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Happy football season, guys and gals! College football kicked off with a flourish this past weekend, ushering in the annual busy stretch for sports betting. Regulated sportsbooks in 11 US states are taking bets as the season begins, up from five last year (and, of course, just one a year prior.) That list will continue to grow in 2019, as a few more jurisdictions…

At long last, online sports betting has arrived in West Virginia. Again. FanDuel Sportsbook rolled out its mobile platform on Monday, bringing WV online sports betting back from the brink of extinction. It’s been almost six months since the failure of BetLucky opened up a gap in the betting market and punched a hole in the state budget. The Mountain State is officially on the…

Kambi announced early Thursday an extension of its New Jersey sports betting contract with DraftKings Sportsbook, as well as a major expansion. The UK-based back-end operator provided little detail about the arrangement, declining to disclose either term or financial commitment. The new setup clearly solidifies Kambi's position in the DraftKings Sportsbook universe though. The most important piece of information, however, resides with DraftKings: what…

Barely a year after the fall of PASPA, a small corner of US sports betting is staring down its first major failure. It’s not match-fixing, nor is it point-shaving or insider-information leaking. It's a “who-done-it” to answer the question: who killed West Virginia sports betting? This is a high-tech, white-collar tale involving three companies once aligned to provide sports betting in West Virginia. Now they're…

Warriors are getting points from Arizona on Saturday as the two teams kick off their seasons. The Hawaii Warriors will be looking to tally a season-opening win on home turf for the first time since 2015 when they host the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday as 11-point underdogs on the NCAA football betting odds. Hawaii returns to action with a lot to prove after struggling…

If you're running an online sports betting app in Pennsylvania or planning to start one, you're hoping to avoid history repeating itself. Unless you're FanDuel Sportsbook, of course. FanDuel accounts for a huge percentage of the total revenue and wagers in the New Jersey sports betting industry in its first year — around 50% of all retail and online sports wagering in the state. And…

Although for many it feels as if the NBA Finals just ended, opening night is on Oct. 22. That night, the new look Lakers and new look Clippers hit the hardcourt for a battle that could set the tone for the entire season. Check out what happened this past week in the National Basketball Association! NBA Updated of the Week – August 20th Edition…

Hello again, ladies and gents, and welcome back to your regularly scheduled recap of last week's sports betting news. There's not a ton to touch on, so we should be able to keep it brief this week. As always, the LSR Podcast serves as an appropriate audio accompaniment for this recap — listen while you read: Listen to “LSR Podcast Ep.20 – Iowa Enters…

Iowa sports betting will launch today, which is an amazing statement given the quick timeline to get here. The Iowa Legislature initially tasked the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC) with an ambitious target to have legal sports betting up and running by Aug. 15. That's just three months after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a sports betting bill into law. The NFL season begins early in September,…

Just 94 days after the Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the enabling legislation, Iowa sports betting joins the list of regulated US markets. The first sportsbooks opened Thursday at noon local time, ushering in a new era for the region’s gambling industry. The timeline from passage to launch is among the quickest of the states which have so far sculpted sports betting from scratch. The Iowa…