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FanDuel Sportsbook and Meadowlands Racetrack posted a strong December as NJ sports betting revenue held steady from November. NJ sports betting handle again surpassed the $300 million mark last month, checking in at $319 million. That handle led to $20.8 million in revenue for operators, which equates to a 6.5 percent win. In November, New Jersey sports betting totaled $21.2 million in revenue on…

Parx Casino, outside of Philadelphia, welcomes PA sports betting Thursday with the official opening of its sportsbook facility. The formal opening follows a successful two-day testing period at Parx that began Tuesday. With Parx up and running, PA sports betting now includes four casinos, with more soon to arrive. “Parx is expanding its portfolio of offerings to give patrons the absolute best of all types…

Online sportsbooks have always been true pioneers in the sports betting industry over the past few decades. In today’s fast-paced betting environment, they offer quick and easy access to their betting boards from various devices such as desktop and laptop computers to today’s most sophisticated handheld phones and tablets through an advanced mobile betting platform. The modern online sportsbook continues to set and then…

Clemson is the favorite to repeat as college football’s National Champion in 2020. Alabama is the only teams besides Clemson that’s shorter than +1200. That means there is plenty of value outside the top two. The College Football Playoff just ended and it’s a long eight months before there is another meaningful game, but before you completely forget about everything you learned during the…

The 2019 Australian Open begins on Sunday, Jan. 13th. Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are the favorites. The men’s bracket has only four legitimate contenders, but the women’s side is wide open. Death. Taxes. The big three in men’s tennis. For a generation, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic have been dominant forces with few others given a chance to win major titles.…

How do the final eight teams in the 2019 NFL Playoffs stack up? New Orleans remains the Super Bowl 53 favorite. Wild Card-game winners offer odds of 9/1 or more. The first four NFL playoff games were mostly competitive and saw three road teams come away with victories. Defense led the way, and because there were first-round upsets, the spreads for this weekend’s Divisional…

Three of four road teams won in the Wild Card Round and every underdog covered the opening spread. Will that continue in the Divisional Round with all four home teams well rested? Coming off a 3-1 week, I’m looking to stay hot in the picks department. Wild Card weekend was a good one for the bankroll, hitting on three of four picks. My account…

It's finally over. And yet it's just beginning. We will remember 2018 as the year of legal sports betting in the United States following the Supreme Court‘s decision in May to overturn PASPA. By the close of the year, eight states featured sports betting operations. That number appears certain to grow in 2019 as state legislatures take up the issue. The Legal Sports Report…

The NFL now has a casino sponsor as legal sports betting spreads across the United States. The pro football league announced today they have selected Caesars Entertainment Corporation as the “first ever ‘Official Casino Sponsor' of the NFL.” The potential of a deal was first reported by Legal Sports Report before Christmas. The other three major leagues in the US — the NBA, NHL…

Get ready for another sportsbook, Philadelphia: Parx Casino plans to start its PA sports betting operation Tuesday. Parx will become the fourth sportsbook in Pennsylvania when it opens next week. Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course launched first in mid-November, followed by Rivers and SugarHouse casinos in December. Parx will first start PA sports betting at its Bensalem location near Philadelphia, according to…