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Hello again, ladies and gents, and welcome back to your regularly scheduled recap of last week’s sports betting news. There’s not a ton to touch on, so we should be able to keep it brief this week. As always, the LSR Podcast serves as an appropriate audio accompaniment for this recap — listen while you […]

Iowa sports betting will launch today, which is an amazing statement given the quick timeline to get here. The Iowa Legislature initially tasked the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC) with an ambitious target to have legal sports betting up and running by Aug. 15. That’s just three months after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a sports betting bill […]

Just 94 days after the Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the enabling legislation, Iowa sports betting joins the list of regulated US markets. The first sportsbooks opened Thursday at noon local time, ushering in a new era for the region’s gambling industry. The timeline from passage to launch is among the quickest of the states which have […]

Eight casinos are primed to open sportsbooks at noon Thursday, the day legal Iowa sports betting starts in the state. Of those, seven are expected to offer mobile wagering. Brian Ohorilko, administrator for the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, told Legal Sports Report the following casinos are preparing to launch sportsbooks on opening day: Prairie Meadows Lakeside Isle […]

You probably think we’re here to drag the NCAA from sideline to sideline for not implementing a national injury report in college football. And you’d be trite. Criticize the NCAA for this short-sighted decision if you see fit. Its seemingly willful ignorance of sports betting’s cultural ubiquity both before and after the fall of PASPA […]

The NFL is officially becoming a part of the legal sports betting revolution in the United States, signing an exclusive multiyear deal with Sportradar to distribute official league data for wagering. Here’s a look at what we know and can surmise about the deal. What is in the NFL and Sportradar deal? The pro football […]

The NBA might adjust a key information distribution channel in deference to legal sports betting and daily fantasy sports. The league will look at releasing starting lineups as early as an hour before tipoff for the upcoming season. That consideration emerges as part of a broader review of injury information, according to The Action Network’s […]

Penn National Gaming might not be a household name, but it is well on its way to becoming a dominant force in the sports betting industry. At a glance, its series of new partnerships announced last week appears likely to shift the long-term balance of power in the young US sports betting market. We’re putting the […]

Those looking to beat the rush for the upcoming launch of Iowa sports betting might be able to sign up early for mobile accounts. Brian Ohorilko, administrator of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC), tells Legal Sports Report that casinos with approved account registration controls could start taking sign-ups early next week. The first such approval was issued Wednesday. […]

Here’s my bill. Please don’t pass it. North Carolina Rep. Harry Warren made that unusual request Tuesday in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. He asked the committee to recommend that the Senate not concur with his NC sports betting bill. The committee obliged, setting it up for Warren’s bill to get a vote of nonconcurrence Wednesday […]