Offshore Sportsbook Fact Blog

Partnerships between professional sports leagues and sports betting operators are becoming more common in a post-PASPA world. Today, the National Basketball Association announced another major deal, this time with FanDuel. The expanded multiyear deal makes the daily fantasy sports turned sports betting operator an “authorized gaming operator of the NBA,” in addition to continuing as the “official daily fantasy partner” of the NBA and WNBA.…

Just last week, the news surfaced that the NFL was looking for a national casino partner. Now, it appears close to finding one. A source familiar with negotiations tells Legal Sports Report that the NFL and Caesars Entertainment Corporation are getting close to inking such a deal. The terms and scope of the deal under negotiation are unknown. If the deal is cemented, it…

The PlayStation Fiesta Bowl pits #11 LSU vs #8 Central Florida. The Knights haven’t lost since 2016 but now face one of the toughest defenses in the country. What are the odds UCF continues its unbeaten streak minus starting QB McKenzie Milton? The 2019 Fiesta Bowl (1:00 PM ET, Jan. 1st, Glendale, AZ) between the #11 LSU Tigers and #8 UCF Knights may go…

On Tuesday afternoon, lawmakers in the District of Columbia passed a bill that legalizes sports betting within its boundaries. The Sports Wagering Lottery Amendment Act of 2018 rewrites the DC books to permit both retail and online/mobile sports gambling. The DC sports betting bill is subject to Congressional review, but an emergency measure also passed separately to allow for preparations in the interim. The signature of Mayor…

#15 Texas faces #5 Georgia on January 1 in New Orleans. The Longhorns are in their first major bowl since 2009. UGA was the first school left out of the four-team College Football Playoff. After Georgia gave Alabama a heavyweight fight in the SEC Championship Game, many argued that they should be among the team’s invited to the College Football Playoff. When the committee…

Floyd Mayweather is entering the ring once again for another payday This time he faces 20-year-old kickboxing prodigy Tenshin Nasukawa in an exhibition boxing match It’s easy money for Mayweather, and it could mean easy money for bettors as well They don’t call him Money Mayweather for nothing. The biggest pay-per-view star in history has finagled another easy payday for himself. Mayweather’s knack for lucrative…

Nearly all of the gambling bill passed in the final hours of the Michigan lame-duck legislative session deals with casinos and internet gaming. A single line tucked into the internet gaming section of House Bill 4926, though, is of particular interest to sports bettors. Could this be the sentence that legalizes Michigan Bovada sports betting? The division may permit internet gaming operators licensed by…

Shockwaves reverberated through the gaming industry on Wednesday with the revelation that the online gaming business in the US could be turned on its head by the Department of Justice. Or it won't be turned on its head at all. An opinion from the DOJ appears to be coming — as first reported at Online Poker Report — that reverses the DOJ's stance that the Wire Act…

Odds to win next season’s Heisman Trophy have been posted Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is a big early favorite By betting now you can lock in value for the 2019 season Kyler Murray surged towards the end of the college football regular season and beat out Tua Tagovailoa and Dwayne Haskins to win the 2018 Heisman Trophy. Since it is never too early to…

Bowl season kicks off on Saturday There are 40 bowl games for FBS teams including the playoff contests this year Sometimes the most value is present in less marque matchups A lot of people are understandably excited to see how many points Alabama and Oklahoma can generate on December 29 (the over/under is 81). There also is plenty of interest in the other semifinal…