to legalize sports betting is sweeping through state capitols as legislatures gear up for next year. Now it has made its way to Virginia where a state lawmaker plans on introducing a sports betting bill next year. “I think there is an appetite for this,” Delegate Marcus Simon told FOX 5 DC. “I think there is certainly a revenue opportunity in Virginia.”…

State Representatives Cole Wist, R-Centennial, and Alec Garnett, D-Denver, want to put Colorado sports betting to a statewide vote in 2019. That likely would mean no sports wagering until 2020. Wist believes that state legal sports betting is an easy decision. He told the Denver Post: “It seems to me it’s a no-brainer. We should have the conversation to see if this is something…

The future of is suddenly in jeopardy in New York daily fantasy sports. The ruling by New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Gerald W. Connolly holds that DFS contests — and their enabling legislation — fall under constitutional prohibitions against gambling. NEW: state judge in New York declares daily fantasy sports contests to be gambling, not games of contest. Cornelius Murray, lawyer who brought the #DFS…

Welp, the Legal Sports Report crew didn't win the Mega Millions jackpot this week. And you better believe we tried. Maybe not as hard as this guy, but we tried. Our loss is your gain, though, as we've retained our day jobs reporting on the sports betting industry. So instead of spending Friday afternoon picking out upholstery for our new private jets, we're here scribbling…

If Louisiana wants to gauge residents’ temperature on sports betting, the state’s top gaming regulator says to use the November vote on daily fantasy sports as a starting point. “The same kind of people that play fantasy sports are the kind, at least a portion, that are going to bet on sports,” Jones told the Senate Judiciary B Committee on Wednesday. The seven-member committee…

Ready or not, legal sports betting is taking root inside US sports venues. William Hill announced Thursday a partnership with the New Jersey Devils that includes a physical presence at Prudential Center. A newly branded sports lounge will open in the main concourse of the arena in the coming weeks. This deal is the second between an NHL team and a sports betting company in the last…

Tropicana Casino & Resort in Atlantic City launched its sportsbook Thursday, bringing a ninth operator into New Jersey sports betting. William Hill operates the new sportsbook at Tropicana, and threw open the doors in time for the second half of football season. Bets will be taken in the North Tower Casino for now, while a new 5,000-square-foot sportsbook is built out. The casino also…