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Three more New York sportsbooks will be up and running before the end of the year, thanks to a new deal announced Tuesday morning involving the Seneca Gaming Corporation, Kambi Group and Bragg Gaming Group. That will bring a total of 11 upstate sportsbooks that will eventually be available in New York, although online betting is still not authorized there. Where are the new…

Local sports betting venues and kiosks are commonplace in much of the world, with several international regions also coming onboard in embracing the pastime. That said, no sports wagering market is growing more quickly than that in the US, as nearly 20 states have legalized the activity since the Supreme Court overturn of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA, 1992) in mid-2018.…

The big news in the NBA last week was of course the broken left hand suffered by Warriors superstar and two-time NBA MVP Steph Curry. He’s going to miss at least a month, and that might already torpedo the struggling Warriors’ chances at even making the playoffs in the tough Western Conference. The Dubs are now +5000 to win an NBA title. Here’s a…

Colorado sports betting passed in a bill in May, but whether it’s actually legalized will be decided by vote next week. Proposition DD is on Tuesday‘s ballot. The bill received strong support in the legislature, but now it’s on the public to choose whether sports betting in Colorado will commence this fiscal year. Colorado law requires all measures that would increase taxes to go…

Lawmakers in California are lining up witnesses for their first sports betting hearing of 2019. Per Legal Sports Report sources, the legislature hopes to bring stakeholders and experts to Los Angeles to testify on Nov. 20. The date is tentative, and the body’s website does not yet list a hearing on the docket for that Wednesday. Though sports betting bills have been popping up in…

Rhode Island sports betting had a strong September showing as the start of the NFL season helped to more than double August’s handle. Total handle for the state was $22.2 million, up 120.6% over August. The total was the second-highest ever for RI sports betting after the sportsbooks took bets totaling $23.6 million in March. The breakdown, however, tells us more about Rhode Island’s…

Use of official league data for in-game wagers switches from a regulatory option to a legislative mandate in the latest draft of the Michigan sports betting bill. Draft four of a planned substitute for H 4916 permits sports governing bodies headquartered in the United States to notify the Michigan Gaming Control Board that they desire the use of official league data for Tier 2 wagers.…

We saw some history over the weekend when Rockets All-Star Russell Westbrook got the 139th triple-double of his eventual Hall of Fame career to pass the legendary Magic Johnson for second on the all-time list. Oscar Robertson leads with 181 but is clearly going to be passed eventually unless Westbrook suffers a catastrophic injury. Here’s a look at two intriguing NBA Betting matchups this…

Unibet’s online sportsbook and casino operations will begin next month in Pennsylvania, its Stockholm-listed parent company Kindred said. Unibet has an agreement with Mohegan Sun to operate both retail and online sports betting as well as iGaming at Mohegan Sun Pocono. The retail sportsbook launched last month. Results from the retail launch have been encouraging so far, CEO Henrik Tjärnström said. There are already…

Further delays in legalizing sports betting in New York will see millions of dollars in lost tax revenues leak across the border into New Jersey, NY state Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. said in a recent interview for Legal Sports Report. The state senator, who is the driving force behind legislation to allow mobile wagers in New York, believes legalizing online sportsbooks would unlock at…