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NBA Free Agency opens at 6:00pm ET on Sunday, June 30. By Monday morning, we’ll know where the top players on the free agent market have signed. Check out an update about what happened this week and how some teams are in a great position to sign the biggest free agent names! And as always, be sure to check out the NBA odds for…

Don't look now, but the country's most populous state is eying up legal sports betting. For the second year in a row, a pair of California lawmakers introduced a sports betting bill on Thursday. Last year's bill did not move out of committee, but a recent change in the state's gambling landscape presents a fresh stage for 2019. While Nevada and New Jersey lead…

If you're wondering why officials in the District of Columbia are so eager to award a nine-figure gaming contract to Intralot, you're not alone. The DC Council Committee of the Whole held a public roundtable Wednesday to discuss the proposed $215 million deal with the struggling operator based in Greece. Procurement would cover lottery sales and sports betting for five years after members previously voted…

This is a developing story and will be updated Parx Casino in Bensalem enters the PA online sports betting market Monday when its three-day live testing period opens. The Kambi-powered sportsbook began taking bets through its Pennsylvania retail operations in January. Parx Sportsbook joins SugarHouse Sportsbook in Philadelphia as the only casinos offering PA sports betting online. From the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board: We are beginning…

The first official day of summer is June 21 and that usually marks the start of the offseason for online sportsbooks. The NBA and NHL Finals are in the books and the first week of a new season of football in the college ranks and NFL is still two and a half months away. What most casual sports bettors fail to understand is that…

Ted Olson‘s history with the Wire Act goes back a lot further than you think. Olson played a role advocating in favor of a broad interpretation of the Wire Act long before he stepped to the plate as leader-by-proxy representing Neopollard as part of New Hampshire‘s successful effort to have the new Justice Department opinion on the scope of the Wire Act changed. It even predates…

Lawmakers are poised to pass a bill that will legalize Maine sports betting throughout the state. LD 553 stormed through the legislature Tuesday, stopping just short of full approval in each chamber. Members in both houses plan to cast the final votes needed to send the bill to Gov. Janet Mills this week. The legislature will adjourn Wednesday, likely extending the recent trend of states…

The 2019 NBA Draft takes place this Thursday on June 20 at the Barclays Center in New York. The New Orleans Pelicans are likely to draft Zion Williamson first, which is why the odds on Zion to go first are at -9900. Although it’s impossible to play the Zion Williamson first prop, there are other NBA Draft prop wagers worth checking out. See below…

A new NJ sports betting bill would lift an NBA betting ban that stifled the first year of wagers at Golden Nugget in New Jersey. Mirroring bills in the New Jersey Assembly and Senate propose eliminating the restriction on those who own casinos and sports franchises. Golden Nugget owner Tilman Fertitta, who founded Landry's Restaurants and reportedly is worth $4.5 billion, owns the NBA's Houston Rockets.…

Bad news, cowboys. With the busy part of the 2019 legislative calendar behind us, that lasso you love is becoming less germane by the week. A few states remain in contention to legalize sports betting this year, but we have a pretty good picture of where things will stand when it's all done. This should come as good news for longtime fans of the…