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The first official day of summer is June 21 and that usually marks the start of the offseason for online sportsbooks. The NBA and NHL Finals are in the books and the first week of a new season of football in the college ranks and NFL is still two and a half months away. What most casual sports bettors fail to understand is that…

Ted Olson‘s history with the Wire Act goes back a lot further than you think. Olson played a role advocating in favor of a broad interpretation of the Wire Act long before he stepped to the plate as leader-by-proxy representing Neopollard as part of New Hampshire‘s successful effort to have the new Justice Department opinion on the scope of the Wire Act changed. It even predates…

Lawmakers are poised to pass a bill that will legalize Maine sports betting throughout the state. LD 553 stormed through the legislature Tuesday, stopping just short of full approval in each chamber. Members in both houses plan to cast the final votes needed to send the bill to Gov. Janet Mills this week. The legislature will adjourn Wednesday, likely extending the recent trend of states…

The 2019 NBA Draft takes place this Thursday on June 20 at the Barclays Center in New York. The New Orleans Pelicans are likely to draft Zion Williamson first, which is why the odds on Zion to go first are at -9900. Although it’s impossible to play the Zion Williamson first prop, there are other NBA Draft prop wagers worth checking out. See below…

A new NJ sports betting bill would lift an NBA betting ban that stifled the first year of wagers at Golden Nugget in New Jersey. Mirroring bills in the New Jersey Assembly and Senate propose eliminating the restriction on those who own casinos and sports franchises. Golden Nugget owner Tilman Fertitta, who founded Landry's Restaurants and reportedly is worth $4.5 billion, owns the NBA's Houston Rockets.…

Bad news, cowboys. With the busy part of the 2019 legislative calendar behind us, that lasso you love is becoming less germane by the week. A few states remain in contention to legalize sports betting this year, but we have a pretty good picture of where things will stand when it's all done. This should come as good news for longtime fans of the…

The 2019 NBA season is now in the books, with the Toronto Raptors crowned as the somewhat surprising champions. While the men from the north winning it all may not have been what anyone expected, they were a thoroughly deserving champion. The question now is whether they are going to be able to come back and do it all again next season. That might…

888’s latest trading update presentation set out the company’s route to growth in the US market. One area where they see real opportunity is in-game sports betting. 888 Holdings is active right across the globe and it has six years’ experience in the regulated US market. With gaming operations since 2013 in Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey, it has the most experience of any…

Back in February, patron-saint lawyer of sports betting Ted Olson, as well as a few gambling pundits on Twitter, advanced a proposition. They said the First Circuit Court of Appeals had held that the Wire Act only applies to sports betting. We explained that while the First Circuit did make a statement to this effect, it was dicta, which is not binding even on…

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