Offshore Sportsbook Fact Blog

As we finally reach Super Bowl Sunday, we've had legal sports betting for just under a year in the US. Despite a lot of hand-wringing from a lot of people and groups — including the NFL — the world has not come to an end. The integrity of the game has not come to an inglorious end … everything has been just fine. It's also a…

The American Gaming Association (AGA) during this Super Bowl week released a short research report that shows overwhelming support for legal sports betting. The survey posed four questions and response came back in favor of sports betting on all four points: 79 percent want their own states to legalize sports betting, while 21 percent oppose. 63 percent support the Supreme Court decision to strike down PASPA, while only…

Texans love their sports, so it only makes sense that Texas has joined more than half the country in introducing sports betting legislation. Rep. Eddie Lucio III filed H 1275 to authorize sports betting operations, including mobile and online wagering, in the state. The bill would require a referendum amending the state constitution to be approved by voters in November. To that end, Lucio also introduced…

No Super Bowl in history, in terms of sports betting, ever performed like last year's big game. That had its yearlong time in the spotlight. Super Bowl LIII is poised to put it to shame. Industry experts anticipate $325 million to be legally wagered across the country for the big game on Feb. 3. The Garden State expects to account for nearly a third, roughly $100 million, with its rising…

Big Game Bingo is back at FanDuel right before the Super Bowl. A year after its free-to-play Super Bowl game proved popular among customers, FanDuel came back with Big Game Bingo. The daily fantasy sports and sports betting company describes as an “innovative twist on the classic Bingo game (that) allows fans to follow what's going on during the game, both on and off the field, on a digital…

State legislators introduced a constitutional amendment this week to put South Dakota sports betting on the ballot. A bipartisan group of state senators dropped SJR 2, which would ask South Dakota voters to legalize sports betting in Deadwood. The measure would limit South Dakota sports betting to Deadwood casinos,  and not include any mobile sports betting. The 11 tribal casinos in South Dakota also…

The New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams play in Super Bowl 53 on Sunday (Feb. 3rd).  There are hundreds of creative ways to bet on the game. These are our 10 favorite props on this year’s game. More than just a game, the Super Bowl features A-list entertainment, lots going on in the city of Atlanta, and most importantly, creative ways to bet…

When the Super Bowl ends college basketball will take center stage for many fans. Selection Sunday is March 17. Duke is a heavy favorite, other contenders offer value. Selection Sunday is the day when the NCAA selection committee reveals the 68 teams that will participate in the tournament. This includes 32 conference champions with automatic bids and 36 at-large selections. The committee also seeds…

The 2019 French Open begins on May 26 Eleven-time champion Rafael Nadal is the favorite on the men’s side The women’s bracket appears to be wide open The first tennis major of the year, the Australian Open, went roughly as one might have expected. Two of the big three, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, played for the men’s title with pre-tournament favorite Djokovic winning…

NCAA President Mark Emmert talked about the advent of legal sports betting in the US at his organization's annual meeting, and he doesn't sound happy about it. Here's what he said, according to The Associated Press. “Sports wagering is going to have a dramatic impact on everything we do in college sports,” Emmert said. “It’s going to threaten the integrity of college sports in…